I was raised on stories of the heroes of the Great Revolt and have always considered them my inspiration. Knowing that my grandfather was a friend of Sultan al-Atrash was a point of pride; we always were told that he had kept liquor at home in case the Sheikh visited. Naziq al Abid was another inspi ...
An Israeli report states there was not enough shock and awe in the flotilla raid: Flawed intelligence-gathering and planning led to Israel's botched and deadly raid on a Gaza-bound protest flotilla, with security forces underestimating the potential for violence, said the official report released Monday.
The long running debate of the validity of genre vs. literature is something many of us think about. Genre writers often feel marginalized when it comes to the big picture, and though a lot of important people protest and say "there is no genre, it is all a marketing tool designed to sell books," I ...
These high-profile victories have earned him the enmity of the hardcore Christian Right and the mentally unstable. And the crazies are getting...First shared by truthouton SERVICE_TWITTERLast shared: Sun Jul 11 18:24:49 GMT 201029 Total Shares: 13 Tweets, 16Diggs