The Persian-Dutch writer Kader Abdolah was an opponent of the regimes of both the Shah and Ayatollah Khomeini, ultimately fleeing to the Netherlands as a political refugee in 1988. He has a degree in Physics, was Writer in Residence at Leiden University in 2006, and has written a large number of novels. The King (“De Read More
Our attempts to understand the nature of forgiveness often involve making distinctions by degrees. Forgiving someone for being late for an appointment seems simple compared to an accident when bodily harm has been caused. Making these kinds of distinctions provides us with a better sense of when forgiveness can be offered. But what if making Read More