Vadim Repin does Brahms: a review
This is a review of: Brahms’s Violin Concerto and Concerto for Violin and Cello; Vadim Repin (Violin), Truls Mork (Cello), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly After the...
Author: Jonathan Mok
Jonathan Mok lives in Hong Kong. He reviews music and literature. Some of his chief interests include American and Middle Eastern politics.
Generation Dubai: an interview & review
Bijan Khezri is a corporate financier. He is a German citizen presently living in New York and London, having received his education in Switzerland. He is the Chairman of BK Capital Group and author...
America’s failures in the Middle East: an interview with Patrick Tyler
Patrick Tyler is the Chief Correspondent for the New York Times. He was staioned in Cairo as Washington Post Middle East Bureau Chief. During the 1990s, before the start of the First Gulf War, he was...
The Long and the Short of It: John Kay interview and review
John Kay is a leading British economist and columnist for the Financial Times. His latest book is entitled The Long and the Short of it: A Guide to Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent...
Julia Fischer’s Bach Concertos: a review
Julia Fischer—Bach Concertos Academy of St.Martin in the Fields DECCA Records Now at the age of 26, Julia has become an even more excellent player in terms of her skill, the level of emotion in her...
“Forecast” by Stephan Faris: an interview and review
Stephan Faris is the author of Forecast: The Consequences of Climate Change, from the Amazon to the Arctic, from Darfur to Napa Valley, a new book that takes a look at the way that climate change is...
Alice Schroeder on Warren Buffett: interview and review
Alice Schroeder is the author of Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life. A MBA graduate of University of Texas at Austin, she had conducted research on Berkshire Hathaway in her capacity...
Palestine Inside Out: A Review
This is a review of Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation by Saree Makdisi. W. W. Norton. 2008. Saree Makdisi is a Palestinian-American academic. What makes this UCLA professor stand out right...
Interview with Ahron Bregman: Israel, Syria, and the Elusive Peace
Ahron Bregman teaches in the War Studies Department at King's College, London. He specializes in the Arab-Israeli conflict and is the author of several books, including Israel's Wars: A History Since...
Mirror of the Arab World: a review
This is a review of Mirror of the Arab World: Lebanon in Conflict by Sandra Mackey. W. W. Norton. 2008. For more, please see Jonathan Mok's interview with the author. Why has the curse of...