by Charles Cameron | Oct 3, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — from the Iliad via hadith to Afghanistan, 2011 ] . Daniel Mendelsohn, Battle Lines: A slimmer, faster Iliad, in The New Yorker: The August 22nd issue of Time featured, on its “Briefing” page, a quote from a grieving mother about her dead...
by Charles Cameron | Sep 30, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — as if in brutal proof that “the bed waiting inside belongs to death” — that bridal and burial veils are one ] . Does the Coalition have an official policy targeting weddings? Sorry to be so blunt about this, but I get...
by Charles Cameron | Sep 29, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — what color does a chameleon turn in a hall of mirrors? ] . ** There’s an interesting ascetic aesthetic in photography which prefers black and white to full spectrum color, but the black and white in question has a rich spectrum of...
by raffaellopantucci | Sep 1, 2015 | Monitor
A new piece with a Chinese friend looking again at China-Afghanistan relations and trying to establish how Beijing might play a more positive role in the country. Something that looks increasingly complicated nowadays with the current chaos, but I think still remains...
by Charles Cameron | Aug 20, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — Mullah Omar, the Prophet’s cloak in Kandahar, & the title “Amir al-Mu’minin” ] . A man prays at the Shrine of the Cloak of the Prophet, Kandahar. Photo: Tomas Munita/AP ** My latest for LapidoMedia begins: ON...
