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 All articles published by Thinking-East.Net
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Middle East
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How to fight terrorism in its breeding ground? Imran Khan gives a challenging insight into the complex history of the scourge of terror in Pakistan.Write Comment (9 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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Anjelika Mamytova's report offers an unusually detailed look into the unsatisfactory election standards and unhealthy conditions that have interfered with the women's ability to participate equally in the latest parliamentary election campaign in Kyrgyzstan.Write Comment (2 Comments) |
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Middle East
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Daniel Rathwell sees London students trying to fight the US hegemon through the drinks machine.Write Comment (3 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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Bruno De Cordier's analysis aims to shatter the common misconceptions
held by the majority of Western experts as to the violent nature of
Islam in Central Asia.
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Central Asia
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Olesya Ryzhova questions the efficacy of the Western approach in imposing democracy on the Uzbek regime and points to the failure of the American foreign policy even as the US government lavishes millions of dollars on its democratization programs in Central Asia.Write Comment (6 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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Florence Hodous paints a dismal picture of the state of agriculture in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan where thousands of farmers and peasants continue to lack necessary technology and financial resources and suffer from poor policy-making and destructive government interference.Write Comment (3 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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As Austin Kilroy travels through Georgia, he finds people enlightened by the spirit of change and modernisation yet constrained by their large northern neighbour.
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Central Asia
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Marianna Idrisova and Katy Pearce provide a well-rounded assessment of the impact of the US government sponsored exchange programs on the professional development and career growth of Azerbaijani alumni.Write Comment (8 Comments) |
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Middle East
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Should America stay in Iraq? A video and an e-mail debate. By Maria Grazia Moncada, Ali Tawfik-Shukor and Christopher Schwartz.Write Comment (2 Comments) |
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Middle East
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Ali Tawfik-Shukor (25, Canada) reflects upon the meaning of his cousin's murder by a suicide bomber.Write Comment (1 Comments) |
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Israel / Palestine
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Jerusalem must and shall play its pre-ordained role as the catalyst for Middle East peace, argues Muzaffardjon R. Khudoikulov (25, Cyprus/Tajikistan). Write Comment (2 Comments) |
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Middle East
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Christopher Schwartz (23, USA), and Dr. Yair Auron discuss genocide, human evil, and what happened in 1915 and 1948.
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Israel / Palestine
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In the neutral, common ground - a place where both Palestinians and Israelis are welcome and can co-operate as genuine equals - hope for the future can be found, argues Chris Wake (23, UK)Write Comment (0 Comments) |
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Middle East
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A young Kurdish woman's firsthand account of Saddam Hussein's gassing of Halabja by Cklara Moradian (18, USA).Write Comment (1 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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The Uzbek leadership’s readiness to use violence against its already hard-pressed people will push Uzbekistan deeper into crisis, says Nathan Hamm.Write Comment (2 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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Abdujalil Abdurasulov (from Jalalabad, Kyrgyzstan) dismisses claims that what we saw in Andijon bore testimony to a rising Islamist threat in Central Asia. People on the streets rather showed their dissatisfaction with conditions under Karimov.Write Comment (6 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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Zamir Chargynov (20) evaluates his home country Kyrgyzstan's North-South-divide - and identifies it as a threat to future stability.
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Central Asia
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Fardona (20, from Uzbekistan) tells us about her life -- a life that is not easy, living in a country in which women's rights are becoming ever more difficult to retain.
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Central Asia
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Olesya Ryzhova (20), Thinking-East's Uzbekistan special editor, offers her distinct opinion on the topic. While she agrees with Nathan regarding Craig Murray, she does not beatify US foreign policy. Nor does she think highly of her own government.
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Central Asia
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Thinking-East has compiled and edited a few insightful and probing questions written by The Registan's readers in response to Nathan's article.
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Central Asia
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Nathan Hamm (26, from the US) says what in his opinion is a true reflection of the situation in Uzbekistan. Thereby, he tells us why Craig Murray is wrong - and counterproductive. Write Comment (3 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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Uyghur political prisoner Rebiya Kadeer's release by Chinese authorities must bring about greater international scrutiny upon the People's Republic to save those terrorized in China's ongoing "war on terror," argues Kilic Bugra Kanat, an Uyghur student from the US. Write Comment (52 Comments) |
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Middle East
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On November 12th, 2004, Christopher Schwartz (23, United States) and Wisam (23, Beit Sira in the West Bank) attended the burial of Yassir Arafat in Ramallah. Christopher left his digital camera with his friend. These are the photographs Wisam took of his village and Ramallah, November 13th, 2004.Write Comment (4 Comments) |
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Middle East
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"The end of oil shall be the big test for the world on all fronts…and can lead us to a better understanding of our selves as individuals and groups, our planet, indeed, human existence. Or it can all fall apart…" A "memo" to the reader from Benjamin Marcus (24, USA).Write Comment (2 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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Since the end of the Cold War, oil companies have rediscovered the Caspian Sea's potential in oil and gas extraction. Could the region become a new petrol station for the world, asks Ben Paarmann (23, from Germany).Write Comment (6 Comments) |
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Middle East
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An analysis of the January 2005 Out-of-Country vote reveals
the great faultline of post-Saddam Iraq: the desire of the Kurds for independence. So says Ali Tawfik-Shukor (25, Canada), a half-Shia, half Sunni Kurd Polling Officer in Toronto.Write Comment (2 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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Where is the proof that recent Kyrgyz elections were rigged? Elnura Osmonalieva (23, from Bishkek) has got the photos.
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Central Asia
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As a Kyrgyz ex-pat in Istanbul, Chingiz Maatkerimov (26) could not believe the news he heard from Bishkek. For Thinking-East, he shares his opinion on the elections that sparked off the revolution.
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Middle East
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A pipeline as a peace-making project? Sadly, this may be true for Tehran and Islamabad or Tehran and New Delhi, but in case of the two archrivals India and Pakistan, it is a hope that is void and null, explains Imran Khan (from Pakistan).Write Comment (3 Comments) |
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Middle East
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When it comes to American "higher education" especially Middle East studies, at stake is the very nature of American society as a democracy. And if American democracy is in peril, argues Christopher Schwartz (23, United States), so is all the world...Write Comment (4 Comments) |
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Middle East
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Fear of controversy vis-à-vis the Middle East is a pervasive phenomenon in American news-sources, including the collegiate media—as Michael Gallen's (22, US) experience with the War in Iraq and his university’s newspaper all too sadly attests.Write Comment (2 Comments) |
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Middle East
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Could American area studies be headed down the path of destruction, wonders Mahaiyun from China.Write Comment (2 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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Were the recent parliamentary elections in Tajikistan rigged? The opposition thinks so, but the international community isn't listening. Daler Rahimov (23, from Tajikistan) seeks an answer but finds only darkness...Write Comment (5 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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Elnura Osmonalieva writes about a historic and unbelievable day in Bishkek. Her vivid and lively account of what has happened in Kyrgyzstan on March 24th is supplemented by her extensive and exclusive photo-documentary.Write Comment (5 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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To bridge the time between now and the release of Thinking-East's next issue (which will come out next Monday), we thought we might draw your attention to some of the comments that have been written in response to our articles.Write Comment (2 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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12/03/05: On the eve of the second round of parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan, Thinking-East has some new first-hand accounts.Write Comment (4 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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Decentralisation of democratic movements may be the key to change in
Kyrgyzstan, says Benjamin Paarmann (23, from Germany).Write Comment (0 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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Nathan Hamm (26, from the US) introduces his weblog 'The Argus', in which his coverage of the Kyrgyz and the Tajik elections is second to none. Thinking-East.Net asked some questions.Write Comment (3 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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KelKel, a youth movement uniting about 200 students from universities in Bishkek, works to prevent election fraud and tries to convince young people to use their right to vote. Read responses to a KelKel pamphlet by other young persons in Central Asia.Write Comment (18 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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As the Kyrgyz election preparations are drawing to a close, Muratbek Imanaliev says that however the Kyrgyz regime decides to act, it is in a strong position to shape not just this election but the presidential vote, too.Write Comment (3 Comments) |
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Israel / Palestine
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No matter what the political results of the Peace Process, there shall be no peace between Israel and Palestine until their deeply rooted symbols are reconciled, says Christopher Schwartz.Write Comment (4 Comments) |
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Israel / Palestine
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Neither the Arab nor Western mass-medias dared discuss the true significance, politically and metaphorically, of the January 9th elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The only news sources that were brave enough to mention the real value of the elections were those of the Palestinians and Israelis. The reason, explains Christopher Schwartz (23), is that what drives Israelis and Palestinians is not lust for temporal power but sorrow.Write Comment (6 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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Vote rigging is only one tool to alter the outcome of elections. More subtle and less evident are encroachments that occur during the preceding election campaign. The international community could help avert a crisis in the making, says Daler Rahimov (23) in Dushanbe.Write Comment (4 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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Kyrgyzstan’s election year has scarcely begun, but protests are already heating up in the sleepy capital Bishkek. Ben Paarmann (23) provides background information on the country.Write Comment (10 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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Olesya Rhyzova (20, Uzbekistan) and Benjamin Paarmann (23, Germany), two children of Soviet imperialism, engage in an Email dialogue which sheds light on the hopelessness and submissiveness endemic throughout Uzbek society, and the inapplicability of Western ideas. Yet, there is also a breath of hope which prevails.Write Comment (2 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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Bek Zhan (22), from Kazakhstan, says that despite all their shortcomings, there is currently no alternative to the present elites.Write Comment (9 Comments) |
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Middle East
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The stained fingers of Iraqis write their victory over terrorist threats: “If people one day decide to live, all chains must break loose", say Friends of Democracy from Baghdad. Amidst the joy, though, concerns arise in Al Hamadaniyah.Write Comment (5 Comments) |
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Middle East
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By courtesy of Friends of Democracy, Thinking-East.Net publishes a snapshot from Iraq: How does Baghdad prepare itself for the upcoming parliamentary elections to be held on Sunday, 30 January 2005? Khaled reports. Write Comment (2 Comments) |
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Israel / Palestine
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Christopher Schwartz (23) attempts an unorthodox form of investigative journalism and finds himself embarking on an intellectual sojourn into the realm of ideas underlying guerilla warfare and political/ideological violence. He pursues the elusive answer to the riddle, ‘What is the difference between freedom-fighting and terrorism?'Write Comment (2 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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As UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw prepares to visit China next week, Thinking-East.Net's first article published in September is still topical: Alongside human right violations, a new and subtle Cultural Revolution is taking place in China's Muslim West. And it will be utterly detrimental for the native indigents in the long run, writes Benjamin Paarmann.Write Comment (13 Comments) |
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Israel / Palestine
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Israel
should take a page from Chinese history: no society can wall itself in;
the barbarians inevitably shall invade if peace is not established,
argues Christopher Schwartz (23).
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Central Asia
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Olesya Ryzhova (19, from Uzbekistan) draws a grim picture of the upcoming December 26th elections in Uzbekistan. Beyond usual complaints of ‘elections falling short of international standards’, Olesya sheds light on the diabolical details in the election code that will prevent free and fair elections from actually taking place.Write Comment (2 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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Ahead of a wider Thinking-East.Net series on elections in Central Asia, Benjamin Paarmann (23, from Germany) asks whether recent events in the Ukraine and in Georgia could have an impact on democratic processes in Central Asia.Write Comment (4 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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After an unprecedented blossoming of unregistered mosques, the Tajik govern-ment tries to regain control over the religious infrastructure. But, the remedy does not lie in bans from on high, says Daler Rahimov (23) in Dushanbe.Write Comment (11 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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Scientists predict an ecological and humanitarian catastrophe if the Central Asian republics do not resolve their precarious water crisis. Ambitions of national leaders, sloppy foreign policy, baseless treaties and insincere diplomatic gestures have so far hampered the advent of Central Asian interstate cooperation on one of the most crucial issues of the 21st century, says Aidar Amanzhulov (20, from Kazakhstan).Write Comment (4 Comments) |
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Central Asia
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Nafisa Hasanova (22, from Uzbekistan) dares to violate taboo: she visits the Luli, Central Asian Romas, whose community has been marginalised in her hometown of Samarkand. However, in a tragic irony, the Luli themselves have a distorted perception of their own identity, and are on the verge of losing a century-old tradition. If communication within their own community and with the larger society surrounding them does not improve, says Nafisa, their future is bleak.Write Comment (15 Comments) |
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Israel / Palestine
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Christopher Schwartz (23, from the United States, based in Israel-Palestine) travels physically and spiritually to Ramallah to witness the burial of the man he calls “Palestine’s David Ben-Gurion.” In an erudite editorial, he ponders the philosophical essence of the current Palestinian resistance movement, and comes to a controversial conclusion.Write Comment (9 Comments) |
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Both Israel and Palestine are enterring new existential territory. Yet, it seems that, for now, only the Palestinians are willing to admit this fact. Christopher Schwartz reports from Israel.Write Comment (2 Comments) |
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Israel / Palestine
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Christopher Schwartz (23) notices unsettling and inspiring similarities between today's Israeli-Palestinian conflict and yesterday's American-Amerindian conflict. Metaphorical and metaphysical frontiers collide in the Holy Land.Write Comment (3 Comments) |
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