Jan 18, 2010
Qantara.de - "مرض العرب"....تربية القمع و معركة العقول
Qantara.de - "مرض العرب"....تربية القمع و معركة العقول
في كتابه الجديد يحلل الصحفي البريطاني برايان وايت تيكر ما اصطلح عليه بـ"مرض العرب". ويعتقد أن ردود الفعل القمعية للأنظمة العربية تشبع بها المجتمع بالفعل حتى تكاد تتكرر في كل طبقة من طبقاته.
في كتابه الجديد يحلل الصحفي البريطاني برايان وايت تيكر ما اصطلح عليه بـ"مرض العرب". ويعتقد أن ردود الفعل القمعية للأنظمة العربية تشبع بها المجتمع بالفعل حتى تكاد تتكرر في كل طبقة من طبقاته.
Jan 17, 2010
Food Lovers Discover The Joys Of Aleppo : NPR
Food Lovers Discover The Joys Of Aleppo : NPR
Aleppo, in northern Syria, is one of the oldest cities in the world. For a thousand years — maybe more — the city's residents have had food on the mind. Now, this Middle East gourmet capital is registering on the itineraries of food tourists — and giving Paris and New York some competition.
Aleppo, in northern Syria, is one of the oldest cities in the world. For a thousand years — maybe more — the city's residents have had food on the mind. Now, this Middle East gourmet capital is registering on the itineraries of food tourists — and giving Paris and New York some competition.
Jan 9, 2010
LRB · Adam Shatz · Wanting to Be Something Else
LRB · Adam Shatz · Wanting to Be Something Else
Who could resist the charms, or doubt the importance, of a liberal, secular, Turkish Muslim writing formally adventurous, learned novels about the passionate collision of East and West? Orhan Pamuk is frequently described as a bridge between two great civilisations, and his major theme – the persistence of memory and tradition in Westernising, secular Turkey – is of a topicality, a significance, that it seems churlish to deny.
Who could resist the charms, or doubt the importance, of a liberal, secular, Turkish Muslim writing formally adventurous, learned novels about the passionate collision of East and West? Orhan Pamuk is frequently described as a bridge between two great civilisations, and his major theme – the persistence of memory and tradition in Westernising, secular Turkey – is of a topicality, a significance, that it seems churlish to deny.
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