Thursday, February 17, 2011

I have had it with Sharp

"Certain members of the Arab world have been vocally opposed to the idea that he deserves any—after the Times mentioned Sharp in passing earlier this week, the Angry Arab News Service “complained that Western journalists were looking for a ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ to explain Egyptians’ success, in a colonialist attempt to deny credit to Egyptians.” But it is clear that Sharp himself has no such intention:"