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In this interview, Cameroon-born Achille Mbembe, research professor in history and politics at the University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, South Africa, talks to…
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By JULIE BOSMAN A publishing industry that is being transformed by all things digital could learn some things from Paulo Coelho, the 64-year-old Brazilian…
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By Abdel Monem Said Aly The victory of the Libyan revolution, the more-than-cosmetic reforms in Jordan and Morocco, and the escalation of revolutionary attempts…