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Henry Somers-Hall interviewed by Brent Adkins: Reading A Thousand Plateaus
Read more: Henry Somers-Hall interviewed by Brent Adkins: Reading A Thousand PlateausHenry Somers-Hall talks to Brent Adkins (author of the bestselling critical introduction and guide to A Thousand Plateaus) about his new book, Reading A Thousand Plateaus, which takes us even deeper into Deleuze and Guattari's masterwork.
How ISIS Fights: New Books in National Security
In this great interview from New Books in National Security, Omar Ashour, author of How ISIS Fights: Military Tactics in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt, talks to host Jeffrey Bristol about his work. They discuss the origin of Ashour’s study…
The destruction of ‘un- Islamic’ edifices by ISIS and the Taliban
by Shivan Mahendrarajah The Taliban are back in power, ushering in renewed fears of destruction of cultural heritages. Their first time in office (1996–2001), the Taliban destroyed edifices on the basis that they were ‘un-Islamic’ and/or ‘beacons’ for polytheists (mushrikin).…
7 things you should know about the destruction of graves in the Islamic world
By Ondrej Beranek and Pavel Tupek 1) Over the past years and decades, various parts of the Islamic world – from Iraq, Syria, Mali and Tunisia, to Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Bangladesh – have faced virulent attacks targeting…