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• plays on words

  Posted on Thursday October 23rd, 2008 at 07:58 in britain, films, language, theatre, usa

  A few nights ago I watched Closer. (I’m currently catching up on just about every film made in the last few years, thanks to Um and Abu Naief, who have lent me a load of DVDs.) I watched Closer know...

• a whole lot of tears

  Posted on Sunday September 7th, 2008 at 07:55 in britain, films, palestine, service, usa

  Firehouse, by David Halberstam, is a book I found difficult to get through. It’s not long, and the language is not at all complex, but the story recounted in it is so heartwrenching that I found I h...

• three hits and a miss

  Posted on Friday May 30th, 2008 at 16:15 in britain, films, teenagers

  Sea-FeverI must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,And ...

• a novelist of ideas

  Posted on Tuesday April 8th, 2008 at 12:47 in britain, empire, films

• into the wild

  Posted on Sunday April 6th, 2008 at 09:25 in engagement, films, freedom

• the hunting party

  Posted on Tuesday March 25th, 2008 at 05:51 in bosnia, films, serbia

• search term stories: "her english is too good"

  Posted on Friday February 15th, 2008 at 14:03 in britain, english, films, poland, theatre

• the problem with arabic?

  Posted on Tuesday January 1st, 2008 at 13:49 in arabic, communication, english, films, language, translation

• amazing grace

  Posted on Tuesday December 18th, 2007 at 16:09 in africa, britain, empire, films, racism

• thar she blows!

  Posted on Thursday December 13th, 2007 at 14:56 in films

• they shoot donkeys, don't they?

  Posted on Wednesday December 12th, 2007 at 12:38 in bahrain, films

• anti-heroes

  Posted on Friday November 30th, 2007 at 13:47 in britain, films

• bobby

  Posted on Sunday November 25th, 2007 at 07:26 in activism, films

• la dolce vita

  Posted on Tuesday November 6th, 2007 at 06:10 in britain, communication, films, italy

• live free or die hard...

  Posted on Wednesday July 4th, 2007 at 15:47 in films

  A little while back I announced I was growing up, in terms of my taste in films. Well, that period of maturity didn't last long. Live Free or Die Hard was released. I went to see it this evening - and...

• the kingdom

  Posted on Thursday June 14th, 2007 at 04:43 in films, saudi arabia

  The Kingdom is a film being released later this year, based on the Riyadh compound bombings of 2003. This is the plot according to Wikipedia:After a deadly terrorist attack in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia tak...