News - Powered by Yahoo NewsExcerpt: 'Gentlemen of the Road'
For numberless years a myna had astounded travelers to the caravansary with its ability to spew indecencies in ten languages, and before the fight broke out everyone assumed the old blue-tongued devil on its perch by the fireplace was the one who maligned the giant African with such foulness and verve.
Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:04:08 GMT - (NPR)
Rumi remembered
Iran has celebrated the 800th birthday of Jalal ad-din Muhammad Rumi, the poet and spiritual leader famous across much of central and western Asia, with a week-long conference in the cities of Tehran, Khoy and Tabriz.
Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:42:05 GMT - (Aljazeera)
East Bay: Then and Now: The Shattuck Hotel: Berkeley?s Once and Future Jewel?
If Berkeley has a heart, it must be located on the 2200 block of Shattuck Avenue between Kittredge St. and Allston Way. This is the site that Berkeley?s founder, Francis Kittredge Shattuck, chose as his homestead.
Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:16:16 GMT - (Berkeley Daily Planet)
Living like an Ottoman
Famous for the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, the black basalt slab that was the key to deciphering hieroglyphs and uncovering the lives of ancient Egyptian kings, Rosetta, or Rashid, has much more to provide to its visitors.
Fri, 19 Oct 2007 05:43:44 GMT - (Al-Ahram Weekly)
Unique heritage needs to be preserved
Yemen has a unique and distinguished cultural heritage, and the three Yemeni cities listed on the World Heritage List are the proof of the significance value and importance of this heritage and the need to preserve it not only for Yemen but for the entirety of humanity.
Sun, 14 Oct 2007 10:11:10 GMT - (Yemen Times Online)