Role of Fatima
In addition to being the cousin of the prophet, as Ahdaf Soueif rightly points out in her response to Oliver Miles's review of Robert Fisk's The Great War for Civilisation ("The big picture", November 19), Imam Ali was also the prophet's son-in-law by virtue of marrying his only daughter, Fatima. Miles is quite correct: "mistakes undermine the reader's confidence".Link
Saturday, December 03, 2005
Letter published in The Guardian Review
In response to Oliver Miles' review of Robert Fisk's The Great War for Civilisation. It's a shame they edited the letter's original title: Pedants Unite!
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4 comments:
Very smooth!
I should ask Bob Fisk for a cut of the profits.
Good stuff. I remember reading the review, must read Ahdaf's take on it when I have a bit more time. It's made me a bit paranoid though, and I now find myself spellchecking this comment before I click submit! ;-)
Al-sahn says I can't condone your long-nosed shenanigans, otherwise they'll cut my khums ;-)
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