Irish Pages, Vol. 9, No. 2: Israel, Islam & the West

* Gerard McCarthy on the refugee crisis in Greece * An unpublished survivor’s account of Bergen Belsen * “A Trial” by Hubert Butler * Writings on Iran, Bosnia and Islam * Avi Shlaim on “Israel and the Arrogance of Power” * Dervla Murphy’s “Hasbara in Action” and John McHugo on Syria * A trilingual elegy in Irish, Polish and English * Chris Agee on “Troubled Belfast” * Ghazels of Hafez * Lara Marlowe on Mahmoud Darwish * New poems on the Middle East by Seán Lysaght, Naomi Shihab Nye, Ciarán O’Rourke & Cathal Ó Searcaigh * PLUS: “I am Belfast”, a remarkable photographic portfolio by Mark Cousins