by Charles Cameron | Jun 15, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — who believes two well-juxtaposed images are (almost) worth a thousand words from Aaron Zelin ] . It’s almost idyllic, isn’t it — Mosul, with its river, it’s bridge and avenues and trees, as presented by ISIS on the...
by Charles Cameron | Jun 11, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — an attempt to “curate” the onrush of news, hitting the high points on a low, low morning ] . I have tried to keep the tweets here limited to their own texts, with illustrations only where essential, and without “parent...
by Charles Cameron | May 20, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — the destruction by ISIS of the shrine of a remarkable Muslim saint, to be followed by a glimpse of the man himself ] . First, the destruction of the shrine of Uways in Raqqa: Before: I am not sure when the picture was taken, but it was...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 24, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto ] . Even today — even in the midst of what amounts to mutual sectarian cleansing — there are glimmers of hope to be found in the thought that Christians and Muslims lived amicably enough...
by Charles Cameron | Dec 29, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — mainly because I’ll post MC Escher any chance I get ] . I’m often but by no means always a fan of JR Cole. In this instance, though, I’d say he’s built a fine “wild” DoubleQuote out of his own...