Quote for Today: Edward W. Said
No one can deny the persisting continuities of long traditions, sustained habitations, national languages, and cultural geographies, but there seems no reason except fear and prejudice to keep insisting on …
Quote for Today: Elie Wiesel
Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Whenever men or women are persecuted because of …
Quote for Today: Michel de Montaigne
Now, to return to my subject, I find that there is nothing barbarous and savage in this nation, by anything that I can gather, excepting, that every one gives the …
Quote for Today: Ursula K. Le Guin
The fact that the Hegnish have absolutely no interest in any people except themselves can also cause offense, or even rage. Foreigners exist. That is all the Hegnish know about …
Restoring History: The Clock Tower of The Qishla of Baghdad
The Qishla, or fortress, of Baghdad was built by the Ottoman Empire in 1855 as a headquarters for their troops in the region. The tower contains one of the oldest …