Darius Nikbin

There are meeting rooms here and talks here, but as a cultural showpiece this centre has not really taken-off. I think that as a language school for MSA (Modern Standard Arabic) in collaboration with SOAS, this centre could provide an access point for cultural-encounter rather than cultural adjustment (based on Western dominant culture). Language (MSA) studies are the way forward (some sort of college)... We reject Edward Saïd in favour of Moam Gadaffi, whose 'Green Book' used to be stocked publicly in the respectable old Foyles bookshop, Charring Cross, London! CND

Visited for a philosophy talk years ago, photographed beside the flag, stood upright next to me... DCN