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second awakenings
Looking today upon the wide crescent of the Arab world, whatever its disabilities, it does not stagnate. Squabbling, bickering, half-cocked, it remains, but it bursts with life. The great world listens to each successive assertion of the undying, united, un-extinguishable … Continue reading
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a river of time
Ancient Egyptians rejoiced in the thought that their country was without history. Their view of the world was static: the best life was one in which everything was always the same. The Nile rose, flooded and receded; the sun crossed … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Arab conquest of Egypt Saladin, Crusades in Egypt, Francis of Assisi in Egypt, Giotto di Bordone, Giotto Frescoes, Gustave Dore, ibn-Khaldun medieval Arab scholar, Louis IX in Egypt, Louis King of France in Egypt, Maimonides guide for the perplexed, Maimonides in Egypt, Napoleon in Egypt, sultan al-Kamil Egypt, The Arab Spring, Turan-Shah killed in Egpt
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