Syrian Writers Association: Fighting Opression; Supporting Democracy and Freedom of Speech
Qantara: Syria’s opposition writers Fighting oppression and censorship Syrian writers in exile have founded a new association. Their aim is to continue their country’s rich literary tradition and to use the pen to fight for political and cultural change and
TRACES OF A TATTOO: CHAPTER 10
Shortly thereafter Aroub went into the bathroom and slammed the door shut. Her panic turning into an elaborate exercise of self-condemnation, she leaned back against the door and started pounding her thighs with her fists and biting at her lower
The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
Published on The Nation (http://www.thenation.com/) The Decline and Fall of the American Empire Alfred W. McCoy | December 6, 2010 This piece originally appeared at TomDispatch [1]. A soft landing for America 40 years from now? Don’t bet on it.
TIME TO WAKE UP, DOOMSDAY IS HERE
Origin of “Resurrection” The concept of resurrection in religions was established before Hammurabi published his Code. His father was Sin-Muballit the fifth Amorite king of the first dynasty. Balāṭu in Akkadian is “life”. An extension of the word is balluṭu:
ORIGIN OF SATAN
“Satan (Hebrew: שָּׂטָן Satan, meaning “adversary”; [1] Arabic: شيطان shaitan, meaning “astray” or “distant”, sometimes “devil”) is a figure appearing in the texts of the Abrahamic religions [2][3] who brings evil and temptation, and is known as the deceiver who
HOW OLD IS THE MALTESE LANGUAGE?
(This is an etymology chat as many Maltese citizens joined us yesterday and today at the Beehive Literary Circle, not a paper I’m going to upload to Academia.edu., so relax a bit). I miss professor Wettinger, Malta’s Outstanding Authority on its
IS OURS THE AGE OF PORN?
PROTECT YOUR GIRLS. THEY ARE THE FUTURE MOTHERS OF HUMANITY AND EACH ONE MAY BE A TARGET OF THE PORNOGRAPHY INDUSTRY Guests on Google plus pages would have noticed that aside from a relatively very few cases, those eager to
PORNOGRAPHY: HOW LARGE AND HOW DANGEROUS?
Human beings are excellent at detecting patterns. It is a primeval skill vital for survival. A man-eating lion is watched carefully. With time, the watchers become familiar with its basic behavioural habits and prepare a trap to kill it. Because
5,000 YEARS OF MAN SUPREMACY MAY SOON END
Both sexes have to be prepared for the coming huge social turbulance that could test humanity (1 of 5) Like seasonal migratory birds, thousands of boys and girls of many nationalities flock to the Islands of Malta in the summer
THE STORY OF NATURAL ARABIC NUMBERS
THE STORY OF NATURAL ARABIC NUMBERS* Numerics, a special English & Arabic edition THE STORY OF NATURAL ARABIC NUMBERS*The second greatest gift of Ancient Arabs in Southern Arabia to humanity after the alphabetWe have two stories to tell in The
Traces of a Tattoo, a novel by Adel S. Bishtawi: Chapter 24
Scene: Amman, Jordan: Wissam’s aunt house One week later Haytham had to lower his head in order to look inside the taxi that had just pulled over in the middle of the road, right in front of
The Arab Spring – an Update
Mare Nostrum: The 7th Biennial European Writers’ Council 5 May 2013 at 17:01 The Seventh Biennial European Writers’ Council was held in Valletta – Malta on 11 April 2013 Here is my prsentation Mare Nostrum The 7th Biennial European Writers’ Council
The Arab Spring
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Moriscos Events & Studies
The 10th International Symposium on: The Moriscos and the Mediterranean in the 16th and 17th Centuries Fondation Temimi – The Temimi Foundation (Tunis, Zaghouan – 9-12 Mai 2001) Abduljelil Temimi, Senen Horensa Ambassadeur d’Espagne, Luce Lopez Baralt A. S. Bishtawi
ZIRYAB
Cordova, a photo by Danny Bishtawi Featured image is at Sevilla Flight of the Blackbird Robert W. Lebling Jr. Illustrated by Norman MacDonald If you eat asparagus, or if you start your meal with soup and end with dessert,
A Search for Traces of Spain’s Islamic Past
A Search for Traces of Spain’s Islamic Past Tor Eigeland* I set out on my trip to photograph the traces of Spain’s Moorish past by driving south, down the coast from my home near Barcelona. Valencia In Valencia and its
