Vivian Eden
EGYPT ON TELEVISION
We watch Egypt on television
just one country away.
Off the screen, down the side streets
behind closed windows and doors
many people wait.
The television tells them truth and lies.They watch the footage shot on high:Tops of men’s heads all look the same,like lentils for sorting on a plate.Where is my husband, my...
Alexander Yakobson | Who's afraid of equality?
Alexander YakobsonWho's afraid of equality?Why won't writer Emile Habibi, an Israeli Prize laureate, appear on one of the banknotes bearing the likenesses of writers, asked Salman Masalha ("Shekels as tools of the regime," April 24 ). He was immediately attacked by belligerent commenters, sending him off to Gaza and swearing in the name of the Jewish...
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War Games
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Arab Nationalism?
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