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Shafshoofa Maleshi-Tripoli is free

Posted on September 2, 2011 by prashant bhatt

  Through marshy lands-Need for reason  and Moral Imagination Tripoli is free. Shafshoofa Maleshi-Long haired person (some say full of lice) –Sorry, many small children sing out on the streets,referring to the long-haired deposed dictator. In these ‘marshy lands’ of unquestioned … Continue reading →

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Evacuations in Tripoli-Touch and Go

Posted on February 27, 2011 by prashant bhatt

Finding myself in a minority again, as I saw people pack their bags to leave, some even demanding their money while the country where they had come to ‘serve’ faces it’s worst crises in over a generation I thought of … Continue reading →

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Different meanings–same words

Posted on February 6, 2011 by prashant bhatt

As I sat with my friend and co-reader of “Tripoli Reading Group” Mohandas in the drizzle in Fornaaj on a Friday musing after a few brief  joint exercises the discussion went to the many meanings the same word means to … Continue reading →

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