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Tag Archives: obama
Notes from an American in Pakistan: after Osama Bin Laden
So here’s the blog I wrote a few hours after I found out about Bin Laden, and I think I have an editorial that should be up tomorrow: When Osama bin Laden was killed, I was at a dinner party … Continue reading
Posted in letters from below, pakistan rocks
Tagged abbottabad, afghanistan, bin laden, CIA, ISI, karachi, obama, osama, pakistan rocks, pakistani media, terrorism, war on terror
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US unhappy with political game of Obama’s Asia tour
I want to write about Obama’s Asian tour, but I keep realising that I’m stupefied by the complexity and the pageantry of it all. From America’s view, South Asia is a diplomatic cesspool, confounded by the fact that much of … Continue reading
Art News Digest
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Posted in sights
Tagged art, art news digest, chuck close, los angeles, new york, obama, shaquille o'neal, whitney biennial
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State of the Arts
A summary of last week’s art news, minus the Met’s Rose Period Picasso fiasco, because that’s hardly news at this point… What Recession? Demand and short supply prevailed at the Sotheby’s and Christie’s old masters sales this week. The $109 … Continue reading
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Tagged art, obama, athens, london, art news, picasso, the met, museums, old masters, art market, southebys, christies, leonardo da vinci, degas, the getty, modigliani, tracey emin, damien hirst, nazis, haiti, hijacker, 911, afghanistan, world war II, germany, contemporary art, twentieth century art, vermeer, hitler, shepard fairey, frank gehry, abu dhabi, architecture, noah's ark
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Jihad, Defined
Casual readers may view “How to Win a Cosmic War” (Random House, 2009, $26), the second book by acclaimed religious scholar Reza Aslan, as a defense of Islam. In part, this is an accurate assessment. As an American Muslim, surely … Continue reading
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Tagged books, bush, Christian, cosmic war, Islam, Islamofascism, jackson free press, Jews, jihad, Koran, obama, politics, Qu'ran, religion, reza aslan, sociology, suicide bombers, war on terror
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