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“Just as none of us is outside or beyond geography, none of us is completely free from the struggle over geography. That struggle is complex and interesting because it is not only about soldiers and cannons but also about ideas, about forms, about images and imaginings.”
Edward Said (1994)
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Music, The New York Times and the politics of a Palestinian state
Belén Fernández, The Electronic Intifada, 14 July 2009 On 31 May and 1 June of this year, two articles by culture reporter Daniel J. Wakin appeared on the The New York Times website: “Minuets, Sonatas and Politics in the West … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Music, Palestine
Tagged Bernard Lewis, Edward Said, Jenin, New York Times
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15th anniversary of AMIA bombing to be observed Friday, barring interference by IranAir
Walking down Avenida Figueroa Alcorta in Buenos Aires the other day, I came across a succession of posters advertising “la penetración iraní en América latina” and featuring Hugo Chávez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clasping hands. When I then came across the … Continue reading
Posted in Argentina, Iran, Israel, Latin America, Venezuela
Tagged AMIA, Hugo Chavez, IranAir, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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