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The opposite of indifference is an absorbing collection of socio-political commentaries. The first female Editor in Chief of an English-language newspaper in the Gulf takes a hard and dispassionate look at national and international issues. The writer appears in her maiden work to resuscitate... read more
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First Sentence edit
The past few months saw Britain consumed by an incident which ignited hungreds of debates and opened doors to arguments that were once sealed shut.
Table of Contents edit
Foreword
Introduction
ON MEDIA
You poured fuel on Murdoch's fire and cried 'help!'
Too much Twitter
Writing a wrong
Orwell saw the black in BlackBerry
Al Khaleej an undying promise
To burn a book all it takes is a Kindle
Facebook junkie
ON EMIRATES
Don't teach, inspire
Carried away to Abu Dhabi
UAE's situation with branded education
Emirati the local expat
UAE's slice of the pie chart
Oprah aired, pichforks sharpened
Dubai the curse of the auspicious
ON POLITICS
Palestine's creation is America's salvation
Obama kills Osama to remain alive
Make way the Arabs are coming
Democracy, alive and unwell
Blood on the decks of peace
No longer the farthest mosque
Body of water tired of name-calling
I hate you, now get in line
Egypt spoke, the world listened
The reasons are many, the result is one
ON FEMINISM
Don't be afraid to say the F-word
Cupcake and abaya nation
Nothing pretty about this woman
Who killed the femme fatale?
Killing for honour, honoured for killing
ON WRITERS
Words for the fire
Political prophet
Beneath the River Ouse
TRUTH BE TOLD
Living green has us seeing red
2010 one last time
Everyday savages
Luxury has lost its lustre
Reality give me a superhero
Authors & Contributors edit
- Aysha Taryam (Author)
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