What constitutes our understanding of society? The market, state and civil society in varying degrees form our conception of the world.
We take from the table of life, what best suits us.
To read a complete account of some aspects of expatriate life in Tripoli
see this link
Half Alive Again:An Evening at Zawia Dahmaani
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Really interesting reading there. I think it is hard to understand society unless we understand our own place within it. I do agree that we take what best suits us - a kind of mix and match thing, we close our eyes to that which is unpleasant and walk on by x