Writings & Papers

What dress you decide to put on does not matter; rather, paramount is the faith and hope you put in the existence of something bigger.

What is family? Is it based on blood only, or there is something more about it?

In what ways are our new times different from the old ones? What has changed? What do we need to be mindful of about this society of ours?

Dear sister, I hope you are all fine. I have decided to write you a letter rather than sending you a text message this time. Why are you...

‘Letters to my sister’ encapsulates my philosophy; what I have learnt through a combination of perseverant, passionate study and life...

Here the first five 'official' emperors of Rome will briefly tell you their story; and it is strongly suggested that you read them aloud!

In 96 AD Domitian, the last emperor of the Flavian dynasty, was killed in a palace coup through the help of some servants.

From sandy backwater to glitzy global Dubai and oil-rich Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates' fast rise to power and prominence on the...

Peru is a rich, variegated land which has seen the rise and decline of several cultures and civilisations throughout the millennia. The...

For thousands of years the blue ‘lotus’ (more precisely, a water lily) was revered as a sacred plant in ancient Egypt. Its colours still...

Translating and interpreting is probably one of the oldest jobs on earth. Since the dawn of statehood, interactions with 'foreigners'...

Squeezed between some of the biggest names of ancient Egypt (Hatshepsut, Thutmosis III, Amenhotep III, Akhenaten) lies a less-known...

Introduction The Late Bronze Age (ca. 1550-1200 BCE) is a fascinating period: for the first time a series of regional states coexisted on...

Historical context for the reader: Thutmosis IV (c. 1401-1391 BCE) became pharaoh of Egypt after the death of his father Amenhotep II....

Introduction Geertz (1973, 101) argued that narratives are essentially symbolic texts which should be ‘interpreted’ rather than read. In...