Concentration and cats

 

Muriel Spark

The Palestinian struggle

 The Arab League always wanted peace, not the other way around. Israel was founded by ehnically cleansing Palestinians and stealing their land. 

See this from Ben - Gurion, Israel's founder. I'm not a historian but some historical leaders of our enemies have exhibited intellect, honesty, and deep intelligence in their crimes. Now, Israel talks about anti Semitism and all that but its founders knew they stole Palestinian land and expelled its people. Today Israel's leaders talk like American and Western liberals in general : they talk about democracy, freedom, deserts blooming, etc. 

We clearly don't have honest enemies anymore. 

Family relations in Persian

I saw this on Twitter and was absolutely fascinated. Urdu derives so much from Farsi. 

As you know I've not learned Urdu in school. I only speak conversational Urdu and can read it slowly. I can watch Urdu dramas. But it's always a sense of loss that I didn't study Urdu in school. 

English sometimes feels like such a functional language and much less richer than Urdu. I mean, English is so limited compared to Persian. 

I miss Mama Susu so bad!