‘Engaging the World’: The ‘Fascinating Story’ of Hamas’s Political Evolution
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‘Engaging the World’: The ‘Fascinating Story’ of Hamas’s Political Evolution

An interview with Dr. Daud Abdullah, author of ‘Engaging the World: The Making of Hamas’s Foreign Policy’. In this book, Hamas is viewed as a political actor, whose armed resistance is only a component in a complex and far-reaching strategy.

Parleying with the Infinite: India in Beethoven’s Imagination
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Parleying with the Infinite: India in Beethoven’s Imagination

There are many surprising ways in which Western classical music, and more particularly the music of Beethoven, has relations with India. The name of Beethoven is also inextricably linked up with the name of someone who is inescapably present in nearly every conversation—Gandhi.