Author Archives: Jonathan Mok
A Non-Political Israeli Film?-Interview With The Paz Brothers
'The Israeli Cinema is heading to a great place in World Cinema.’
Rinus Van de Velde on being “friends” with Vladimir Mayakovsky
"I think today this heroical status is completely unthinkable for an artist."
Posted in Arts & Literature, east asia, europe, Feature Tagged rinus van de velde, vladimir mayakovsky, walter benjamin Leave a comment
Inspired by Nazi horror: an interview with Gregory Forstner
"There came massacre scenes, but with joyful feelings."
Victoria Clark talks Yemen and the West
What interests me is not so much ancient history as the profound connections between two of those taboo dinner-party subjects: religion and politics.
Posted in Current Affairs, human rights, islam, middle east, Religion, women Tagged bin Laden, christian zionism, dancing on the heads of snakes, moscow, observer, politics, Religion, romania, victoria clark, yemen, yugoslavia 1 Comment
Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World: interview with Jeffrey Herf
"Fisk repeats the apologia of those Arabs in Berlin...who collaborated with the Nazis"
Posted in academia, books, middle east, Society Tagged history, iran, israel, jeffrey herf, nazism, palestine, robert fisk 2 Comments
Homa Katouzian: how the West should deal with Iran’s nuclear ambitions
"Even a nuclear Iran could not initiate a war with Israel."
Posted in academia, books, Business World, Current Affairs, middle east Tagged homa katouzian, iran, oil Leave a comment
“Genocide Before the Holocaust” doesn’t deliver
Ukraine's Great Famine in particular deserved a closer look here.
Posted in academia, Arts & Literature, book reviews, Society Tagged armenia, germany, turkey, ukraine Leave a comment
Piotr Andreszewski in Carnegie Hall: an interview and review
"The most challenging was the Schumann piece, by far."
Spies: The KGB in the United States
"There is a widespread misunderstanding about Joseph McCarthy’s role in bringing Soviet espionage to the attention of the public."
Posted in books, europe, north america, politics Tagged former ussr, history, interview, u.s., ussr 1 Comment
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The Talk of the Town: What is Education for?