5 excellent books which I bought at Kinokuniya KLCC last Sunday. Two are on Japanese wood block prints. They give a good picture of this…
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Tag: African Politics
The Rise and Fall of Economies: Comparative Histories of Middle East and China
These three books are on comparative history. The long divergence’s key argument is that by the 19th century, the Middle East had fallen way behind…
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Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela when he died in 2013, at age 95, was universally acclaimed as a political saint. The facts known to laymen were that this…
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The Arab Spring
The Arab Spring- a term coined by Western interests who favored the uprisings against the Arab countries- happened 10 years ago this year. Yet, there…
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Understanding Iran
Two wrongs make a right? BBC in its 2020 Panorama – Hostage in Iran postulated that dual UK and Iranian citizens who are arrested in…
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Interactions with Egyptians – The Buried: Life, Death and Revolution in Egypt
This book is about the writer’s observations and interactions with Egyptians after the fall of Hosni Mubarak to the election of Morsi, the coup by…
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Ideal companions on cruise
These 2 books are ideal companions on any cruise in the Mediterranean Sea. I bought The Pillars of Hercules in a 2nd handbook shop in…
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