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BBC NEWS MAGAZINE - Frank McClean: Forgotten Pioneer of the SkyFebruary 25, 2013Egypt these days is more intent on eradicating symbols of the past than honouring them. So there is little prospect of a largely forgotten Irishman Francis (Frank) McClean ever being hailed there...ASIAN AFFAIRS - History in the Arab SkiesFebruary 18, 2013This is something of a family book. The journalist, Gerald Butt, writes of his childhood flights around the Middle East, where his father worked for the British Bank of the Middle East. The book is...PEN INTERNATIONAL - A farewell to Niki MarangouFebruary 14, 2013Recently and with untold sorrow we said our last goodbye to Niki Marangou, who was not only an active and creative member of the Board of the Cyprus Pen Center, always keen to effectively carry out...Prince Claus Award - Widad KawarFebruary 02, 2013February 2, 2013, in a ceremony at the "Tiraz Centre", Mrs. Widad Kawar received the Prince Claus Award from Ambassador Piet de Klerk. Mrs. Widad Kawar received the Prince Claus Award for her valuable...GREEK REPORTER - Historic Nicosia Book Opens The CityNovember 04, 2012The new book, Historic Nicosia, which brought together leading historians and academics, outlines the history of the capital Nicosia and will be launched on Nov. 6 at the University of Cyprus...ATHENS NEWS AGENCY - Revirew of Historic Nicosia (Greek)November 03, 2012Κύπρος: «Historic Nicosia» (Ιστορική Λευκωσία), έν&alpha...AGELIOFOROS - Κύπρος: «Historic Nicosia» (Ιστορική Λευκωσία), ένα βιβλίο για την ιστορία της κυπριακής πρωτεύουσαςNovember 03, 2012Ιστορικοί και ακαδημαϊκ&omicron...FAMAGUSTA GAZETTE - New book traces history of Cyprus capitalOctober 27, 2012A new book outlining the history of the capital Nicosia will be launched on November 6th at the University of Cyprus. ‘Historic Nicosia' is the first comprehensive and scholarly history of the...CYPRUS MAIL - Nicosia down the agesOctober 14, 2012DEMETRIOS Michaelides was a child with a rather offbeat passion. Like most kids, he loved a good bit of adventure, but his was of an unusual kind, spending whole mornings and afternoons armed with a...معاذ الألوسي مهندس المكان البغدادي الحميم AL-HAYATSeptember 17, 2012لم يشأ المعماري والتشكيلي العراقي معاذ الألوسي لكتابه الصادر حديثاً عن «دار رمال»...AVIATION BOOK REVIEWS - History in the Arab skies - Surprising, Revealing, Passion for flying.August 15, 2012Imagine you can teleport yourself back to the year 1922 and then imagine that you are flying over 500 miles of unending sand from Cairo to Baghdad without any landmarks to help you. Oh, yes, there are...AL RAI - Alousi exhibits at Orfali gllaery and signs his new book "Nostos"June 23, 2012الألوسي يعرض لوحاته ويوقّع في «الأورفلي» كتابه «...KUNSTEN - We come with culture!June 19, 2012From 2008 to 2009 stood the two groups of artists YNKB (Outer Nørrebro Culture Bureau) and Parfyme behind the establishment of a 'folk museum' in the village of Birzeit in Palestine. Right...THE STAGE Reviews - Brighton Festival 'A World I Loved'May 14, 2012This was an exemplary festival event. First, it provided an enjoyable mix of star glamour (Vanessa Redgrave, its guest director) and local talent (the young Brighton Festival Choir). Secondly, it...THE INDEPENDENT - A World I Loved, Brighton FestivalMay 14, 2012Among the many heartening aspects of last year's Arab uprisings was the visible role of women in the protests. These women might easily have looked to the writings of Wadad Makdisi Cortas for...THE JORDAN TIMES - Hazem Nusseibeh of JerusalemMay 11, 2012Hazem Nusseibeh celebrated his 90th birthday on May 6, 2012. To celebrate the auspicious occasion, HRH Prince Hassan Bin Talal hosted a banquet in his honour. The invitees included a number of Dr...SAUDI ARAMCO WORLD - Palestinian Embroidery MotifsApril 02, 2012Palestinian Embroidery Motifs is the perfect companion to Widad Kamel Kawar's Threads of Identity, published in 2006. It identifies, in Arabic and English, the numerous motifs used in the rich variety...ETIHAD INFLIGHT MAGAZINE - From Famagusta to ViennaJanuary 02, 2012This book tells the story of a young man called Geroge who left Cyprus to study medicine in Vienna. Enamoured by the music and committed to his profession, George has no intention of returning to...THE MIDDLE EAST - History in the Arab SkiesJanuary 01, 2012Books in Brief. This month's publications selected from those showcased at the 2011 Sharjah Book Fair. The second book on a list of six selected books was HISTORY IN THE ARAB SKIES, by Gerald Butt...NOUN MAGAZINE - Armenian CuisineJanuary 01, 2012A book that retraces the history of Armenians through their culinary traditions. To recount the history of a people through their culinary traditions that was the task that Aline Kamakian, co-owner of...L'ORIENT LE JOUR - Armenia, my love!December 12, 2011Fresh from print "Armenian Cuisine" is not simply a book full of Armenian recipes illustrated with beautiful pictures. It is a journey in search of a culture and forgotten flavours that history exiled...JOURNAL OF PALESTINE STUDIES - Maintaining Legacy 'Threads of Identity'December 01, 2011Traditional Arabic or Palestinian arts have tended to prioritize poetry, with visual culture relegated to a supporting role. And yet, as Widad Kamel Kawar's book Threads of Identity demonstrates...AUB MAIN GATE - Lovesong & My Father, ReflectionsNovember 24, 2011Book Reviews of both Afaf Zurayk's books, Lovesong and My Father, Refelections. Lovesong is a portfolio of watercolors and poetry dedicated to the memory of her mother Najla Zurayk. Forward...THE JERUSALEM POST: Review of Anna's HouseNovember 23, 2011JERUSALEM'S AMERICAN Colony Hotel, the former local headquarters for Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair, for many years a favorite watering hole for foreign journalists, spies and peace...عودة رئيس الوزراء الليبي في العهد الملكي بن حليم متفائل بمستقبل ليبيا AL JEZEERANovember 19, 2011خالد المهير-بنغازي قال رئيس وزراء ليبيا في العهد الملكي (1954-1957...CYPRUS WEEKLY - Taking to the skiesNovember 18, 2011Book by British journalist takes a look at aviation history in Middle East. Cyprus had served as an escape for people working in Iraq and the Gulf as early as 1832, a newly published book shows...Heidi Trautmann - From Famagusta to Vienna book presentationNovember 16, 2011Presentation of a new book by Greek Cypriot author Niki Marangou at the Naci Talat Peace and Guest House in Nicosia on November 29, 2011 at 19:00 hrs. The presentation was opened by Nazif Bozatlı who...REAL TRAVEL ADVENTURES - Book Review of Threads of IdentityNovember 01, 2011Threads of Identity by Widad Kamel Kawar is a most fascinating compendium of the heritage of Palestine through costumes and fabrics. The author is one of the foremost authorities on the subject and...WASHINGTON REPORT - Traditional Palestinian Costume: Origins and EvolutionNovember 01, 2011With roots thousands of years old, Palestinian costume is a rich tradition that evolved over time to form through color and pattern a visual language revealing the wearer's heritage, ancestry, and...MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL - Jerusalemites A Living MemoryAugust 01, 2011Love for Jerusalem and devotion to the cause of justice and the human rights of the Palestinians are dominant features of this autobiography written by a distinguished man born in the Holy City...THE JORDAN TIMES - Memories of the American ColonyJuly 28, 2011The American Colony, now East Jerusalem's most luxurious and expensive hotel, has a long, conflicted history that illuminates what has happened in Palestine over the past 130 years. Whenever I go to...TIMEOUT BEIRUT - Book Review of Threads of IdentityJuly 25, 2011There’s something just so wonderful about ‘Threads of Identity’ – an intelligent, visually delicious compendium of women’s traditional costumes and life stories that have...THE ROYAL NORWEGIAN EMBASSY, Tel Aviv - Anna’s House by Norwegian Author Odd Karsten TveitJuly 11, 2011Anna's House, a book about the American Colony Hotel through the eyes of its founder Anna Spafford, has recently been published into English. Anna's House tells the story of a young Norwegian girl...THE IRISH TIMES - An Irishman's DiaryMay 24, 2011As evening shadows were beginning to lengthen over the British empire towards the middle of the last century, Egypt continued to bask in imperial sunshine. While never formally a colony itself...THE JORDAN MUSEUM - Book Acknowledgement of Threads of IdentityMay 01, 2011Mrs. Widad Kamel Kawar is a member on the Board of Trustees of the Jordan Museum. Her continuous efforts and support towards the Museum are extremely valued and appreciated. We would like to sincerely...THE JERUSAELM FUND - Book Review of Threads of IdentityApril 12, 2011One of the leading authorities on Palestinian costume, Widad Kamel Kawar takes a unique approach to the topic in her latest book, Threads of Identity. While this handsomely-illustrated, 449-page...SAUDI ARAMCO WORLD - Life at the CrossroadsMarch 15, 2011This is a comprehensive yet concise chronicle of Gaza's history from ancient times to the end of the 2008-2009 Israeli war against the territory's Hamas-led administration. The author, a former BBC...LIBRARY BOOKWACTH - Reviewer's Choice: Threads of IdentityMarch 01, 2011Threads of Identity: Preserving Palestinian Costume and Heritage is the culmination of years of research and documentation of Arab costumes, textiles, and artifacts that impact Palestinian women's...THE NEW YORK TIMES - Women in the OrientFebruary 11, 2011PARIS — The vivid neon lights act like beacons, leading past ancient artifacts carved out of wood and stone, toward an explosion of vivid color on elaborate robes. The triangular lines of...REVIEW BY CHIVVIS MOORE - Threads of IdentityFebruary 01, 2011In this spectacular volume Widad Kamel Kawar has created a work of art -- through photography, narrative and oral history -- as valuable as the women's legacy she describes. Stunning colour...CYPRUS MAIL - Playing with wordsJanuary 09, 2011It's Cyprus in the 1920s and a young man travels from his small town home in Famagusta to study medicine in Vienna. Dazzled by the opulent culture of the big city, George falls in love with an older...ADDASTOUR - Kawar Signs "Threads of Identity" and Shows Her Bias to Society and HeritageDecember 11, 2010Mrs Layla Sharaf has described the book Threads of Identity as a humanitarian and artistic piece of work on civilization, which aspires to preserve the national memory of a people. In the speech she...AL JAZEERA - An Illustrated Book on Palestinian Heritage: Threads of Identity…Beauty Illustrates SteadfastnessDecember 10, 2010The author Widad Kawar held a book-signing ceremony at the Orthodox Club in Amman for her English-language book Threads of Identity, which illustrates in pictures and photographs Palestinian...THIS WEEK IN PALESTINE Book of the Month - Threads of IdentityDecember 01, 2010A small country like Palestine has a great variety of traditional costumes, and it took me a long time to publish the material I have collected on them because I wanted my research to be as complete...AL DIYAR - Rue de Mexique & Other StoriesNovember 29, 2010Rimal Publications has held a launch for the book "Rue du Mexique and Other Stories" by Suhail Bulos. The book is in English and consists of 128 pages, in which the author narrates the story of 60...THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA - Gaza’s Ancient Treasures ThreatenedOctober 27, 2010GAZA CITY, occupied Gaza Strip (IPS) - Few outside of Gaza would consider its history much beyond the decades of Israeli occupation. But Gaza is a historical treasure house. Many of those treasures...PISSOURI CONTACT - A Must-Have Book, Olives & LemonsOctober 23, 2010A must-have book for residents and visitors. Author Shirley Kay lives in a sympathetically restored old house in Anogyra; as the massive front door opens from the street, the view reveals the...CYPRUS GOURMET - Book Review of Olives & LemonsOctober 18, 2010This is the sort of book visitors who have more than the sun-sea-sand-and-sex interest in Cyprus buy to take home, and one that we residents always have on the bedside cabinets of our guest...GRAPEVINE MAGAZINE - Book Review of Olives & LemonsOctober 15, 2010Why do we sometimes see a pair if horns hanging above a gateway, a wax offering of a body part in lonely little-used churches, what do old nylon stockings have to do with anari cheese, and why are the...GLOBAL DIALOGUE - Book Review of Life at the CrossroadsApril 02, 2010A Long Experience of War': Gaza in Historical Perspective Before Israel’s blitz on the Gaza Strip in late-2008/early-2009, one might have found individuals around the world who either had...AL RAI - A Number of Poems and Paintings From the Depth of ExileFebruary 09, 2010A Number of Poems and Paintings From the Depth of Exile: Najwa Kawar Farah Writes To Palestine With Love. Rimal Publications in Nicosia recently published a book under the headline, To Palestine...THE JORDAN TIMES - "A Feast for the Eyes" Book Review of Threads of IdentityJanuary 03, 2010A rainbow of colour, a wealth of information, centuries of traditions and skill, but above all, a precious point of reference for any serious ethnologist or historian - all in one book, product of...BARNARD-BOECKER CENTRE FOUNDATION - JerusalemitesJanuary 02, 2010"...although the story is recounted from the viewpoint and perspective of an individual, it is in many ways the story of the unparalleled tragedy of the Palestinian people." "The inhabitants of...THE JORDAND TIMES - Bittersweet Memories: To Palestine with Love...October 19, 2009Palestinian writer Najwa Kawar Farah has lived in four cities of Palestine - Nazareth, Haifa, Jerusalem and Ramallah - and in three other countries - Lebanon, the UK and Canada. Each of these places...EMBROIDERY DESIGNS GUIDE - Palestinian Emboridery Motifs, Do They Reveal The Origin?September 26, 2009So let's begin with: What is a motif? A motif is basically a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration. It could also mean a theme that is repeated...SUNDAY MAIL - Where the Average Age is 17, 'Life at the Crossroads'July 26, 2009The Gaza Strip could so easily have been seen here, had it not been for one simple difference between Cyprus and Palestine: nobody other than Turkey gave them the right to invade Cyprus. Israel...THE JORDAN TIMES - A Life of Public Service - JerusalemitesJuly 20, 2009True to its title, Hazem Nusseibeh's book starts and ends with Jerusalem, the author's birthplace and enduring focus, but in between, "Jerusalemites: A Living Memory" is chiefly a political memoir. It...THE MIDDLE EAST - Life at the CrossroadsJuly 01, 2009The latest Israeli war on the Gaza strip, which ended in mid-january this year, was but the latest onslaught on the Territory and its inhabitants in a series stretching back over the course of three...AL QUSD AL ARABI - Life at the CrossroadsMay 25, 2009All the invaders who set up camp in the city or on its borders left their mark, before moving on. But what the invaders left in the psyche of the people of Gaza was a hatred of occupation. Centuries...AL GHAD - Nusseibeh Signs His Book 'Jerusalemites'May 20, 2009The day before yesterday [18 May 2009], the veteran diplomat Hazim Nusseibeh held a book-signing ceremony at the Al-Bustan Bookshop for his new book "Jerusalemites: A Living Memory" published by...AL QUSD AL ARABI - Jerusalemites A Living MemoryMay 11, 2009This article was published in AL QUSD AL ARABIVolume 21 - Issue 6199 - May 11, 2009 - Page 10 in Arabic. Please click on image to download.GCS Newspaper - Life as a PalestinianMay 01, 2009Ms Nora Shawwa came to talk to us this term about life as a Palestinian, a life full of hardships that most of us would have never imagined. Palestinians could be described as a nation of refugees...DANISH DAILY INFORMATION - 'Gazas omtumlede historier under lup'March 22, 2009Review in Danish: BBC's tidligere korrespondent Gerald Butt har skrevet en samlet fortælling om Gaza, som strækker sig fra Tuthmosis III til Israels seneste overgreb i vinteren 2008-09...GULF TODAY - PANORAMA- Reviews of Life at the Crossroads & JerusalemitesMarch 20, 2009Two books on Palestine published this month by Rimal Publications, based in Nicosia, , are on display at the Abu Dhabi book fair which opened on Tuesday March 17th and closes on Sunday 22nd. The...OPEN DOORS - The Christians of GazaJanuary 04, 2009A little known fact is the presence of a small but significant Christian Palestinian presence in Gaza. Gerald Butt wrote about them in Life at the Crossroads: History of Gaza. Carl Moeller of Open...FINANCIAL MIRROR - Glafkos Clerides: The Path of a CountryDecember 10, 2008Niyazi Kizilyurek was born in the mixed village of Potamia near Nicosia and became a refugee when his family moved to the Turkish Cypriot ghetto Louroujina where he lived until 1974. He studied social...WASHINGTON REPORT ON MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS - Palestinian Embroidery MotifsApril 01, 2008Besides the historical perspective and identification of motifs by region and village, the book is a most attractive coffee table addition. Margarita Skinner of Switzerland, who over a period of...QANTARA - Dresses That Tell StoriesMarch 10, 2008Judging by the patterns of the embroidery on a dress, one can determine where someone comes from - almost each Palestinian town has its own unique pattern. Now a newly published book is tracing the...HAARETZ - A Stitch in TimeNovember 23, 2007In her book on Palestinian embroidery, an art she decribes as a 'pharmacy of the soul,' Margarita Skinner shows how certain patterns are inextricably linked to specific geographical areas. From...THE JORDAN TIMES - The Art of the NeedleSeptember 05, 2007The title of this book is an accurate description of its contents, but it hardly prepares the reader for the sheer beauty to be found within its pages. Of course, traditional Palestinian...GULF TODAY - Motifs of DistinctionAugust 31, 2007The beautiful embroidery traditional Palestinian thobe remains the most potent symbol of this occupied and dispersed nation. The checked kuffiyah worn by liberation leader Yasser Arafat is worn by...THE DAILY STAR - Kanafani's 'Little Lantern' gets a new lease on lifeJuly 12, 2005BEIRUT: The life of Ghassan Kanafani, celebrated Palestinian artist and writer, was commemorated Monday at the American University of Beirut's Alumni Center on the 33rd anniversary of his death...HAARETZ - 'Lanterns' light up RamallahAugust 13, 2004RAMALLAH - What does a childhood without music look like? What does the world look like for children who do not learn to listen to music at school, or to play an instrument or sing in a choir, and few...SUNJET MAGAZINE - Tolou and the Cats of PaphosMarch 04, 2002'So famous was she now for her acts of healing that her name was known Southwards throughout the Akamas peninsula and Northwards as far as Limassol. Over the years she had received many visitors...THE GUARDIAN - The Secret CityFebruary 03, 2001Despite frequent references in the Psalms to "the peace of Jerusalem", the Holy City has probably seen more rapine and pillage than any other comparable patch of ground on the planet. Art historians...SUNDAY STAR TIMES - Cyprus – An Island ApartDecember 22, 2000'...this book fits nicely next to Laurence Durrell's Bitter Lemons and Colin Thornton's Journey into Cyprus.' On the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus , live about one hundred ex patriot Kiwis...HERMES MAGAZINE - The Cyprus ConnectionMay 10, 1999'A mixture of history, culture and personal experience told in a lighter vein.' This is truly a wonderful addition to the enormous number of works about the island. Subtitled 'a personal experience...CYPRUS WEEKLY - A Book ApartApril 23, 1999'This is one of the most enjoyable books on Cyprus to appear in a very long time...' This book was written, at least partly, in response to a review in the Cyprus Weekly (March 1995) of a...CYPRUS WEEKLY - Phoenician LegendsJune 05, 1998Those of you who have already visited the Italian Embassy's exhibition at the Cyprus Museum on 'Along The Road Of The Phoenicians' and would like to know more about the Phoenician civilization might...THE DAILY STAR - 'Bringing Local Legends to Life: Redefining Our Identity'April 06, 1998Bringing local legends to life as a way of redefining our identity. There may be more than just myth to the Phoenician and Canaanite gods and goddesses, according to author Wafa Stephan Tarnowski...MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL - Book Review of Life at the CrossroadsFebruary 09, 1998Gerals Butt has written a lively, intelligent and highly readable history of Gaza , about which precious little exists, especially in English. This work treats Gaza not as a violent, poor and unwanted...INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE - Book Review of Life at the CrossroadsFebruary 24, 1997Since January, when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of and the Palestinian Authority president, Yasser Arafat, sealed the long awaited agreement to redeploy Israeli troops in Hebron and for...THE NEW YORK TIMES - BOOKS: LIFE AT THE CROSSROADS A History of GazaFebruary 24, 1997SINCE January, when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and the Palestinian Authority president, Yasser Arafat, sealed the long awaited agreement to redeploy Israeli troops in Hebron and for...MIDDLE EAST COUNCIL OF CHURCHES - Book Review of Life at the CrossroadsJanuary 08, 1997The Gaza Strip. The phrase conjures up scenes of over-population, turmoil, political unrest, tear gas canisters, Israeli soldiers, crowds of rock-throwing and chafiyyeh-clad youths. But what lies...AL HAYAT - Life at the CrossroadsJune 29, 1996The British journalist Gerald Butt spent around eight years as correspondent for the BBC, during which time he covered some of the most prominent events in the region, not only as a foreign...THE CHURCH TIMES - A Prize for the Invaders: The Torment of GazaMay 17, 1996This is a clever title for a history of Gaza . The Gaza Strip lies geographically on the crossroads between the Near East and North Africa - a land bridge over which peoples and armies must cross to...MIDDLE EAST INTERNATIONAL - Deluged by History: Life at the CrossroadsMarch 01, 1996In this, the first comprehensive history of Gaza , Gerald Butt describes the rise and fall in the fortunes of this narrow strip of coast which, for over four millennia, has been a meeting place of...THE DAILY STAR - The Crossroads Over and Over AgainFebruary 02, 1996Rarely does one find a book so descriptive and precise as Life at the Crossroads. 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