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I've just finished reading 'My 1001 Nights' by Alice Morrison, and for anyone with an interest in Morocco, I would highly recommend it. Alice Morrison is a Scottish adventurer who visited Morocco,...
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I've remembered better what happened. I didn't comment on a post of hers. The series Morocco to Timbuctoo was being discussed in a Morocco group I belong. There were positive and negative points...
The economic history of Egypt is poorly understood – as is its general history except for the shiny coffins and big pyramids. The writing in Arabic or English by...
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Quite fascinating to digest, will take my laptop to bed to study in more detail.... 8)
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Quote: University of Pennsylvania, Hawass’s old university and the place that doesn’t ask the old windbag...
Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe
Written by Roger McNamee, an early investor in Facebook
Quote from the book
“This is a story about power. It describes how even the best of ideas , in...
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Whilst I am a regular user of Facebook, I have to agree with that quote. It can be a great medium for communication when used properly but, like all things, it can also be a deadly place when used...
The justifiable rules of the site regarding posting restrict links so I have had to post these useful links in a seperate post.
If you are interested in Arabic/regional poetry.
A well regarded...
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Yes basically we want to avoid having threads that are solelycomprised of just a link to a URL with little or no information to say what the link is all about, so a short precis lets members decide...
I find it interesting that the Muslim world is so divided, albeit on borders designed by westerners, and has poor knowledge about the giants of their...
This post is mainly about the Greco-Egyptian poet Cavafy, some information on where Arabic poetry is at, and possibly useful names on writers still alive or recently dead who...
A new book by Chris Naunton published October 2018 by Thames & Hudson
About £15 hardback. Not yet available as ebook.
I bought this with some misgivings as I've never found his documentaries on...
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My sister has bought this book for me as my Xmas gift - looking forward to it's arrival! Probably after Xmas - post can take up to 5 weeks to reach me, but hopefully before my departure to Luxor!
At the other end of the travel writing spectrum is that old war horse travel writer Dervla Murphy. She’s unfashionable amongst the barely literate great unwashed because she focuses on the truth and...
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'On a lighter note:
A few months back.....
I met a 35 year old American Red Indian called Eric ? ( yeh! Eric, so what ? many indians are called Eric, 'shuttup.)
He even had a single eagle's feather...
The authorised biography of TE Lawrence. 1990.
Well quite a tome. What a strange character he was, and I haven't even got to the good bits yet.
Quite fascinating and revealing just how astute he...
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There is one thing certain about TEL - he couldn't tell the truth. He could write.
I will post when I put my ideas together but there is a civil war about his 'status' driven, in a low rent way. by...
I hadn’t realized that Mahfouz did some overt political writing - Before the Throne: Dialogs with Egypt’s Great From Menes to Anwar Sadat (published as Amam al-‘arsh:...
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I've only just found tine to read this lengthy OP, Hafiz.
I've downloaded Mahfouz's book Before the Throne and look forward to reading it. Likewise the Raymond Shock article. Thank you.
Whence I came, I know. Whither I go, I know not. I came forth from the womb of Experience.
What I know, that I am. What I know not, is the limitless measure of what...
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Of course, Philosophy is for lazy buggers who don't want to work for a living and escape the real life.
You can with Philosophy justify anything, which is worrying.
Sure it look inspirational, but...
I did a lot of reading whilst away but four books in particular I really enjoyed.
Antony Stattin... The Pharaohs Shadow.
Looks to Pharonic history and traces some of the similarities that are still...
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Yes, they did Dusak.
Anthony Sattin's has been discussed on here not that long ago. I recommend his on the history of tourism in Egypt: Lifting the Veil.
During the past 12 hours I have been reading a book called Into the hands of Soldiers by David Kirkpatrick, and American journalist. I am so engrossed in the book I cannot put it down. A good read...
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Pleased you liked the book Newc. I found it fascinating and eye opening. I still think when they get a grasp on things Egypt will ban it...I got a copy sent o me from friends in the US who saw it and...
A partly witty, partly gruesome story about the near future in Egypt written by a popular Egyptian sci-fi, horror, fantasy writer who catered for the middle or mass...
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With a name like Towfik/Tawfik explains a lot, no more explanation necessary..... 8)
Looking for post Christmas reading, I took up the suggestion of a friend and started to read the Amelia Peabody series - with some misgivings I have to say. But I thought a crime/mystery series based...
Now my favorite all time history is that of Sherlock Holmes and Joseph Bell and Conan Doyle and the Art of Detection.
So here's a competition: Below is a study in features & detection...
“You know...
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Having spoken to several people who have met him, he sounds 'interesting.
Can't wait to meet him & compare notes and knife collections.
Oh! and his 5 months in an Egyptian nick..... 8)
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