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 |
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Don't forget this site has a community forum for fun, free online discussions all about Middle Eastern Culture. Middle Eastern Culture ForumThe 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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Julie L. Baumler, Middle Eastern Culture Editor
