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Traced to its Greek foundations, the word architect comes from archi (chief) and tekton (builder). In the case of Catalan "chief builder" Antoni Gaudí, the derivation seems prosaic. For Gaudí, the word breaks easily into the three trademarks of his architecture: arches, technical brilliance and sureness, this last quality sometimes degenerating into rudeness and arrogance...
...genius, some are calling on the Pope to make him a saint, and more than two million people come to Barcelona each year to stare at his buildings, love them or hate them. With the 150th anniversary of his birth on June 25, the city of Barcelona and the Catalan and Spanish governments have proclaimed 2002 International Gaudí Year. More than 100 events are planned in homage. Already the Spanish press has dubbed it Gaudímania...
...leaflets, playing semi-pro soccer, being a mafioso extra in a film about boxing. "One Christmas I was employed as one of the Three Kings, the black one," laughs Jamal over a coffee in the Ateneo, Barcelona's leading cultural forum. Jamal is now 50 and married to a Catalan. He has three children, a lucrative practice as a dermatologist in Barcelona, a second degree in history and geography, a seat on the board of the Ateneo and a professorship in cultural diversity at the Catalan University of Vic. As if that were not enough, he also gives classes...
Arab Aroma is entering its sixth edition - two Catalan, four Spanish - with sales pushing 20,000, according to its publisher. Negotiations are underway for versions in English, Italian and French. The Spanish edition was named best foreign cuisine book at the 2000 Salon de Livre Gourmand in Périgueux, France...
...this end, Jamal has just cooked up a new book - as yet only in Spanish and Catalan - called Palestine: Occupation and Resistance (Flor del Viento; 106 pages). In his role as historian rather than doctor or cook, he sets out to give a brief guide to the roots of the interminable conflict there. Israelis probably won't like it. But they should enjoy Arab Aroma, a book that could equally have been titled Make Food...