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Tag Archives: Bashar Al Assad
art of the letter: consciousness and calligraphy
The art of Arab calligraphy. A union of Arabs somehow never works; there is always something avant-garde, even prophetic in the periodic Renaissance of the Arab world, a brotherhood that is alive even if it remains metaphysical and spiritual and … Continue reading
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Tagged Aisha and Mohammed, Arab calligraphy, Bashar Al Assad, Hafez al-Assad, Hariri Assassination, Kamel El-Baba, Khalil Gibran, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mahmoud Bayoun, Mohammed the Prophet, Naskhi Diwani script, Rafik Hariri, Salah Al-Hafi, Samer Makarem, Sheikh Nassib Makarem, The History of Mohammed
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domino effect: men in long black coats
An aesthetic of violence. An aesthetic of racism. An aesthetic of the excessive. Who knows how this horsetrading is going to work out in the end. Pawns in their game, from Syrian “freedom” fighters and any other form of demented, … Continue reading
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Tagged al-Nabi Saleh spring, ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Bashar Al Assad, Damien Cave, Dror Etkes, Free Syrian Army, George Galloway, Greek Patriarch Theophilos III, ICAHD Jeff Halper, Julian Assange, Meir Margalit Jerusalem, Migron expulsion Israel, Nabi Saleh Water Spring, Nariman Tamini Nabi Saleh water spring, Peace Now movement, Simon of Trent, Sunni Islamists, Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, Taif Accord 1989
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last call: accept no substitutes
Mohammed, two years before his death, had met his immediate goals. The Moslem faith, once practiced by a persecuted minority, was now, through the Word and more preponderantly, by the Sword, was now a state religion. He was strong enough … Continue reading
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Tagged Abdel al-Moneim Aboul Fotouh, Aisha and Mohammed, American Center for Law and Justice, Bashar Al Assad, Free Syrian Army, Ground Zero Mosque controversy, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Islam and Christianity, Jay Sekulow, Jonathan Steele Guardian, Khairat al-Shater, King Abdullah Jordan, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mohamed Morsi, Mohammed death, Muslim Brotherhood Egypt, robert fisk, Syria Crisis Bashar Assad, thomas friedman new york times
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mainland holiday: that’s sansha not sencha
It’s a seemingly small event, but Mao Zedong’s long march also began with a few small steps. The jewel, the prize, the coveted article for China is Taiwan. It’s doubtful they would play for the Philipines, but South Korea and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bashar Al Assad, China Aircraft Carrier, China City of Sansha, China Confucious Institutes, China DF-21D ballistic missile, China Over the Horizon radar ( OTH), China Paracel Islands, China Spratly Islands, China strategy South China Sea, China Syria support U.N., Edgar Snow, Joseph S. Nye, Lord Killanin IOC, Luo Baoyou China, Mao Zedong Long March, Proctor and Gamble China, Robert O. Keohane, Ruan Zongze, Sino-American relations, Song Zhong COC, Sun Shaochi China, The Future of Power book
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down the slippery slope of the golan
Well, he was supposed to be the savior of Canada. They, the liberal party dragged him out of Harvard and basically said it would be cake-walk to 24 Sussex Drive, a formality, get inside to Ignatieff’s ego and off they … Continue reading
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Tagged Adad Hannah, Bashar Al Assad, Celeste Holm, ezra levant, gericault raft of the medusa, Golan Heights border violation, Haim Waxman, John Wayne Cast a Giant Shadow, Kate Middleton, Kate Middleton field hockey, Kirk Douglas Cast a Giant Shadow, Michael Ignatieff, Stephen Sondheim, Syrian Civil War, Theodore Gericault, Thorstein Veblen, Vladimir Putin
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the littlest deaths add up
by Art Chantry: ”the little death”. so poetic… Indeed, the French term for orgasm “le petit mort,” which means “small death” is indicative of the process where we release our ego-driven self in a divine connection to our spouse and … Continue reading
finding the right word
Only you can prevent forest fires…Is Damascus burning? It goes something like a John Le Carre novel where the difference between the good and bad is mainly nuances in shades of grey. Or, like Ariel Sharon once said, the ends … Continue reading
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Tagged Ami Horowitz, Ariel Sharon, Bashar Al Assad, Bassma Kodmani, Bruce Riedel BBC, China and Russia Syrian veto, Free Syrian Army, Glenn Beck, Israel Bulgaria bombing, Maria Lipman, Matt Groff, MK Yitzhak Herzog, Ribal al-Assad, Syria Bashir Assad
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Not boyfriend material
The acorn doesn’t far fall from the tree. A date with Bashar. Appealing. Or is there something chilling about being so close to a figure with an aura of total banality and boredom, and a reputation for a seemingly unlimited … Continue reading
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Tagged Aleppo Codex, Ami Horowitz, Asma Assad, Bashar Al Assad, Christopher Hitchens, Hafez al-Assad, Henri Bernard-Levy, jody williams, Julian Assange, Maimonides Aleppo Codex, Maimonides guide for the perplexed, Sergio Duarte, Vogue Magazine Asma Assad
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strike three for assad
Back to the Valley of Tears. Will he be called out on strikes, or take a hack at it hoping to put some wood on the ball? Or just go down swinging? It doesn’t look good for Bashar Assad. Not … Continue reading
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Tagged Asma Assad, Bashar Al Assad, bashar assad, eran riklis, hafez assad, Israel Golan Heights, Kuneitra, Malcolm X, mariano rivera, the syrian bride, the syrian bride movie, tom verducci, Vogue Magazine Asma Assad
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