Emerging Arab Voices: A Bilingual Reader
I’ve been immersing myself in translated Arabic writing these past months, from novels, to movies, to short story and poetry …
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All This Belongs to Me: A Novel of Mongolian Sisters; Or Is It?
I decided to take a break from the run of Arabic fiction I’ve been reading to catch up with a …
Paths of Glory: A Novel and A Film of War, Books,
As local author Adam Hochschild makes the rounds with his latest, amazing book, To End All Wars [following King Leopold’s …
The Fastest Mobil Network?
Though I mean to post tech stuff here I seldom do, unless linked directly to global warming or other such …
Jared Diamond on The Most Important (12) Environmental Problems
If no video showing, click here. “We are working so hard for our children and grandchildren. All of us parents …
Climate of Denial — Al Gore
Al Gore has a very good article in the current Rolling Stone. Get it! Get 5 and leave them around …
The Ocean is Breaking – and That’s Not A Good Thing
The changes to the world’s oceans from warming, acidification and the resultant hypoxia are far greater in magnitude than previously …
Solar City
In a world where hope is running close to empty, this is a sniff of good news. Two-thirds of …
Inch’ Allah Dimanche: Algerian Immigrants to France
Immigration is big in the news these days – mostly the opposition to it– around the world. It is absolutely …
The Devil You Don’t Know: Going Back to Iraq — Zuhair Al-Jezairy
Iraq is, in the words of Zuhair al-Jezairy in The Devil You Don’t Know, his memoir/reportage of returning there after 25 …
Saqi Books: History, Fiction and Food from the Middle World
I’ve come across a very lively publisher of Arabic, Farsi and Turkish translations to English, histories of the region, biographies, …
The Map of Love – Ahdaf Soueif, Egypt & England
Adhaf Soueif, of Egptian and British heritage and upbringing has set herself a formidable task in The Map of Love: …