tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27235317.post890265188177597662..comments2023-09-27T07:34:44.314-07:00Comments on Skies: Bringing History Alivesaminkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11618883213770392362noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27235317.post-21272862802614416902010-09-12T04:40:16.295-07:002010-09-12T04:40:16.295-07:00Wa Ayamech Sa3eeda ya 3eeraqimedic, and best wishe...Wa Ayamech Sa3eeda ya 3eeraqimedic, and best wishes for you and yours. I feel always happy to recieve a comment from you, and take your advices seriously. Thanks 3eeraqimedic :)saminkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618883213770392362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27235317.post-33316490846449386452010-09-11T13:29:52.585-07:002010-09-11T13:29:52.585-07:00Ayamek Sa3eeda Sami, Inshallah a more peaceful yea...Ayamek Sa3eeda Sami, Inshallah a more peaceful year and te7qiq whatever amanee<br />I am impressed by your insatiable appetite for reading :) even if every book has only a fraction of truth taken all together you get and share with us many more dimensions of reality, however beware of reading too much in the purely negative descriptions of foreigners, particulary the military of any place that does not welcome them, sadly for Baghdad there are too many3eeraqimedichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10365524866250384975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27235317.post-45284121714714815402010-09-11T11:19:04.113-07:002010-09-11T11:19:04.113-07:00I share you the same attitude toward those novels,...I share you the same attitude toward those novels, but Don Cox, it was the first time in my life to read a historical novel about Baghdad. Now I am reading Amin Maalouf "Gardens of Lights" about Mani, and it sounds so interesting. We, the Arabs, and all who lives here, didn't produce enough art works. That was why I was so surprised and happy about the novel :) Thanks for the visit Don Coxsaminkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618883213770392362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27235317.post-71212009414436355922010-09-11T09:48:02.326-07:002010-09-11T09:48:02.326-07:00I tend to be doubtful about historical novels, as ...I tend to be doubtful about historical novels, as a way to find out what happened. (Stories meant for entertainment and set in the past are fine.)<br /><br />I think letters, biographies and autobiographies are more interesting. The letters of Gertrude Bell are a musat read. Autobiographies can be quite fictional, though: the best known example being "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom". Even Lawrence himself was a bit embarassed about how little truth there was in it.Don Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11232752398252841794noreply@blogger.com