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Long Hopes and Personal Choices

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Ian Whiteman

I wrote this in late January after some outrage in the US by a white supremacist but sadly it applies now and probably for the foreseeable. I would rather be writing on a more creative theme but current events seem … Continue reading →

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The Passing of Martin

Posted on December 25, 2016 by Ian Whiteman

Picture Courtesy of Peter Sanders. Martin Stone passed away at 2am on the 8th November 2016 in Paris where he lived. Before joining the seminal rock group Mighty Baby in 1968 he had ventured into the world of the occult, … Continue reading →

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Small is Bountiful

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Ian Whiteman

In the year 2000, Shaykh Zaki Yamani, the erstwhile Saudi oil minister, gave a one-off lecture in London which I had the good fortune to attend. The lecture was about the house of Khadijah, may God be pleased with her, … Continue reading →

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Pass the Parcel

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Ian Whiteman

  The graveyard of 6 million at Najaf, south of Baghdad. Professional journalists usually have to fill column inches to order, which accounts for their flights of fancy or in many cases outright lies. Bloggers, unless they are driven lunatics, … Continue reading →

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Daniel Moore, Poet

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Ian Whiteman

Daniel Abdal Hayy Moore, passed away yesterday April 18 after several years of cheerfully coping with illness. He was a night bird poet who invariably wrote in the early hours. Like a nightingale his song was only heard by a few but … Continue reading →

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New Publications & Reprints

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Ian Whiteman

The Mainstay, a hardback translation of the complete commentary by Ibn Ajiba of The Burda of Busiri, was printed at the end of last year having been designed here in Spain. It was translated by Abdal Aziz Suraqah and published by … Continue reading →

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Heterophony and Polyphony

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Ian Whiteman

Heterophony and Polyphony (and the loss of it.) The wholesale and loving embrace by Morocco of the amplified musical event has shattered my illusion that Morocco was a place which understood its traditions. Clearly not. That said, it hasn’t actually … Continue reading →

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What Chris Hedges has to say about it all.

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Ian Whiteman

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/a_message_from_the_dispossessed_20150111 As an experienced American war reporter he gets to the truth of it.

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The Sweetest of Music

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Ian Whiteman

       then…..  … and now This post is on a musical subject, so for those whom music is proscribed then look away now. Or maybe not, as you might learn something. I was recently on the west coast … Continue reading →

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Moronic Iconic

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Ian Whiteman

  I have always thought Jonathan Meades’ scathing criticism of the casual use of the word iconic amply justified. I suspect there are many things he, a well known British writer, critic and film maker, and me, would disagree on, … Continue reading →

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