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A Tale of a Dying Utopia

Posted on June 24, 2019 by

History moves about like waves great and small crashing upon shores near and far; ripples in oceans might lay low the foundations of an ancient edifice while a mighty tsunami in a small sea crashes harmlessly upon the walls of … Continue reading →

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A Modern Romeo and Juliet, With a Twist

Posted on August 7, 2018 by

I try to judge a book by what it is intending to do, not by how I would have written it. This is hard for a writer and occasionally takes discipline – as often times the prose does not live … Continue reading →

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Ibn Tufayl’s “Hayy Ibn Yaqzan” – A Book Review

Posted on May 12, 2018 by

I have a friend who was an erstwhile archeologist. Not Zahi Hawass, digging piles of gold from the sands of ancient Egypt but a local archaeologist who worked for a municipality in England. Clearing lands and approving building permits, excavating … Continue reading →

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“Lords of Misrule” – A Joel D. Hirst Interview in Istanbul

Posted on February 24, 2017 by

I gave an interview to an Istanbul, Turkey based journal on my new novel “Lords of Misrule“. You can read it below – and if you speak Turkish you can go here. 1) How did you decide to write this … Continue reading →

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A POWERFUL COUNTER-EXTREMISM NOVEL: Lords of Misrule by Joel D. Hirst

Posted on January 17, 2017 by

The most recent review of my new novel “Lords of Misrule“: “Lords of Misrule by Joel Hirst is the first literary novel I have read that reflects the motivations and consequences of Jihadist movements in the post-colonial Africa. Being a … Continue reading →

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My Viral Interview for CNN Arabic on my novel “Lords of Misrule”

Posted on January 4, 2017 by

I’m always intrigued by what attracts people’s attention – and why. This week I did a written interview for CNN Arabic on my new novel, “Lords of Misrule” (or the Arabic title, “Princes of Sedition”). The interview focused on some … Continue reading →

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Our Moral Duty to Protect Islam’s Reformers

Posted on October 31, 2016 by

As I started to write this post, my first reaction was to go deep – like I do sometimes. To draw lessons from our great cloud of reformers active since the dawn of politics: Cicero assassinated by senators of a … Continue reading →

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