InThe Howling OwlbyJohn E Marks·Jul 22Poem for an anonymous Moorish Poet on the defeat at Seville November 1248“…. if I should hide you within my eyes, / Til the Day of Judgement it would not suffice me.” 11th-century Andalusian princess and poet…A response icon2
Keanu Dasha Harison·Jul 1Book Review — Roger Crowley’s “1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the…I often say that 1453 was the West’s greatest defeat — and its most revealing. Roger Crowley’s 1453 lays it bare, the fall of…
George Cassidy Payne·Aug 12, 2025The Ancient Anatomy of a Modern War: Gaza’s Siege and the Persistence of Tribal ViolenceLong before drones streaked across the sky and missiles turned cities to ash, war was a raw, brutal dance, a primal struggle fought with…
