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Monday, June 27th, 2005

A controversial biography of the Prophet, written by one George Bush (distant, distant relation, says the White House), in the last century, has been authorized for distribution by the powerful and often belligerent Al-Azhar in Egypt. Al-Azhar is a religious university that has the power to censor particular books in the republic, so I was [...]

Khadra Profile

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2005

Muslim Women + Sex = Publishing Bonanza

Tuesday, June 21st, 2005

Latest Doueiri Film Screen in L.A.

Tuesday, June 14th, 2005

Bidoun

Wednesday, June 8th, 2005

Mid-East a Hot Trend: In Publishing, as in Empire

Tuesday, May 31st, 2005

Giveaway: For Bread Alone

Thursday, March 17th, 2005

The Orientalist: Excerpt, Review, Questions, Interview

Monday, February 28th, 2005

Sixteen Years Ago: The Fatwa Against Rushdie

Tuesday, February 15th, 2005

van Gogh Report

Wednesday, November 24th, 2004

Two articles published today about slain writer/filmmaker Theo van Gogh offer rather different perspectives about the case. In Salon, Ronald Rovers presents van Gogh as an advocate of free speech, one who saw his insults as a right in a democracy. Interestingly, the piece leads with the repeated mentions of the murderer’s national origin (italics [...]

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