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The Corpse Washer gets the 2014 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for
The Corpse Washer gets the 2014 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Translation The Judges Announcement THE WINNER SINAN ANTOON for the translation of his ...

One of Calasso’s many interlocutors in “Ardor” is the
One of Calasso’s many interlocutors in “Ardor” is the religious anthropologist René Girard, who believes that mimetic desire — the desire to ...

The novelists have become characters in their own books. By the
The novelists have become characters in their own books. By the urgency of the tone, they make clear, however, that, in the aftermath of loss, nothing...

NYT remembers a Mossad spy Zionist James Bond so fondly! It
NYT remembers a Mossad spy Zionist James Bond so fondly! It brought tears to my eyes: members of Mr. Harari’s team who had traveled to Norway in pur...

Back now at his family home here in southern Iraq, Mr. Kadhim, 23,
Back now at his family home here in southern Iraq, Mr. Kadhim, 23, recounted his story on a recent afternoon while taking a break from harvesting date...

Whats scary about Thomas Friedman is not his journalism, with its
Whats scary about Thomas Friedman is not his journalism, with its underinflated insights and twisted metaphors. Annoying as his second-rate thinking a...