Have Russia and Iran Checkmated Obama? | Britannica Blog
President Obama’s decision to abandon the plan to deploy a missile defense system in Europe shocked many analysts in the United States as well as our eastern European allies who were counting on the shield to protect them from the threat of Russian missiles. Perhaps the only one who was not surprised was the political chess grandmaster Vladimir Putin.
Oct 30, 2009
Civil War wounds are far from healed - washingtonpost.com
Civil War wounds are far from healed - washingtonpost.com
For more than 70 years, the foothills of Spain's Sierra Nevada mountains have contained the country's darkest memories. Francisco Galadi intimately knows: Fascists executed his grandfather during the nation's Civil War, dumping his body in one of many mass graves that cover this serene landscape overlooking the city of Granada.
For years, Galadi has sought to give his grandfather, a bullfighter and anarchist, a proper burial. But he is believed to be in the same grave as Spain's most acclaimed 20th century poet, Federico García Lorca, whose family has long opposed opening the grave.
Oct 29, 2009
Quote from Nihad Siris's "Ali Assan intrigue" in german radio
SWR2 LiteraturEN vom 27.10.2009 - SWR2 :: Programm SWR.de
"Greetings from the Kitchen" by Peter Stamm quote from Ali Assan intrigue, "said Karl-Rudolf Menke Gerwig Epkes arrived in talks with the Syrian Professor Nabil Haffar on Syrian Literature" The middle class is in contemporary German literature, "by Cornelia Staudacher" Kuckart column " by Judith KuckartBeitrag by Gabi blow "Stirnhirnhinterzimmer"
"Greetings from the Kitchen" by Peter Stamm quote from Ali Assan intrigue, "said Karl-Rudolf Menke Gerwig Epkes arrived in talks with the Syrian Professor Nabil Haffar on Syrian Literature" The middle class is in contemporary German literature, "by Cornelia Staudacher" Kuckart column " by Judith KuckartBeitrag by Gabi blow "Stirnhirnhinterzimmer"
Oct 22, 2009
Held by the Taliban - Interactive Feature - The New York Times
Held by the Taliban - Interactive Feature - The New York Times
In the fall of 2008, David Rohde traveled to Afghanistan to do some reporting for a book about the region. He and two Afghan colleagues were kidnapped by the Taliban and held for seven months.
This is the first installment in a five-part daily series.
Children’s Books That Become Children’s Children’s Books: Readers Respond - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
Children’s Books That Become Children’s Children’s Books: Readers Respond - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
In “The Reading Life” post on Friday, which discussed Maurice Sendak’s book “Where the Wild Things Are” among others, we asked readers to let us know the books they had been read as children and which of those they thought were worth reading to the next generation.
In “The Reading Life” post on Friday, which discussed Maurice Sendak’s book “Where the Wild Things Are” among others, we asked readers to let us know the books they had been read as children and which of those they thought were worth reading to the next generation.
Oct 19, 2009
FT.com / Companies / Middle East
FT.com / Companies / Middle East
COMMENT: CULTURE CAN COUNTER CONSERVATISM
The Arab world is in need of a cultural revival
By Heba Saleh
Western detractors of Farouk Hosni, the Egyptian culture minister who failed last month to become the head of Unesco, focused their attacks on his threat to burn Israeli books if they were found in the Alexandria Library.
But in Egypt too, where it might have been expected that the artistic and literary community would have rallied behind a fellow countryman seeking a prestigious international position, Mr Hosni also received vociferous criticism. Here, the minister, who has occupied his position for 22 years, has been lambasted for the sorry state of Egyptian culture.
COMMENT: CULTURE CAN COUNTER CONSERVATISM
The Arab world is in need of a cultural revival
By Heba Saleh
Western detractors of Farouk Hosni, the Egyptian culture minister who failed last month to become the head of Unesco, focused their attacks on his threat to burn Israeli books if they were found in the Alexandria Library.
But in Egypt too, where it might have been expected that the artistic and literary community would have rallied behind a fellow countryman seeking a prestigious international position, Mr Hosni also received vociferous criticism. Here, the minister, who has occupied his position for 22 years, has been lambasted for the sorry state of Egyptian culture.
Oct 17, 2009
قلم سعودي: هل أصيب المصريون بمرض استوكهولم؟!
قلم سعودي: هل أصيب المصريون بمرض استوكهولم؟!
علاء الأسواني – صحيفة الشروق
هذه الحكاية حدثت فى السويد. فى يوم 23 أغسطس عام 1973، هاجم بعض المسلحين أكبر بنك فى مدينة استوكهولم واحتجزوا بعض الموظفين كرهائن، وعلى مدى أيام حاول رجال الشرطة السويديون التفاوض مع الخاطفين من أجل إطلاق سراح الرهائن. ولما وصلت المفاوضات إلى طريق مسدود، نفذت الشرطة هجوما مفاجئا ونجحت فى تحرير الرهائن.. وهنا حدثت المفاجأة: فبدلا من مساعدة الشرطة فى مهمتها، راح بعض المخطوفين يقاومون محاولة تحريرهم، بل إنهم أبدوا تعاطفهم مع الخاطفين وظلوا يدافعون عنهم وذهبوا ليشهدوا لصالحهم بعد ذلك أمام القضاء..
علاء الأسواني – صحيفة الشروق
هذه الحكاية حدثت فى السويد. فى يوم 23 أغسطس عام 1973، هاجم بعض المسلحين أكبر بنك فى مدينة استوكهولم واحتجزوا بعض الموظفين كرهائن، وعلى مدى أيام حاول رجال الشرطة السويديون التفاوض مع الخاطفين من أجل إطلاق سراح الرهائن. ولما وصلت المفاوضات إلى طريق مسدود، نفذت الشرطة هجوما مفاجئا ونجحت فى تحرير الرهائن.. وهنا حدثت المفاجأة: فبدلا من مساعدة الشرطة فى مهمتها، راح بعض المخطوفين يقاومون محاولة تحريرهم، بل إنهم أبدوا تعاطفهم مع الخاطفين وظلوا يدافعون عنهم وذهبوا ليشهدوا لصالحهم بعد ذلك أمام القضاء..
Oct 7, 2009
Qantara.de - إبداعات أدبية رغم عيون الرقابة الأمنية
Qantara.de - إبداعات أدبية رغم عيون الرقابة الأمنية
ينتشر أفراد المخابرات في سوريا في كل مكان مثلما ينتشر أفراد شرطة المرور في الغرب. ويتم تسجيل كل حركة وكلمة، لكن بعض الكتّاب يعتبرون ذلك تحديا خلاّقا ومبدعا ليعطون بالنكتة والفكاهة والخواطر لمحة من النظرة الأولى عن المجتمع والنظام السياسي. سوزانه شاندا تلقي الضوء على هذه المسألة.
ينتشر أفراد المخابرات في سوريا في كل مكان مثلما ينتشر أفراد شرطة المرور في الغرب. ويتم تسجيل كل حركة وكلمة، لكن بعض الكتّاب يعتبرون ذلك تحديا خلاّقا ومبدعا ليعطون بالنكتة والفكاهة والخواطر لمحة من النظرة الأولى عن المجتمع والنظام السياسي. سوزانه شاندا تلقي الضوء على هذه المسألة.
Syria fashion designers splash out in debut show - Yahoo! News
Syria fashion designers splash out in debut show - Yahoo! News
DAMASCUS, Syria – The svelte models strutted down the catwalk in sexy dresses with bare backs and short hemlines — all under the watchful portraits of Syrian President Bashar Assad and his late father, Hafez.
DAMASCUS, Syria – The svelte models strutted down the catwalk in sexy dresses with bare backs and short hemlines — all under the watchful portraits of Syrian President Bashar Assad and his late father, Hafez.
Al-Qaida showing smaller presence in Afghanistan
KABUL – Al-Qaida's role in Afghanistan has faded after eight years of war. Gone is the once-formidable network of camps and safe houses where Osama bin Laden and his mostly Arab operatives trained thousands of young Muslims to wage a global jihad. The group is left with fewer than 100 core fighters, according to the Obama administration, likely operating small-scale bomb-making and tactics classes conducted by trainers who travel to and from Pakistan.
Oct 4, 2009
Report Says Iran Has Data to Make a Nuclear Bomb - NYTimes.com
Report Says Iran Has Data to Make a Nuclear Bomb - NYTimes.com
Senior staff members of the United Nations nuclear agency have concluded in a confidential analysis that Iran has acquired “sufficient information to be able to design and produce a workable” atom bomb.
Senior staff members of the United Nations nuclear agency have concluded in a confidential analysis that Iran has acquired “sufficient information to be able to design and produce a workable” atom bomb.
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