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Book Review: The Story of the Maria Theresia Thaler

Incredibly a connection exists between late 20th century head-hunters in Borneo paying blood money to their victim’s relatives and a remarkably able and philoprogenitive 18th century Hapsburg Empress. That connection is a rather beautiful silver coin - the Maria Theresa thaler. The Maria Theresa thaler became, over two and a half centuries, an official and de facto currency as well as an integral part of the social and trading history of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and points east across India and Pakistan into Indonesia
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Banishment

Nimah Ismail Nawwab is an English writer, photographer, lecturer and recognized poet. Educated in Saudi Arabia, she is considered a trail-blazing writer and poet, and has been dubbed a ‘cultural ambassadress’ and ‘a voice of Arab women’.
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The Sheikh of All Sheikhs

Such is the nickname of the man who out-hustles, out-makes, out-works, and outdoes just about everybody else, Sheikh or no, in Yemen. This reputation didn’t come from nothing. It was earned. This is his story.
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A Contemporary Female Artist in Yemen: Amnah Al-Nasieri Discusses her Work

As a traveller inYemen it is best to never make assumptions. One learns very quickly that the culture and the country have a depth and complexity that will linger in your thoughts and dreams forever. I had made an assumption that any sort of contemporary art scene in Yemen was inert. But, of course, I was soon challenged and made to eat my words. I found myself in a small gallery off of the Saila where a stack of postcards caught my eye.
[ Issue Three ]

The Legacy of a Precocious Schoolgirl: Raufa Hassan, Philanthropist

There is a television crew waiting to do an interview. The crew is polite, attentive. There are young admirers, one from Britain, one from America, a girl and a boy. They.ve come to Dr. Raufa Hassan.s offices to help out somehow, or perhaps just to hear what she has to say.
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