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Diabolic Digest

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ISSUE Six!

July 2005

Mosque in Kassala, Sudan.

Photo: ©2005 Katleen Maes

 

 

Ethiopia

 

Ethiopia’s hidden wealth

By Khaled Diab

Live8 aimed to raise awareness of Africa, but it succeeded in perpetuating the one-dimensional view of Ethiopia as a famine-stricken land with nothing going for it. This complex land, with its rich past and culture, impoverished present and precarious future deserves to be explored on its own terms. Read on

 

Part II – Streams of conscience in Bahar Dar. Read on

Part III – G spells visionary capital. Read on

Part IV – Icons of magnificence and misery. Read on

Part V – From the heart of empire to the margins of history. Read on

Part VI – In the eye of a political storm. Read on. Read on

 

Yemen

A woman’s handbook to Yemen

By Katleen Maes

In the first of a two-part series, Katleen Maes recounts her experiences travelling alone through the mysterious man’s world of Yemen. Read on

 

Istanbul

Between the grime and the sublime

By Khaled Diab

Istanbul is one of those cities where a sojourn of a few days is simply not enough. In fact, it is the kind of place where one can imagine a couple of weeks expanding into several years. Read on

 

Reflection

From nature to naturalisation

This month, Belgium celebrates its 175th birthday. Khaled Diab, its newest citizen, reflects on his newfound Belgianess and all things Belgian. Read on

 

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