Sondos Asem - AljazeeraTalk - Cairo
 First of all I cannot conceal my adoration of Shakespeare as an artists who devoted his life to exposing the good and evil in human nature. No theme in Shakespeare's works is more prominent than that of human weakness in the face of vice and worldly temptations. This was the case of Macbeth, Hamlet and Julius Caesar.
I have just finished reading Julius Caesar and i can only describe it as a masterpiece of political drama. Shakespeare brilliantly depicted Julius Caesar and his fellow Romans as a bunch of politicians who are obsessed with kingship. I can not separate the play from our political status quo in which one faction fears any progress by another. The play is based on two axes: first envy, then conspiracy.
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Khaled Akil- Al-JazeeraTalk
 On my way to a Muslim Supplementary School in Swindon (UK), I heard a piece of news on French radio that awoken my anxieties about the role, not to mention the meaning, of Art in the West. Memories from fifteen years ago returned, as I remembered a French student friend of mine who, whilst working as a security member of staff at Orsay Museum, abused his duties by allowing me to occasionally enter without paying.
Much of the Museum ground floor was dedicated to the massive sculptures of August Rodin. There, I tried to capture the celebrated genius of the an artist that I had previously only known by reputation. But no matter how much hard I tried, all I could muster was an outdated appreciation for Greco-Roman aesthetics. To put it squarely, my tastes and perceptions were at least fifteen centuries out of date.
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Omayya Joha - AljazeeraTalk
Many thanks to Cartoonist Omayya Joha for this nice present to AljazeeraTalk on its anniversary.
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