The truly astounding thing is the Baathist regime supports poetry like nobody else, probably in the world.
I wrote Baghdad Central right after translating a great work by Ibrahim al-Koni, who is sort of a master of Arab fiction. In conversations with him I… - Elliott Colla
I wrote Baghdad Central right after translating a great work by Ibrahim al-Koni, who is sort of a master of Arab fiction. In conversations with him I…
- Elliott Colla
A high-ranking Syrian official in DC laughed when he heard I was reading Michel Aflaq and writing this book. He said, "Let me tell you something. The… - Elliott Colla
A high-ranking Syrian official in DC laughed when he heard I was reading Michel Aflaq and writing this book. He said, "Let me tell you something. The…
Just as certain Cold War binaries were collapsing, new binaries of Sunni versus Shia or Arab versus Kurd were being created by the new occupation for… - Elliott Colla
Just as certain Cold War binaries were collapsing, new binaries of Sunni versus Shia or Arab versus Kurd were being created by the new occupation for…
Each discipline has the capacity to be interested in politics, and each would ask different questions of what politics is, what constitutes power, ho… - Elliott Colla
Each discipline has the capacity to be interested in politics, and each would ask different questions of what politics is, what constitutes power, ho…
Noir is where the clarity of moral divisions break down, the black and whites turn into grays. - Elliott Colla
Noir is where the clarity of moral divisions break down, the black and whites turn into grays.
English is a forgiving language. It's not like Classical Arabic and it's not like French. You can speak broken English and be expressive and no one w… - Elliott Colla
English is a forgiving language. It's not like Classical Arabic and it's not like French. You can speak broken English and be expressive and no one w…
Michel Aflaq - is bad poetry wrapped in the guise of utopian politics, or great poetry wrapped in the guise of horrible politics. - Elliott Colla
Michel Aflaq - is bad poetry wrapped in the guise of utopian politics, or great poetry wrapped in the guise of horrible politics.
You always have regime-friendly poets like Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri, whose career basically spans the twentieth century. He's an anti-imperialist, … - Elliott Colla
You always have regime-friendly poets like Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri, whose career basically spans the twentieth century. He's an anti-imperialist, …
The Baathist state did two things extremely well. One was create information-gathering intelligence networks and a filing system. There's actually a … - Elliott Colla
The Baathist state did two things extremely well. One was create information-gathering intelligence networks and a filing system. There's actually a …
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