http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:17:46 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/02/18/101256.php#comment-710098 The question your refer to where M. Khadra makes his comments about the Western mind came about because of misunderstanding caused by my translation of the question into French from English. So please don't judge his opinions on the West by his answer to that question. Richard Marcus 710098@blogcritics.org Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:17:46 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/02/18/101256.php#comment-710079 I've just read The Swallows of Kabul - an exceptional book. Although I was a bit put off by Si Mohamed's dismissive generalisation about the West's ignorance, he is right that the book is not at all about terrorism. It is the truest-sounding description of the tragedy of sexist extremism for the Muslim male mind (he is not so good with the female mind, but that's fine, we have that from enough others) that I have ever read. The other Muslim male authors I know - Mahfouz and Ben Jelloun - have never dared explore this, AFAIK. 710079@blogcritics.org Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:08:58 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/02/18/101256.php#comment-684720 Thank you for this interview... Its helpful for us to know more about Arab writers who writes in other languges... it give us hope that we can also stand and present our art 684720@blogcritics.org Thu, 3 Jan 2008 00:51:48 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/02/18/101256.php#comment-541469 Fascinating Richard, and must have been a huge amount of work - thanks! 541469@blogcritics.org Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:41:55 EST