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The Bedrock of Ordinary Americans’ Immigration Views-Future Immigration Levels, Pt. 3

August 25, 2014 Sara 0

Trying to ascertain Americans’ preferences for future immigration levels when they were given information that might stimulate them to feel threatened or xenophobic, researchers asked three versions ……Read More

Many No-Shows in Immigration Court; Some Hearings Scheduled for 2020

August 25, 2014 Sara 0

The Heritage Foundation’s news site The Daily Signal ran a piece Friday on one reporter’s observations at an immigration court in Arlington, Va. The docket was made up of ……Read More

OMD Play “Dazzle Ships” at Museum of Liverpool

August 25, 2014 Sara 0

Music legends Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark are to play an exclusive concert at the Museum of Liverpool. OMD have just celebrated 35 years in ……Read More

Translation and Expectation: Which ‘For Bread Alone’ Are You Reading?

August 25, 2014 Sara 0

Yesterday, ArabLit posted about a new Mohamed Choukri International Award while making only slight mention of the circumstances under which Choukri’s internationally acclaimed al-Khubz al-Hafi was translated into English. Indeed, ……Read More

Sonallah Ibrahim Part of Committee Setting Up ‘Mohamed Choukri International Award’

August 25, 2014 Sara 0

World literary awards are plentiful, although credible, transparent, and interesting ones less so. The Mohamed Choukri Foundation, named for the celebrated Moroccan author, recently announced the ……Read More

A New Life for Arabic Noir?

August 25, 2014 Sara 0

Oum Cartoon blogger Jonathan Guyer has a piece up at the Paris Review this week about “The Case of the Arabic Noirs.” In it, he argues that ……Read More