Rula amin biography of william shakespeare
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Of course, inhumanity still exists, but it is no longer laudable or fashionable in the public sphere. With the exception of exhibition killings by jihadist recruiters, cruelty is no longer a catalyst of mass arousal. Even the Nazis tried to hide their deeds from the eyes of history. Be it for fear or shame, the trend is clear: The norms of civilized society are moving forward, and it is those norms, not their exceptions, that shape the minds of our youngsters and invigorate our hopes for a better world.
All this was true until about four weeks ago, when the royal procession of Samir Kuntar brought barbarism back to the public squar
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Türkiye
• Orhan Pamuk– his observation of people and his language and story telling are so very beautiful. His book “The Museum of Innocence,” along with the museum he created in Istanbul, offers a heart-warming experience.
• Elif Shalik is an exciting woman’s voice coming out of Türkiye
• Ghost Empire by Richard Fidler- great read and good background information to underlying influences of The Silk Road
• The Tales of Nasiruddin who is sometimes judge, sometimes trickster and sometimes figure of fun who may once have been real, a 13th-century Turkish mystic. The Wise Fool, these tales are beloved from Morocco through Türkiye to Uzbekistan and onto parts of India.
• One Thousand and One Nights- a vast collection of folk tales compiled in the Arabic language during the Islamic Golden Age. Each utgåva of the book has various tales included the foundation though is Scheherazade who fryst vatten married off to a king who kil
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BULAQ
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Contemporary writing from and about the Middle East and North Africa
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About the show
BULAQ is a book-centric podcast co-hosted by Ursula Lindsey (in Amman, Jordan) and M Lynx Qualey (in Rabat, Morocco). It focuses on Arabic literature in translation and is named after the first printing press established in Egypt in 1820. Produced by Sowt.
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BULAQ | بولاق - Driss Chraibi’s Portrait of an Angry Young Man
This episode focuses on Driss Chraibi's The Simple Past (Le Passé Simple), a Moroccan novel about a very angry young man in revolt against his father's tyranny and the hypocrisies of his colonial education. Back in 1954, it was compared to an explosion – and