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A customer shops for books at a shopping mall in Kajang outside Kuala Lumpur September 7, 2013. (REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad)
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File photo of English poet Philip Larkin. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Philip Larkin: Poet of Solitude and Old Age
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The pre-eminent English poet Philip Larkin (1922-1985) is not unknown in the Arab world. A few years ago Cairo’s Supreme Council of Culture published an anthology of Larkin’s poetry; this collection is translated and forwarded by poet and...Caption:
Disraeli and the Myth of the Oriental Sage
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—There are men of action who fancy themselves as writers—one example is Julius Caesar. Then there are writers who dream of action—Lord Byron, for example. More interesting, perhaps, are those who live the action imagined in their writings. An...Caption:
An Afghan security force keeps watch near the entrance gate of the Presidential palace in Kabul on June 25, 2013. Source: AFP Photo/Shah Marai
A Washington insider grinds axes
[inset_left]The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat By Vali Nasr Doubleday, 2013[/inset_left]The Dispensable Nation is a frustrating book. It offers some valuable insights into some of the recent history and current trends of American foreign...Camus and the Algerian Revolution
[inset_left]Algerian Chronicles By Albert Camus, Translated by Arthur Goldenhammer Belknap Press, May 2013[/inset_left]Soon after accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957, Albert Camus was confronted by a young Algerian at a press conference and challenged to...Caption: