The Islamic Manuscript Association's Sixth Islamic Manuscript Conference will be held at Queens' College, University of Cambridge from 8-10 July, 2010. It will be hosted by the Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation, and the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge.
The theme of the Conference will be Central Asian Islamic manuscripts and manuscript collections.
Submitted by Meral Crifasi on Mon, 02/01/2010 - 14:47
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As we head into the second decade of the 21st century the Middle East continues to be the focus of attention for western foreign policy leaders. Whether it’s warfare in Afghanistan, troop pullouts in Iraq, oil supplies in Saudi Arabia or conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians – this region continues to make the news.
I firmly believe that the Ancient Near East has much to teach us about the modern region. Trajan’s debacle in Iraq should have been required reading for George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld. Also I think President Obama and Robert Gates would benefit from a few hours of study about attempts to control ancient Afghanistan.
Iraq and Afghanistan both represent crisis situations. But what lessons does the Ancient Near East have to tell us - on a more general level - about dealing with the modern? I came up with three:
Exploring our virtual experiences is one of the most exciting ways to interact with Heritage Key. In 
As we head into the second decade of the 21st century the Middle East continues to be the focus of attention for western foreign policy leaders. Whether it’s warfare in Afghanistan, troop pullouts in Iraq, oil supplies in Saudi Arabia or conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians – this region continues to make the news.
