Nothing bends one’s noodle quite like alternate reality literature. And that is : a narrative that takes place – in a world that we might recognise – but it is a world that differs from the one we live in. In the area of literary fiction – striking examples are […]

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The gruesome images and horrifying accounts that keep coming from Syria defy linguistic description. They go beyond the pale of human decency. A few weeks ago, Hamza al Khatib, a vivacious and charming boy from Dira’a was abducted from his home by the regime’s Shabbiha thugs or death squads, for […]

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