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Category Archives: Middle East
Welcome to Mars
On February 9th, the United Arab Emirates Mars Mission’s Hope Probe entered the Red Planet’s orbit. To commemorate the historic moment the UAE government has given visitors to the country a piece of space. Arrivals to Dubai airport on February … Continue reading
Posted in History, Middle East, Public Transport, Uncategorized
Tagged Dubai, Mars, UAE, United Arab Emirates
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The Walk
Good Chance is a humanitarian theatre company founded in 2015 in the unofficial refugee camp in Calais, France that’s often called “The Jungle”. It is behind an exciting public art project that will travel across two continents and many national … Continue reading
Vacation in a Box
Thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, most of us have been forced to postpone our summer vacation plans, but IKEA in Dubai has come up with a clever idea to offer “vacations in a box” to help send customers to far-flung … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Art, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Tourism
Tagged Cappadocia, Dubai, Ikea, Maldives, Tokyo, Turkey
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You Are An Acceptable Level of Threat
A new book called Banksy: You Are An Acceptable Level of Threat and if You Were Not You Would Know About has just been published. The book features a huge collection of photos highlighting some of the most iconic works by … Continue reading
Have you or a loved one been affected by persuasive cartography
Although I am one of those odd people who actually took geography courses at university, Persuasive Cartography is a term I only recently encountered. It usually refers to propaganda art that uses cartography to make a point. An amazing collection … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Asia, Europe, History, Maps, Middle East, USA
Tagged Cartography, Cold War, Maps, Propaganda, World War II
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Finding refuge in books
ECHO (Education.Community.Hope.Opportunity) is an organisation dedicated to fostering community and education initiatives in Greek refugee camps. The ECHO Refugee Library is their flagship project. They hope to transform the sites in which they work from places of stagnancy and waiting, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Libraries, Middle East
Tagged Bookmobiles, Greece, refugees
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Mark Twain Travel Writer
When we think about the great 19th century American writer Mark Twain, his lauded Mississippi River novels usually come to mind. However, it was the 1869 travel book The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrim’s Progress which first brought him prominence. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Middle East, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Cruise Ships, Holy Land, Mark Twain, Travel Writing
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Making Your Mark
Most of us don’t give a second thought to the greatest human achievement in history. But now the British Museum’s new interactive exhibition Writing: Marking Your Mark is celebrating more than 5,000 years of our most amazing legacy. The exhibit, which runs … Continue reading
It’s still Constantinople to me
As is often the case in the antiquarian book trade, we can search for a title for weeks with no avail and then years later stumble across a copy when we are not even looking. Many years ago I had … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Asia, Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Maps, Middle East, Travel Writing
Tagged Constantinople, Istanbul, Publishing and Printing, Travel literature
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Lunar Library
Last week, a SpaceX rocket launched a lunar landing module from its base in Florida. That would be interesting in its self, but the mission is an Israeli crowdfunded project to land a module the size of a home washing … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Books, Libraries, Middle East, Tech, Writing
Tagged Israel, Moon, SpaceX, Wikipedia
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