She illustrates her post with this (from an original here):
"The high one (or highly-esteemed one) built the High Dam; the low one (or "low-down" one) built the low barrier." (The word for "dam" and for "barrier" are the same in Arabic.)
Ouch.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Ouch!: A Comment on the Gaza Wall
Ursula Lindsey has a post at The Arabist linking to an article she has published at MERIP on "Egypt's Wall."
She illustrates her post with this (from an original here):
"The high one (or highly-esteemed one) built the High Dam; the low one (or "low-down" one) built the low barrier." (The word for "dam" and for "barrier" are the same in Arabic.)
Ouch.
She illustrates her post with this (from an original here):
"The high one (or highly-esteemed one) built the High Dam; the low one (or "low-down" one) built the low barrier." (The word for "dam" and for "barrier" are the same in Arabic.)
Ouch.
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Interestingly, there is not a single picture of الرئيس
at the dam.
Abu 'Arqala:
Maybe none with the finished dam, but here he is with Khrushchev at the dedication:
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/On-this-Day--The-Aswan-High-Dam-Officially-Completed-in-Egypt.html
I believe one of his successors removed each and every one of his pictures from the visitors center at the dam.
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