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The Pasha and the Gypsy: May 2008
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The Pasha and the Gypsy. Writings on Turkey, Kurdistan, and the Eastern Mediterranean. Saturday, May 31, 2008. Dr Grant of Kurdistan: 1807-1844. Beyond politics and nationality, even the ancient religious landscape seems to have been erased by time. Asahel Grant, M.D., the great protagonist of this book, went to minister to the "Nestorians." But even among serious Christians, who these days knows anything about the Nestorians? No, for me at least, the most amazing thing about this more than amazing book ...
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Silk Road Ride: Into the Mesopotamian Lowlands
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Sunday, October 18, 2009. Into the Mesopotamian Lowlands. Midyat, Turkey, Sunday October 18. Greetings from a mid-size industrial city in SE Turkey where I have just come back from a three-day break from pedalling. More on that later, but first let me bring you up to date on the five days of riding it took to get here from Van. I left Van early on a sunny day, although there was a definite haziness to the sky. I rode along the lakeshore all the way to the ferry dock for Akdamar Island. But with the after...
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Archive history | Pause to Wonder
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From the Afghan archives…. Profound regret that I couldn’t toddle off to this exhibit. Thank you BBC for the lovely slideshow. From Petrarcha’s Trionfo del Tempo. Your triumphs and your pomp transpire,. The nobility passes and kingdoms crumble,. Time brings low all mortal things;. And what he reaps from those less good, he does not pass to those more worthy:. And not only the superficial things are laid waste by time,. But also your eloquence and works of genius. Thus sped along, the world moves with him;.
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Kurdistan Online: février 2006
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Pour parler du Kurdistan, de la culture kurde, de la langue kurde. Vendredi 17 février 2006. Un petit message pour vous parler d'un blog d'un photographe qui souhaite faire connaître le désastre écologique que représente le barrage d'Ilisu près de la ville d'Hasankeyf. En effet, celle ci serait entièrement recouverte par les eaux. Liens vers cet article. Afficher mon profil complet. Liens kurdes - actualités Turquie. Au fil du Bosphore. Institut kurde de Paris. Le blog de tom. Le forum de roxane photo.
