The Call
By Rawi Hage
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By Rawi Hage
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A personal reflection on fragmentation, language, and place.
Following one of the Turfan archaeological expeditions in the early 1900s, a fragment of a Manichaean text written in Uighur and Old Turkic found its way to the Asian Art Museum in Berlin. Originating from the Northern Silk Road region (now the Xinjiang Uighur Region in China), these “loose leaves” became a source of inspiration for Rawi Hage.
Hage writes, “I was born near Byblos in Lebanon. The ancient city of Byblos is believed...
Following one of the Turfan archaeological expeditions in the early 1900s, a fragment of a Manichaean text written in Uighur and Old Turkic found its way to the Asian Art Museum in Berlin. Originating from the Northern Silk Road region (now the Xinjiang Uighur Region in China), these “loose leaves” became a source of inspiration for Rawi Hage.
Hage writes, “I was born near Byblos in Lebanon. The ancient city of Byblos is believed...






















