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...jumble of religious beliefs that might be euphemistically described as "New Age." Murillo - known to be an eccentric intellectual and spiritual influence on the president - has created a perplexing religious culture based on strange symbolism, superstition and fear. A disciple of the miracle-working Indian guru Sai Baba, Murillo has mixed mystic spiritualism with the teachings of Jesus Christ and the home-cooked philosophy of Gen. Augusto Sandino, and added a pinch of native indigenous beliefs to serve up a curious concoction of religious syncretism unrecognizable to most theologians...
...evening of May 21, hundreds of business leaders from the region and beyond flowed through the halls of the hotel, past banks of honeysuckle and jasmine, into the garden, where cooks grilled chicken on giant charcoal burners and served baba ghanoush, tabbouleh and baklava. Participants at a conference on investment opportunities in Palestine, they talked up the prospects of the local information-technology industry (whose products, which can be whizzed to markets electronically, are not subject to the whims of Israeli border guards) and bragged about the performance of the Palestine stock exchange. At the center of the crowd-trim...
...Tizi Mezik pass, only to drop sharply down again into a mineral-rich valley of red earth and terraced villages. The next morning - with a night's snowfall caking the red soil and pines - everything looked different again. As we hiked up a final ridge, muleteer Ali Baba (he assured us that was his name) used the opportunity to pelt everybody with snowballs, a prank I hadn't expected to experience in North Africa...
...reputation for successfully inventing new takes on old standards during his decade-long tenure in the United Arab Emirates - has created an informative, user-friendly tome with 120 culinary creations. The 256-page book applies a Euro-fusion ethos to classic Arab cookery, incorporating new ingredients (lobster with baba ghanoush ravioli, courgette-aubergine salad and cream of red peppers) while respecting regional Muslim customs that disallow alcohol in cooking. Oenophiles are not forgotten, though: selections like an hors d'oeuvre of orange-flavored prawns on a flan of pine nuts, celeriac purée and cream of olive...
...attacker fared worse: he was hung.) In his later years Mahfouz himself took on the aura of a fictional character: a humble creature of the caf?s whose life was deeply embedded in his ancient neighborhood, who wrote over coffee on the banks of the Nile-he favored the Ali Baba Caf?-and bantered with friends and fellow writers, often watched over by government bodyguards safeguarding the national treasure...