Posts Tagged with ‘Reviews’
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El sueño del celta: Mario Vargas Llosa
17 Sep 2011Sir Roger Casement is one of the super-heroes of international human rights, and was so before such a phrase existed. …
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All This Belongs to Me: A Novel of Mongolian Sisters; Or Is It?
04 Aug 2011I decided to take a break from the run of Arabic fiction I’ve been reading to catch up with a…
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The Map of Love – Ahdaf Soueif, Egypt & England
14 May 2011Adhaf Soueif, of Egptian and British heritage and upbringing has set herself a formidable task in The Map of Love:…
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In The Country of Men – Hisham Matar, Libya
10 May 2011The news from Libya this month is increasingly grim. It turns out it is extremely difficult merely to protect civilians.…
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The Long Way Back by Fuad al-Takarli: A Novel from Iraq
17 Apr 2011The ascension of Saddam Hussein to the peak of Iraqi power began in 1958 when a coup led by Brigadier…
