Re: medieval lutes? and Maalouf

2005-05-07 Thread G. Crona
Hola Manolo, I read those books, and they are a real eye opener. Maalouf is one of my favourite writers along with Waltaari. Best saludos G. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.5 - Release Date: 04/05/2005 To g

Re: medieval lutes? and Maalouf

2005-05-06 Thread Jon Murphy
Matt, You have hit the nail on the head. There has been a rewriting of history in recent decades by the pan-Arabists and the Islamists. And there was a rewriting of history many years ago by the Western historians. And there are those who would demonize a culture and a people for the devastation w

Re: medieval lutes? and Maalouf

2005-05-06 Thread Mathias Rösel
>> I don't want neither go off topic, nor open another can of worms, but nevertheless would like to bring to your attention a beautiful book, very useful in our actual context: CRUSADES THROUGH ARAB EYES -- by Amin Maalouf. It is originally written in french (the subtitle in that language reads: 'L

Re: medieval lutes? and Maalouf

2005-05-06 Thread lute9
> I don't want neither go off topic, nor open another can of worms, but > nevertheless would like to bring to your attention a beautiful book, > very useful in our actual context: > > CRUSADES THROUGH ARAB EYES -- by Amin Maalouf. > > It is originally written in french (the subtitle in that langu

medieval lutes? and Maalouf

2005-05-06 Thread Manolo Laguillo
Hi, I don't want neither go off topic, nor open another can of worms, but nevertheless would like to bring to your attention a beautiful book, very useful in our actual context: CRUSADES THROUGH ARAB EYES -- by Amin Maalouf. It is originally written in french (the subtitle in that language rea