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Opinion: The Culture of Calligraphy

by Samir Atallah | Aug 31, 2016 | Opinion

For the Chinese, calligraphy is an art almost as revered as poetry. In Arab culture, calligraphy is as valued as drawing is in the west, and I do not know why Arab intelligence services suffer from a shortage of calligraphers. The words for signboards are composed by...

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Opinion: Deceptive Leaders

by Samir Atallah | Aug 27, 2016 | Opinion

In the west disgrace afflicts those who deceive their own people, not those who are defeated. The Chilcot report on the Iraq war does not condemn Tony Blair because he lost the war, but rather because he, along with George W. Bush, was involved in one of the worst...

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Opinion: Comprehensive Lies

by Samir Atallah | Aug 23, 2016 | Opinion

The French writer André Gide used to say that nothing destroys an individual or a group like lying does. Fooling yourself and fooling others destroys your intellect. Richard Nixon was forced to resign, not because he ordered for the Democratic Party headquarters to be...

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Opinion: “Oh Night, Oh My Eyes”

by Samir Atallah | Aug 20, 2016 | Opinion

What does one enter a book shop to buy? A book or a music CD, of course. I recently purchased a delightful book entitled “Ô nuit, ô mes yeux: Le Caire / Beyrouth / Damas / Jérusalem” (Oh night, Oh my eyes: Cairo / Beirut / Damascus / Jerusalem) that is made of up of...

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Opinion: Mohammed Al-Sharekh’s Stories

by Samir Atallah | Aug 13, 2016 | Opinion

Mohammed Al-Sharekh’s CV lists the following achievements and positions that he has held: a masters in Economics from Chicago University, Deputy Director General for the Kuwait Fund of the Arab Economics Development, member of the board of the Word Bank,...