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https://qifanabki.com/
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On September 19, 2024, 01:39 AM UTC, https://qifanabki.com/ was accessible when tested on AS12812 in Lebanon.
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<p>I’ve written an essay for The New Yorker‘s Culture Desk about the fascinating research of Ahmad Al-Jallad, a scholar of Semitic linguistics and ancient epigraphy. The first few paragraphs of the piece are below, with a link to the rest on the magazine’s webpage. Some readers may also be interested in a piece I wrote about … <a href="https://qifanabki.com/2018/06/01/inscriptions-in-the-desert/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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<p>Last month, I wrote an essay for NewYorker.com about Reza Aslan’s new CNN show, “Believer.” Here’s the first paragraph with a link to the rest of the piece. In other news, I’m on my way to Lebanon this evening to attend the School of Mamluk Studies’ annual conference, which is being held this year at the … <a href="https://qifanabki.com/2017/05/09/on-reza-aslans-believer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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<p>A couple of years ago, shortly before the end of President Michel Sleiman’s term in office, I wrote an essay asking why Lebanon needed a President, given the relative powerlessness of the position. Here’s the payoff paragraph: Twenty-five years after Ta’if inaugurated Lebanon’s Second Republic and nearly nine years after the Syrian departure gave us a new, mysterious set … <a href="https://qifanabki.com/2016/11/22/aoun-and-the-future/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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