Very true, but the UAE and other Gulf countries have set up huge awards for translated books. “Ghettoized” translations are entering more public forums than ever before

My copy was published by the American University in Cairo Press and the translation was done by William Hutchens

Also Basrayatha by Mohammed Khudayyir, a spellbinding book on that most cosmopolitan of cities, Basra

I think they call themselves the Lions of Babylon.

Very nice photo, congratulations

This photo looks like a scene from La L Land

Doesn’t Baghdad merit a mention?

There’s a media blackout on Iraq

Wow! Superb! Is this called a quatrain or am I way off base?

So true. I have another gripe about why Gulf broadcasters rarely mention Iraqi pain in this war. I think it’s because they (or their patrons) continue to view Iraq as a pariah state, post-Kuwait, despite the country’s superficial restoration among Arab states.

Up till yesterday, Al Jazeera barely mentioned the events in Iraq, only fixating on strikes on the American Embassy or American bases. But there is a serious escalation in Baghdad between the Iraqi militias and their targets, including Jordan. It’s almost as if Iraq is peripheral to the issue.

Or was Ottoman Islam more laic because it was more “ European”?

Does being European mean that they were less Muslim as a result?

What a beautiful, empathetic speech

Brilliant

Bravo

And tea transformed early twentieth century Iraq. Previously coffee drinkers, Iraqis nowadays opt for tea over coffee, although they also drink coffee but in smaller amounts.The British Empire’s Indian troops were the catalysts for the introduction of tea in Iraq and the commodity became a fixture.

Me by the Western Indian Ocean in Australia

What’s your book on, if I may ask? The title is intriguing

Anything new on the candidacy of Al-Maliki or it’s a faite accomplie?

I understand completely

We are but chess pieces in a malevolent game

Thank you, just wrote Fahad to ask for the full article.

Completement d’accord. En Amerique, il ya aussi chai tea et shariah law

Seems very accurate

John Tolan’s book is the best one in this series.

Very good analysis, Ultimes scories

This diagram made my day!

C’est l’exception Israeli

Among all the tributes to Rob Reiner and the many accolades for his films, nobody has mentioned his political investigation of the 2003 war, Shock and Awe. A very courageous film