What apps next? Publishers and developers embrace ’unprintable’ fiction
▻http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/03/publishers-developers-digital-technology-unprintable-fiction-google-edi
What apps next? Publishers and developers embrace ’unprintable’ fiction
▻http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/03/publishers-developers-digital-technology-unprintable-fiction-google-edi
‘Big books by blokes about battles’: Why is history still written mainly by men? | Books | The Guardian
▻http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/06/books-blokes-battles-history-written-by-men
Only four female writers appeared in the list of top 50 bestselling history titles in the UK last year. And women are still perceived as more suited to writing about drawing rooms than battlefields. Why? Leading historians and biographers discuss sexism and subject matter
Gros dossier du Guardian intitulé « I was terribly wrong » avec des auteurs arabes expliquant en quoi ils ont eu tort au début des révolutions arabes. Le premier en est encore à croire que les « amis de la Syrie » n’ont pas « sérieusement armé » la révolution, que c’est le régime qui a fabriqué l’arrivée des jihadistes dans « ce vide », et le pacte Assad-Isis blah-blah. La dernière est Joumana Haddad (qui n’essaie même pas d’expliquer en quoi elle aurait eu « sérieusement tort » sur un sujet quelconque). Alors bon, si tu trouves des choses intéressantes entre les deux, t’as qu’à me le dire, moi je vais pas plus perdre mon temps…
‘I was terribly wrong’ - writers look back at the Arab spring five years on
▻http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/23/arab-spring-five-years-on-writers-look-back?CMP=share_btn_tw
The Syrian people’s supposed “friends” failed to seriously arm the revolution, or to protect the people from slaughter. With Assad’s indirect aid, foreign jihadists stepped into the vacuum. Until July 2014, the regime and Islamic State enjoyed an unstated non-aggression pact. Even today, when Isis is fighting the Free Army, the regime (and Russia) bombs the Free Army.
Last Futures by Douglas Murphy review – utopian architecture, from space colonies to ziggurats | Books | The Guardian
▻http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/13/last-futures-douglas-murphy-review
How the shining architectural optimism of the 1960s and 70s has ultimately produced buildings such as supermarkets, open-plan offices and other spaces of control
#DFS #urbanisme #science-fiction #supermarchés #futur #architecture
Palestinian poet and artist Ashraf Fayadh sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia (Updated) – Mondoweiss
►http://mondoweiss.net/2016/01/palestinian-scheduled-execution
According to the Guardian ’-(voir le lien ci-dessous) a panel of judges will considering an appeal in Fayadh’s case next week.
The Palestinian artist, curator, and poet Ashraf Fayadh, 35, has been sentenced to death by beheading. Saudi Arabian authorities have declared his crime as “apostasy,” or abandoning one’s religion—in this case, renouncing Islam. Several other charges were also leveled against Fayadh, including allegedly photographing women and storing their pictures on his phone, a violation of the country’s Anti-Cyber Crime Law. He pleaded his innocence to all the charges. Amnesty International UK states that, “Throughout this whole process, Ashraf was denied access to a lawyer—a clear violation of international human rights law, as well as Saudi Arabia’s national laws.”
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Writers join worldwide action to protest Palestinian poet’s death sentence in Saudi Arabia | Books | The Guardian
▻http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/14/writers-join-worldwide-action-to-protest-palestinian-poets-death-senten
Writers join worldwide action to protest Palestinian poet’s death sentence in Saudi Arabia
Hundreds of writers in 44 countries take part in coordinated readings to support Ashraf Fayadh, condemned to death for allegedly promoting atheism
Thursday 14 January 2016 06.00 GMT
Last modified on Thursday 14 January 2016 13.04 GMT
Hundreds of writers including Irvine Welsh, Ruth Padel and AL Kennedy are taking part in a worldwide reading in support of the Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh, who has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia after being accused of renouncing Islam.
Palestinian poet and artist Ashraf Fayadh sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia (Updated)
The Palestinian artist, curator, and poet Ashraf Fayadh, 35, has been sentenced to death by beheading. Saudi Arabian authorities have declared his crime as “apostasy,” or abandoning one’s religion—in this case, renouncing Islam. Several other charges were also leveled against Fayadh, including allegedly photographing women and storing their pictures on his phone, a violation of the country’s Anti-Cyber Crime Law. He pleaded his innocence to all the charges. Amnesty International UK states that, “Throughout this whole process, Ashraf was denied access to a lawyer—a clear violation of international human rights law, as well as Saudi Arabia’s national laws.”