A Comment About

The West’s Long Tradition of Exalting Non-Western Cultures

February 13, 2008 - 12:40 am - by Barry Rubin
Mike Bailor
2008-02-13 11:17:27

As a child, did you ever set up a tent in the yard? Everybody wants to play in the tent. The arabist Sir Richard Burton was even buried in a crypt that looked like a tent. Today many Westerners want to play in a tent. Not me, thanks.