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Its always the same story:in the grip of forces they do not really understand; something out of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. Behind all these protestors and “freedom fighters” is a risk of unchaining a process that cannot be contained … Continue reading

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cinema noir: puppet show

Of course the film itself is idiotic, hateful, and poorly made. A hate crime in itself. To claim it cost $7 million to make is absurd. So, either it was a convenient pretext for an attack that may have been … Continue reading

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on the cusp of the second awakening

The reality of Arabism was misted, and presently this inner uncertainty , expressed in endemic feuds and rivalries, led to the collapse of Arab power. The decline was more protracted than the rise… The Arabs burst out of their peninsula … Continue reading

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