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		<title>Gleanings from Maqrizi VIII: The Boat at the Top of the Dome</title>
		<link>http://oldroads.org/blog/2009/10/gleanings-from-maqrizi-viii-the-boat-at-the-top-of-the-dome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martyn Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mausoleum of the Imam Shafi'i (1211 A.D.) is a structure with great utility for talking about the history of Cairo. ]]></description>
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		<title>Cavafy&#8217;s Apartment and Old Alexandria</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martyn Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was curious to find this icon holder in the Alexandria apartment where the Greek poet C.P. Cavafy once lived. But I got it after a little reflection: he's a mixture of the sacred and profane, historical and contemporary. In the Cavafy Museum (located in Cavafy's old apartment) this icon holder hangs directly over the bed.. a bed that surely saw some action.]]></description>
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		<title>A Poet Buried Under Muqattam</title>
		<link>http://oldroads.org/blog/2009/07/a-poet-buried-under-muqattam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martyn Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ere's the tomb, looking in from the entrance. There is an area for ablutions and then a modest courtyard. Finally one arrives at the small mosque, which has a small dome and under that dome is the shrine for ibn al-Farid. As with many such shrines, the tomb is gated off and the shrine itself covered with silk.]]></description>
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		<title>The Stable Mean and Poor &#8211; Bethlehem</title>
		<link>http://oldroads.org/blog/2009/07/the-stable-mean-and-poor-bethlehem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martyn Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The final book of Herman Melville's epic poem Clarel is entitled Bethlehem, and at its center is a guided visit to the Church of the Nativity. The guide who gets to escort this band of doubters and skeptics is a young Franciscan from Tuscany.]]></description>
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		<title>Healthy-Mindedness in Clarel</title>
		<link>http://oldroads.org/blog/2009/05/healthy-mindedness-in-clarel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 00:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martyn Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One place where Melville's usefulness is especially clear is his description of what William James would call the "religion of healthy-mindedness."]]></description>
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