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The Janissary Tree - an Entertaining Middle Eastern Mystery

A review of Jason Goodwin´s The Janissary Tree. The Janissary Tree was just awarded the 2007 Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel by Mystery Writers of America. It is also our May book club pick.

Read it here

Word of the Week

Telephone
Arabic	teh-le-phone	تليفون
French	teh-le-phon	téléphone
Hebrew	telefon	טֶלֶפוֹן
Pashto	telefoon	تیلفوت
Persian	telefon	تلفن

Recently in the Forum

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The forum has been relatively busy this week. We've been discussing learning Middle Eastern langages, particularly Persian (Farsi.) A new thread about nomads is shaping up to be very interesting. And the book club discussion has started.

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