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The aftermath of an air raid in Aleppo, May 2015.
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A Rainbow That Makes the Heart Leap
Centres of Cataclysm: Celebrating Fifty Years of Modern Poetry in Translation Edited by Sasha Dugdale, David Constantine and Helen Constantine Published by Bloodaxe Books, London, 2016 In his seminal study of translation, “Mouse or Rat?” the late Italian linguist and...Caption:
Philip Mansel website
Aleppo: A City That Refuses to Die
Aleppo: The Rise and Fall of Syria’s Great Merchant City, Philip Mansel, 238 pages, I.B. Tauris, London, 2016 In a bizarre coincidence, this fascinating portrayal of Aleppo, one of the Middle East’s most fascinating cities, came out exactly on the day that Russian...Caption:
Children walk on the debris of a damaged building in Al-Myassar neighborhood of Aleppo on February 16, 2015. (Reuters/Hosam Katan)
The Crossing
The Crossing: My Journey to the Shattered Heart of Syria By Samar Yazbek Rider Books, 280 pages London, 2015 “The world has abandoned us!” This is the tragic message that comes out of Samar Yazbek’s fascinating reportage from what she describes as “the shattered heart...Caption:
Women walk past a banner depicting the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, on November 17, 2013 in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh during a parade marking the 13th day of Ashura that commemorates the 7th-century killing of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Imam Hussein. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images)
Between the Ayatollah and the Marquis
Khomeini, de Sade, and Me By Abnousse Shalmani Grasset, 177 pages Paris, 2014 If we are to believe Abnousse Shalmani, being a woman is hard work even in Western democracies boasting of gender equality and human rights. It is even harder in contemporary Iran where a...Caption:
This undated file picture show’s St. Basils Cathedral, in Red Square, Moscow, Russia. (Getty Images/Yunhao Liang/EyeEm)