Category Archives: middle east
Atran on Sacred Values
Science and Religion at Hampshire College For Friends and Faith: Understanding the Paths and Barriers to Political Violence from Hampshire TV on Vimeo.
Filed under middle east, politics, religion, science
Yoga, with a side of inequity, in the Afghan ‘Kabubble’
Via: Yoga, blast walls and life in the Afghan ‘Kabubble’ | McClatchy KABUL, Afghanistan — If you’re thinking about taking a yoga class at Kabul’s Fig Health Centre, you’ll be relieved to know that the yoga studio windows are packed … Continue reading
Filed under development, global issues, justice, middle east
… this speaks for itself.
YouTube – Hebron / Soldier’s ballett on Ke$ha’s Tik Tok song …. But, for some context (via Juan Cole’s Informed Comment): Posted on July 7, 2010 by Juan Israeli troops dance to Ke$ha’s “Tik Tok.”: … The piece begins with … Continue reading
Filed under history, justice, middle east, note to future generations, politics, religion
How Muhammad created Europe?
A fun post from the personal blog of Andreas Kluth, a real-live 10-year veteran of The Economist (yes, these people actually exist): Historians are still arguing about why and how (and even when) the Roman Empire fell — and by … Continue reading
Filed under history, middle east, religion
Misreading Tehran: What We Got Wrong – By Reza Aslan
Surprising candour from a Mid-East commentator on the popular media’s essential inability to properly understand the (in)significance of last year’s protests in Iran. Misreading Tehran: What We Got Wrong – By Reza Aslan | Foreign Policy. The spontaneous protest movement … Continue reading
Filed under global issues, middle east, news, note to future generations, politics
Pax Ottomanica? | TomDispatch
Tomgram: John Feffer, Pax Ottomanica? | TomDispatch Posted by John Feffer at 5:06pm, June 13, 2010. … You know that something strange is happening when the usual crew of neocon critics takes out after Turkey — yes, Turkey! — a country … Continue reading
Filed under general, global issues, middle east, news, politics
NY Times features Tony Judt op-ed on Gaza
Tony Judt writes: THE Israeli raid on the Free Gaza flotilla has generated an outpouring of clichés from the usual suspects. It is almost impossible to discuss the Middle East without resorting to tired accusations and ritual defenses: perhaps a … Continue reading
Filed under general, global issues, history, middle east, news, politics
Dyer on breaking the Gaza blockade: try again
Syndicated Canadian columnist Gwynne Dyer writes: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for an end to the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. Britain, France, Germany and Russia have done the same. After Israeli commandos killed nine peace … Continue reading
Filed under general, global issues, middle east, news, note to future generations, politics
