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bint battuta in bahrain
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The anecdotes and musings of a translator living in Bahrain
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the minaret
Whether or not minarets are actually used to call the faithful to prayer, they remain potent symbols of Islam, and have sometimes been targeted accordingly. [...] Such clashes between competing visual cultures are unfortunately not only recent news,...
unveiled
A popular opinion on the Arabian Peninsula is that the veil is something foreign – introduced to the Arabs by either the Persians or the Turks. Many men and women equally point out that in the time of the Prophet, that is when Islam was at its stro...
the great escape
I have dozens of unread books on my shelves, including some French books. But a couple of weeks ago I had the urge to read something different in French – I didn't know what – so I decided to make a visit to Family Bookshop, which stocks some Fre...
thus spake the profit
Student, discussing the difference between conventional and Islamic credit cards: "With conventional cards, if you don't pay, interest increases."I heard, "If you don't pray."A certain logic there....
something wonderful, something stimulating, somethin\' stupid
Something wonderful happened to me a few weeks ago: my laptop died. After my fears about losing work were assuaged (thank you, Farukh, for your professional services), I found that I felt liberated without a computer screen at home to distract me (I...
emirati wanderings and wonderings
I've just returned from three days spent visiting friends in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. My companions: a copy of Jonathan Raban's Arabia Through The Looking Glass, not read in many years, and a notebook.in passingJust after maghreb. On the bus out to the p...
A light ray of English humour in Bahrain.
Posted: February 6th, 2009 | More Reviews From GattoGiallo | Report This Comment