Apparently they’ve found the remains of a mosque down in Siurana de Prades, which was the last Muslim stronghold in these parts and which fell to Ramon Berenguer IV in 1153. The following anecdote was included in the C13th/14th author Al-Ḥimyarī‘s geo-historical encyclopaedia Kitāb al-rawḍ al-miʻṭār fī ḫabar al-aqṭār and is quoted in one of…
If CNET are so bloody clever, how come I receive their Morning Dispatch at five in the afternoon? Three concepts for further study: IP mapping, time zones, personalisation.
Intrigued (and overjoyed, as always) to receive a mail from my good friend, Moses Aziz, in which he writes (my emphases): Dear Friend. As you read this, I don’t want you to feel sorry for me, because, I believe everyone will die someday… I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer . It has defiled all…
Tom Cruise’s devastating critique of the moral bankruptcy of societies in which hats are worn sans horns is borne out in The Daily Yomiuri‘s crime stiuris. Today’s highlights include dramatic accounts of the deeds and denouement of 71-year-old pickpocket Onna Ginji. Named after Shitateya Ginji (Ginji the Tailor), leader of a large Meiji period gang,…
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