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The Great Emancipators

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Shaun Randol

In this essay, Shaun Randol wonders if, after forty years, John Berger's Marxist take on European oil painting and modern advertising is still relevant, and whether the feminist social critic Camille Paglia has lost her edge.

In Unfamiliar Territory

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Soniah Kamal

Perhaps surprisingly, Qanta Ahmed’s religious and familial background does not adequately prepare her for a two-year stint as a doctor in Saudi Arabia. Thus, Ahmed’s memoir is less a fish-out-of-water story, and more like a fish-in-unfamiliar-water tale. Soniah Kamal reviews Ahmed’s mystified encounters of classicism, colorism, and sexism in The Kingdom.

Of Priests and Patrons

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John Schellhase

Westerners tend to mythologize Tibetan people and their storied homeland. Too often Tibet is viewed simply as a quaint, isolated, peaceful outpost that has been victimized by powers in Beijing. Sam van Schaik's history of Tibet dispels many Western notions of Tibetans and their history, and illuminates the complicated history of a fascinating land. John Schellhase reviews.

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