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Impressions of a Middle East - Past and Present
About Me
- John and John
- John Bell and John Zada are two Canadians of Middle East origin who have had a lifelong fascination with the Middle East. A diplomat and a writer respectively, they have both spent more than two decades living and working throughout the region in various capacities. Here they pool their knowledge, insights, and experiences to generate and enliven new perspectives on the region, and project new ideas regarding human development as related to the Middle East and beyond.
About this Blog
'Al-Bab' is a Middle East blog that looks at the region beyond the stale, news grabbing conflicts that afflict it. This site presents the land, people and spirit of the Middle East, as well as its past, present, and sometimes its future, as its authors see it.
The blog offers a patchwork of vignettes that celebrate the region's rich heritage and the many linkages shared by the people who live there. It also aims to present new and constructive paradigms for conscious human evolution, with the Middle East as a backdrop.
We hope the blog will inform those with an interest in learning about the Middle East, and also act as a vector for learning regarding the possibility of positive human change.
BLOGS BY THEME
- Afghan
- Afghanistan
- Alexandria
- Algeria
- Amman
- Andalus
- Anecdotal Histories
- Arabic Language
- Archaeology
- Archaeology/Antiquity
- Architecture
- Armenia
- Art
- Baghdad
- Beirut
- Book Reviews
- Borders
- Cairo
- Carpets
- Christianity
- Commentary
- Culture
- Cyprus
- Damascus
- Dubai
- East-West relations
- Egypt
- Environment
- Events
- Food
- Gaza
- History
- Hotels
- Iran
- Iraq
- Islam
- Islamic Art
- Islamic Science
- Israel/Palestine
- Jerusalem
- Jordan
- Judaism
- Khartoum
- Kurdistan
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Middle East Institutions
- Morocco
- Music
- Nubia
- Old Photographs
- Oman
- Photography
- Poetry
- Portraits
- Postcards
- Psychology
- Religion
- Religious Minorities
- Restaurants
- Sanaa
- Saudi Arabia
- Sudan
- Sufism
- Syria
- Tel Aviv
- Travel
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- Yemen
BOOKS ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST
- A Peace to End all Peace
- Adventures in Afghanistan
- Afghan Caravan
- Among the Dervishes
- An Arab-Syrian Gentleman and Warrior in the Period of the Crusades
- An Unexpected Light
- Arabian Sands
- Cairo: The City Victorious
- From the Holy Mountain
- In Arabian Nights
- Jerusalem: A Cookbook
- Mirrors of the Unseen
- Palestinian Walks
- Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul
- the Crusades Through Arab Eyes
- the Gnostic Discoveries
- the Middle East Bedside Book
- the Muqaddimah
- the Storyteller's Daughter
- the Teachers of Gurdjieff
FILMS
- 37 Uses for a Dead Sheep
- A Time for Drunken Horses
- A Wedding In Ramallah
- Beaufort
- Gaza Strip
- Iraq in Fragments
- Journey to Mecca
- Khartoum
- Life Without Death
- Meeting Resistance
- Osama
- Persepolis
- Restrepo
- Return of the Taliban
- the Band's Visit
- the Battle of Algiers
- the Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan
- the Lemon Tree
- the Syrian Bride
- the Yacoubian Building
- Waltz with Bashir
Fiction, Poetry and Drama
Publishers and Booksellers
Magazines and Periodicals
books
Books on Human Development
OTHER SITES
- AKA Kurdistan
- Arab Image Foundation
- Idries Shah
- Institute for Cross-cultural Exchange (ICE)
- Institute for Cultural Research (ICR)
- ISHK
- Jason Elliot
- John Zada Photography
- Neguib Mahfouz
- Robert Twigger
- Sufi Studies Today
- Tahir Shah
- the Human Givens Institute
- the Human Jouney
- the Missing Piece
- the Planisphere
- Tiziano 360 Kurdistan
- Zalmai
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