Five years on, and still we have not learnt. With each anniversary, the steps crumble beneath our feet, the stones ever more cracked, the sand ever finer. Five years of catastrophe in Iraq and I think of Churchill, who in the end called Palestine a “hell-disaster”.
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Entries Tagged as 'Middle East'
Robert Fisk: The only lesson we ever learn is that we never learn
March 20th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Actuality · Middle East · Politics & International Relations · War & Terrorism
Zaha Hadid’s more-than-organic architecture">Zaha Hadid’s more-than-organic architecture
March 8th, 2007 · No Comments
Today’s New York Times reports not once but twice about a planned arts supercomplex in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The articles cover all the art hot topics of the day: the pros and cons of the development, east meets west, the Bilbao effect, art as franchise is good or bad, and art as global [...]
Tags: Architecture · Design & Technology · Middle East
A world of extremes and contrasts…">A world of extremes and contrasts…
March 2nd, 2007 · No Comments
The World Press Photo of the Year 2006 shows upscale young Lebanese men and women visiting a bombed-out Beirut neighborhood like disaster tourists — or at least that’s what everyone thought. Bissan Maroun, one of those featured in the photograph, told SPIEGEL ONLINE the true story.
Photo credits: Spencer Platt of Getty Images
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Tags: Middle East · Photography & journalism · Society · War & Terrorism
Iran, the U.S. and the burden of history">Iran, the U.S. and the burden of history
January 23rd, 2007 · No Comments
Ali M. Ansari’s book, Confronting Iran, is an honest and dispassionate account of the less than honest intentions and lost opportunities that have been a part of the U.S. approach towards Iran.
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Tags: Middle East · Politics & International Relations · War & Terrorism
Groundbreaking design in a traditional society">Groundbreaking design in a traditional society
December 25th, 2006 · No Comments
Reza Abedini (1967, Iran) is generally known as one of the best designers in the Arab world who combine the rich graphic history of Persia with contemporary and timeless design at the same time. Last week he got the Principal Prince Claus Award in Amsterdam.
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Tags: Art & Culture · Design & Technology · Middle East
