Blog Profile / Weblog of a Syrian Diplomat in America
| URL : | http://imad_moustapha.blogs.com/imad_moustapha_the_blog/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Middle East / Syria | |
| Posts on Regator: | 20 | |
| Posts / Week: | 0.2 | |
| Archived Since: | February 17, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
He Was a Great Genius, His Familiar Talk was Golden
Ceremonies of Bravery is an exceptional book for a simple reason; it tells a fascinating story and fills in many gaps in our knowledge of the last years in the life of Oscar Wilde. However it is written in an...
Mahmoud Hammad 1
Some of my favorite works by distinguished Syrian artists.
Deng
This is the fourth book on China that I have read since arriving here. The first three books covered the modern history of China in a broad context, and this book is not different except that it covers almost the...
On English
While I profoundly do not identify with America and consider myself intensely ‘un-American’, I am deeply interested in the American scene (cultural and political) for reasons I will attempt to explain here. I had grown up speaking both Arabic and...
Kazem Khalil 3
Some of my favorite works by distinguished Syrian artists.
Thinking The Twentieth Century
In this book, Tony Judt interweaves the trajectory of his personal life story with the grand ideas and sweeping historic cataclysms of the twentieth century. This is a book of political history and social theory par excellence written by a...
Masks from China 1
Among the phantasmagorical, surreal and burlesque.
A Day with a Chinese Family and their Friends
Since coming to China, I had few opportunities for quality time with my family. Between the heavily loaded official engagements, learning Chinese - which is a time consuming endeavor, and getting accustomed to our new life here, very little time...
Kissinger on China
One might think that reading a book on China once I arrived to Beijing would be the most logical thing to do. Yet, it was not me who chose to do so. It was actually a Lebanese friend of mine...
On Calligraphy, Penmanship and Handwriting
When I was a child of seven years old, my parents sent me to a renowned calligrapher in Aleppo to teach me the arts of Arabic calligraphy. Notwithstanding his great fame (his surname was Mawlawi, but I forgot his first...
First Impressions from China
This is my first blog entry from Zhong G...
A Fresh Start from the Middle Kingdom
Now that we have moved to China, I plan to resume blogging about my life, family and friends in China, as well as writing on Chinese culture, history and art. I have a feeling that this is going to be...
Dear Friends
I would like to bring to your attention that I don't have a Facebook site on the web. Actually, I have no plans to use Facebook in the foreseeable future. Please take this into account. With my warmest greetings, Imad...
On Woe and Sorrow or How to Dispel Sadness
(This is dedicated to the martyrs of Daraa) When faced with extremely distressing situations in the past, I would find solace in various sources. Great works of literature were my first refuge at difficult junctures in my youthful years –...
Assem al-Bacha 1
Some of my favorite works by distinguished Syrian artists.
Misr Regains Her Soul
What has happened in Egypt in the past month is something of great historic significance. The ramifications of this revolution will continue to unfold, and its impact will reverberate for years to come. Across the world, analysts and commentators are...
How to Live
It is very difficult for me to imagine a more contemporary and relevant writer than this sixteenth century essayist. Astonishing reading that humbles the modern man. In Montaigne’s world, I found traits of what I believe to be a rational,...
Marwan Kassab Bashi 2
Some of my favorite works by distinguished Syrian artists.