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by Amir Taheri | Mar 6, 2014 | Book Reviews
[inset_left]Lawrence In Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle EastBy Scott Anderson575 pagesAtlantic Books, London 2014[/inset_left]The narrative goes something like this: The British sent one of their spies, T.E. Lawrence, to incite...
by The Majalla | Jan 10, 2013 | The Majalla Magazine
When I was spending summer afternoons copying Arabic lettering off the blackboard at Oxford University’s Oriental Institute, I would often catch myself staring out of the dull, aluminum-framed windows. Where were the sweeping skylines pricked with minarets, the...
