The Stoning of Soraya M — A Film of Iran
Of all the terrible means human beings have used to put others to death few exceed stoning for sheer cruelty; …
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Adrift on the Nile — a Novel of Egypt by Naguib Mahfouz
I came to Naguib Mahfouz’s novel Adrift on the Nile after having seen the movie of the same name. As …
Weather Weather Everywhere and Not A Plan in Sight
It is hard to get people impressed with the size of the disaster flooding over Australia’s north east province of …
Adrift on The Nile – A Film from Egypt, Mahfouz
Adrift on the Nile is a 1971 film from Egypt, directed by Hussein Kamal, who has some 10 movies to his …
Middle East Literarary Landscapes
I gave, and received, this year a notable reminder that the cultures of the Middle-East — Iranian, Arabic, Turkish– have …
More Warmth More Snow
From Wunderground: The remarkable Post-Christmas blizzard of 2010 has ended for the United States, as the storm has trekked northeastward …
Wedding Song by Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt
Wedding Song, by Naguib Mahfouz, Nobel Prize winning Egyptian author, was written in 1981 well into his writing life which …
De-ratting the Islands
Invasive species stories read like 1950s horror films – The Blob, The Think, The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Rabbits …
Gobal Surface Temperature Keeps Rising: Japan Meteorlogical Agency
21 December 2010 Japan Meteorological Agency Global Temperature in 2010 Most Likely Second Warmest (preliminary) The annual anomaly of the …
If We’re Warming Why Is It So Cold?
As last year, the climate change deniers are chortling into their snugglies: If we’re warming (like the commies claim) why …
The Sand Fish – a Novel from Dubai
The Sand Fish, a novel by Maha Gargash of Dubai, apparently written in English, is another of the suggestions for …
Women’s Prison — Iran
Quite unlike any women-in-prison movie you might have seen, or contemplated seeing, Manijeh Hekmat’s 2002 Women’s Prison, from Iran offers no …