Monthly Archives: April 2012

Syria: what to read right now

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It’s hard to miss the Syria situation – newspaper, radio and online coverage abounds. But what happened before Assad catapulted his country into the public eye? Clicking through the latest edition of World Literature Today, I found a compelling book … Continue reading

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Cuba: online freedom fighters

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It’s been 14 years since a travelling Pope dropped into Cuba and lit up hearts – faithful and agnostic – with the word ‘freedom’. He said it more than a dozen times in his Plaza de la Revolución speech in 1998, … Continue reading

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