Martin Rose is Visiting Fellow at the Alwaleed bin Talal Centre for Islamic Studies, the University of Cambridge.
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Published in: HomeEducation, Islam and CriticalityCan a new kind of integrated knowledge-creation occur, that is outside as well as inside the post-Enlightenment western tradition? Book review.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBliss Was It in that Dawn to Be Next DoorThe writer reflects on the role of language, foreign and Arabic, colloquial and classical, in Morocco; and on the appropriation, polarisation, and xenophobia of the Egyptian counter-revolution.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBliss Was It in that Dawn to Be Next DoorDaesh's depravity may be as much imitative as original; and the writer considers how the battle over freedom of speech is part of a bigger game, driving a wedge between France and its Muslims.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBliss Was It in that Dawn to Be Next DoorThe motives of many young would-be jihadists are childlike—the appeal of becoming ‘super-heroes’ to fill an existential void. The author meets a comic book writer aiming to lead them in a different direction.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBliss Was It in that Dawn to Be Next DoorThe author considers the wave of gory Isis propaganda and the violent wielding of an old tool with new vectors, a social media Tamburlaine; and remembers the Moroccans who served in the World Wars.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBliss Was It in that Dawn to Be Next DoorThe author asks how small children will survive sukuns - Morocco's spoken tongue; ponders the word "museum"; and closes with a favourite Moroccan parable.