Showing posts with label Middle East. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Middle East. Show all posts
Sunday, February 02, 2020

Learn about Freya Stark: "As an explorer, Stark was an acute observer, and a connoisseur of people."

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Photo credit: The Idle Woman blog. “To awaken quite alone in a strange town, is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.” Thi...
Wednesday, August 29, 2018

SHANE'S EXCELLENT NEW WORDS: What's the difference between a Gyro and a Shawarma?

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They're all Döner Kebap to me , but Mike Sajaja has a better answer. People always ask what is the difference between a Gyro and a...
Friday, December 15, 2017

"The End of the Sublime Porte" and other recommended documentaries at Deutsche Welle.

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Deutsche Welle is Germany's public international broadcaster. The DW archives are a treasure trove of viewing (in English) for histo...
Friday, April 07, 2017

Now more than ever: "US Military Should Get Out of the Middle East."

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Hama Rules, 1982. It isn't minimizing the horror of chemical weapons to offer a reminder that there is a thing called Assad-Vu in S...
Friday, September 20, 2013

Gyros, Shawarma and Tabbouleh in New Albany? Yes, and Turkish coffee, too.

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I haven't yet had the chance to have coffee or a sandwich, but check out Aladdin Cafe at 111 W. Market. It's two doors down fr...
Thursday, April 25, 2013

ON THE AVENUES: Bloody eternal holy Jerusalem, the book.

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ON THE AVENUES: Bloody eternal holy Jerusalem, the book. A weekly web column by Roger A. Baylor. If you knew all that I knew, my poor...