Finally, nine weeks after applying, I have received my work permit from the Canadian High Commission. I am flying to Montreal tomorrow afternoon, and will start work there as soon as I can…
Woo.
a June 19th, 2007
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Montreal, here I come
June 19, 2007 by dafyd
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Salman
June 19, 2007 by dafyd
“Salman Rushdie has turned into a hated corpse which cannot be resurrected by any action,” First Deputy Speaker Mohammad Reza Bahonar told Iran’s parliament.
“The action by the British Queen in knighting Salman Rushdie, the apostate, is an unwise one,” he said to loud applause from MPs.
“The British monarch lives under this illusion that Britain is still a 19th Century superpower and that bestowing titles is something still deemed important.”
[says BBC News]
So… knighthoods are irrelevant and mean nothing, but Iran still takes it personally when one of Britain’s greatest living authors is honoured for his work. Bonkers.
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