ERUSALEM, August 12, 2008 (AFP) – Harry Potter and Pinocchio are apparently not welcome in Israel, at least in their Arabic translations imported from Syria and Lebanon.
Arab-Israeli publisher Salah Abassi told Israeli public radio on Monday that authorities ordered him to stop importing Arabic-language children’s books from the two longtime foes of Israel.
The ban includes [...]
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Banning Arabian Childhood
01Sep08On Strangers and Friends
30Jul08“I think that’s what scares me: the randomness of everything. That the people who could be important to you might just pass you by. Or you pass them by. How did you know? Should I turn around and talk to the Mexican boy? Maybe he was lonely like me, maybe he read Denton Welch. I [...]
On Creativity and Getting High
14Mar08The following events took place in a creative writing class:
I made a note to bring in some ashtrays and then I rooted through the wastepaper basket for a few empty cans. Standing beneath the prominently displayed NO SMOKING sign, I distributed the cans and cast my cigarettes upon the table, encouraging my students to go [...]
What do you really want?
20Nov07There’s a book titled: “Eat, Pray, Love” in which the author “Elizabeth Gilbert” tells her journey in search for everything. I didn’t read the book but I heard about on Oprah. In the book, Elizabeth says she asks herself everyday, the moment she wakes up, and she thinks everyone should (and I agree), “what do [...]
“And that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.”
- The Kite Runner
Roxanne
12Feb07“Roxanne, you don’t have to put on the red light”. I only watched Moulin Rouge a couple of weeks ago on mbc2 and I’m glad I did. First of all, I’m a fan of musical movies so I was greatly entertained by the musical bits. But the reason this movie is now a favorite, is [...]
Elen Ghulam has just published her first book with the title: Don’t Shoot! … I have another story to tell you
Congratulations ihath on your first and hopefully not the last book!
For three years I have been walking around with this secret inside my head. More like a wish or a dream. Very [...]
Via 7days:
Bookstores in Dubai have ordered hundreds copies of a book recommended by Osama bin Laden after being inundated with customers wanting to buy it.
Bin Laden urged all Americans to read ‘Rogue State: A Guide to the World’s only Superpower’ by William Blum in a video statement released last week. He said it would explain [...]
What is your Zahir?
13Sep05“This book might one day reach her hands and even if it doesn’t, I am now a man at peace with his spirit. I no longer wrestle with my wounded pride,I no longer look for Esther on every corner, in every bar and cinema, at every supper, I no longer look for her in Marie [...]
“We just don’t know it at the time…”
-The Five People You Meet in Heaven
When Adam felt too weak, sleepy to be precise but he didn’t know what sleep is at that time. He thought it’s the end. Thats how we think about death, something we’ve never experienced before, mysterious and powerful.
When Adam woke up the [...]
Hazel, Mayur, Savanah, Clyde, tessa [...]
Nas, Secret Window
Shaden, Hamzeh N.
Dave
Suzy, Waleed, ma7joob, sam, Iman [...]