Nick Routledge@nick_routledge

1/ Slaying the dragon. An immediate, jaw-dropping impression, arriving on US shores 36 years ago? The manner in which Islamic peoples and culture are commonly represented in US media. The representation? Crystal clear to me. German media, 1930's.

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Quoted by@AlHashemShaikha @ahmermkhan @TheEconomist 2/ But just as the Christian-Moslem clash of the Crusades heralded the first, great encounter and cross-fertilization of our two cultures, what if, at a deeper level, present strife likewise presages a positive planetary synthesis and synergy worthy of the spirit of these times?Quoted by@LalehKhalili @jbralston And let's not forget a great deal more than newspapers defines America's portrait of the world. ?s=20