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Vending Machines for Books: A Good Idea?
M. LYNX-QUALEY: Drinks, gold, now it's books - Abu Dhabi seems to find endless uses for the vending machine …
‘There’s No Room For Poets, Unless They’re Dead’
FARIS ADNON, ARABLIT: The narrative form has overwhelmed poetry in the Arab world, so I've given up on poetry. …
Pure Theatre: The Drama Of The Press Conference
MAURICE CHAMMAH, ARABLIT: It's a performance which has protagonists and an audience. Too often though the drama is not reflected in the finished article…
Saudi Authorities Crack Down on ‘Book Fair Louts’
CROSSROADS ARABIA: The Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information has taken a firm line on trouble-makers at the Riyadh Book Fair.…
Iran’s First Oscar: A Film Those Itching for War Need to Watch
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: I hope every Israeli and U.S. foreign policy official sees this film: How can bombs stand up to the moral acuity represented by this film?…
‘My Beautiful Bahrain’: An Alternative View
STEVE ROYSTON: Many of us who have decided to settle in Bahrain remain determined to see the positive in spite of the recent troubles…
Laughter and Anger: In the Court of Al Aswany
M. LYNX-QUALEY: He is arguably Egypt's leading public intellectual and every week he holds public salons whose numbers have swelled hugely over the past year. …
Goodbye Ibrahim Aslan: Daily Debris Was His Inspiration
M. LYNX-QUALEY: He wrote about everyday lives filled with frustration and dead-ends but leavened by laughter. Farewell, Ibrahim, we'll miss you …
Dropping the ‘D’ On the Way to a Better 2012
STEVE ROYSTON: I thought of the Q-less dictionary as words rattled round my head to describe my golf game, and prospects for the world in 2012...…