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A whole heap of stuff is being built—somewhat improbably, given its history, climate, prospects—in Dubai. gulfstream/2040

25,000 Jews live in Iran, and they seem largely happy there. (Or at least the ones who will speak to journalists.) Could there be something to Mahmoud … gulfstream/2158

Map showing what a more equitable Middle East might look like if it were divided up along religious and ethnic lines (related discussion). This was apparently … gulfstream/2176

President Bush at Whitehall Palace: “We must shake off decades of failed policy in the Middle East. Your nation and mine, in the past, have … gulfstream/1353

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The New York Review of Books: Their Master's Voice
So misplaced are many of his citations from Islamic scripture that in all likelihood, one of the best ways to diminish the al-Qaeda leader's stature would be to publish his words more widely in the Muslim world.