Lord Ian Strathcarron wrote 2 excellent books of his travels with his family retracing Mark Twain’s two journeys. Both books are greatly enhanced by his…
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Tag: Middle East History
By William Dalrymple
William Dalrymple started off as a writer of travel books. He then branched off into Indian history after a trip to India aroused his senses…
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Jinnah and Pakistan
Pakistan was an ” insufficiently imagined” nation-state. A phrase coined by Salman Rushdie. {p 3 Dhulipala} Jinnah played a towering role in the creation of…
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The three giants of Modern China
Mao, Zhou and Deng are the three giants of Chinese modern history. Mao is the oldest born in 1893 in Shaoshan, Hunan. Zhou in 1898…
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Mount Sinai
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” {John 1:1}. Mount Sinai or Jebel Musa in…
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The origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict
I have visited the Holy Land twice, on March 2007 and again in Nov 2017. The middle east has always been an area of special…
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