Kanan Makiya
Autor von Republic of Fear
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Kanan Makiya was born in Baghdad. He is the author of several works of nonfiction, including "Republic of Fear" & "The Monument" (both originally published under a pseudonym), & the award-winning "Cruelty & Silence". He currently directs the Iraq Research & Documentation Project at Harvard mehr anzeigen University & teaches at Brandeis University. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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(eng) Used pseudonym of Samir al-Khalil to avoid endangering family when he began to write in 1981
Werke von Kanan Makiya
The Al-Khalil: the Monument: Art Vulgarity & Responsibility in Iraq (Paper): Art, Vulgarity, and Responsibility in Iraq (1991) 7 Exemplare
جمهورية الخوف 1 Exemplar
abu qurrat al-muu'allifaat 1 Exemplar
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- Al-Khalil, Samir (pseudonym)
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- Baghdad, Iraq (birthplace)
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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- Brandeis University (Sylvia K. Hassenfeld Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies)
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Iraq Memory Foundation (founder) - Hinweis zur Identitätsklärung
- Used pseudonym of Samir al-Khalil to avoid endangering family when he began to write in 1981
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In Baghdad, an enormous monument nearly twice the size of the Arc de Triomphe towers over the city. Two huge forearms emerge from the ground, clutching two swords that clash overhead. Those arms are enlarged casts of those of Saddam Hussein, showing every bump and follicle. The 'Victory Arch' celebrates a victory over Iran (in their 8-year long war) that never happened. 'The Monument' is a study of the interplay between art and politics - of how culture, normally an unquestioned good, can play into the hands of power with devastating effects. Kanan Makiya uses the culture invented… (mehr)