Civil society tends to become a sort of artificial reservoir for an endangered species: the democratic intellectual, protected by the international institutions
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Brían HanrahanBrían Hanrahan is a researcher, writer and radio programmer. He lives in New York. Recent articles'The Aesthetics of Resistance', Peter Weiss Brían Hanrahan finds rich reward in Peter Weiss’s great modernist masterpiece. The Key to Memory: an interview with Elias Khoury"Literature is the way to deal with the human soul, to deal with our perception of life." Gate of the Sun, Elias Khoury's highly acclaimed epic novel is among the very first and few to address the modern history of Palestine. What inspired him to write it, and what are his hopes for peace in the Arab world? Listen to Elias Khoury's three-part interview with Brían Hanrahan. Werner Herzog: possibly trueThe German film director Werner Herzog divides opinion. Some call him a visionary, some a megalomaniac; many, both. Brían Hanrahan charts his work as a documentarian and explores the legend. |
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