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forget it, jake. it’s the middle east.
the western world doesn’t understand middle easterners (or any of the peoples who live in the greater arabized region) — we really don’t. the headlines about iraq from this past week illustrate this —...
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nepotism as a moral duty (in iraq)
here’s an oldie but a goodie — from the nyt in 2003: THE STRUGGLE FOR IRAQ: TRADITIONS Iraqi Family Ties Complicate American Efforts for Change By JOHN TIERNEY Published: September 28, 2003 (…)...
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fbd cousin marriage and clans and tribes in iraq
the counts vary depending on who you talk to and how you want to slice up clans and tribes, but there’s something on the order of 150 tribes comprised of ca. 2,000 clans in iraq today (“today” meaning...
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asabiyyah
asabiyyah. it’s a word that was used by ibn khaldun in his work on history entitled Muqaddimah or Prolegomena (“Introduction” — here’s a version on google books). asabiyyah often gets translated...
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reverse renaissance?
trigger warning: the following post contains much that is speculative. in fact, the entire post is one long speculation. if the thought of speculating when it comes to human biodiversity/sociobiology...
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unforgiven
edit: see also this type of response (shame/embarassment) from japan – Some Japanese See Slain Hostages, Abe as Troublemakers. h/t frau katze for that one! _____ make no mistake about it, there is...
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random notes: 06/30/15
further to the point of when did the arabs start marrying their fathers’ brothers’ daughters (fbd marriage), from kudelin (2005) – “Family-Matrimonal Relations in the 5th-7th Centuries Arabia and Their...
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top ten list 2013
ok, so it’s not really ten posts but a baker’s dozen — and it’s not even thirteen posts but thirteen “themes” — so sue me! (^_^) this “top ten” list was determined solely by me. ymmv. clannishness –...
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a study in swiss
so some people have asked me: what about the swiss then? why are they behaving so badly? are they just a bunch of clannish cuckoo clock makers or what? first of all, everything’s relative. the results...
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