DANTE Recommends: Letters From Baghdad, Tilda Swinton’s Tribute to ‘Female Lawrence of Arabia’ Gertrude Bell
by Massimo Gava War, tyranny and sectarian strife are tearing apart the Middle East nowadays. Yet the seeds for this tragedy lay in the political mistakes made centuries ago. One British woman was…- June 1, 2013 - 9:54 pm in Politics @en
Egypt’s Graffiti World
With an explosion of graffiti, Egypt’s young artists, sometimes more exuberant than skilled, claim a ground for free speech and memorialising the country’s fight for freedom. It is a ground they… - December 8, 2012 - 4:35 pm in Politics @en
Water For All: The Nile Basin Conundrum
Egypt is the “Gift of the Nile,” said Herodotus, some 3,000 years ago. That is still true today, but as the struggle for resources heats up along with the global temperature, the countries upstream… - May 28, 2012 - 11:07 pm in Politics @en
The Forgotten Victims of Conflict
When the tide of war washes over a country, the world’s attention focuses on the drama of battle, the sweep of geopolitical manoeuvres, the showy posturing of politicians who claim to seek peace.…