middle east history

‘Stealing from the Saracens’ Pursues Its Own Broken Crusade

‘Stealing from the Saracens’ Pursues Its Own Broken Crusade

Diana Darke’s stumbling cultural critique of Islamic architecture, Stealing from the Saracens, shows how desperately Europe needs its own anti-racist language.

Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations by Georgina Howell