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Opinion: The Culture of Calligraphy

Opinion: The Culture of Calligraphy

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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Fractured Lands, How the Arab World Came Apart. The New York Times


Egypt Away from Divisions and Fracturing Scenarios

Egypt Away from Divisions and Fracturing Scenarios

Washington-For the second consecutive day, Asharq Al-Awsat publishes New York Times Magazine feature story, which is the product of some 18 months of reporting and tells the story of the catastrophe that has fractured the Arab world since the invasion of Iraq 13 years...
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Libya’s Jewish community leader Raphael Luzon


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Opinion: Is Iraq Collapsing?

Opinion: Is Iraq Collapsing?

It is hard to believe that there are features of a revolution in Iraq against corruption, nepotism and the sectarian quota system. It is also difficult to believe that what is happening is a reformist movement, even if the occupiers of parliament and the Green Zone in...