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Makiya has written prolifically on the subject of his birthplace. He said his first two books, Republic of Fear (1989) and The Monument (1991), were written under the pseudonym “Samir al-Khalil” out of fear for his and his family’s livelihood. Republic of Fear became a best-seller after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait...
From 1942 to 1946, Hammond traveled through Sicily, Italy and Germany as a Monument, Fine Art and Archives Officer...
...point of paying Ephron the Hittite 400 silver shekels for a cave in Hebron to serve as a burial plot. He and Sarah were laid there, and later, Scripture adds, so were Isaac and his wife Rebecca, his grandson Jacob and his first wife Leah. Herod erected a grandiose monument at what hethought was the site. For most of the past few hundred years, its Muslim owners, who called it the Mosque of Abraham, allowed Jews to pray near the entrance. When the Israelis took control in 1967, believers of both faiths worshipped side by side. Then...
...Grolier is at once a splendid monument to poetry, an important part of Harvard history and a place of preservation for elusive collections and rare editions that would otherwise go unfound. But most of all, the Grolier is a community of writers and readers which has welcomed generations of Harvard students into its close circle in a way that even its looming neighbor, the Harvard Book Store, never will. As temporary residents of Cambridge, as students and as readers, we would do well to show support for such places; the services they provide are invaluable...
...today’s ceremony, former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani will begin a reading of the names of each and every soul who perished in the attacks on the World Trade Center. And whatever monument, memorial or office building complex is ultimately constructed on the site, it will forever be hallowed ground...