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| | Al-Ahram Weekly | Profile | Gamil Matar: A movable disposition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Matar left for Montreal, Canada, on a PhD scholarship at McGill University -- one of the most difficult experiences of his life, involving the transition from diplomacy to full-time research -- an arduous task, he says. |
 | | Such work reflects Matar's outlook on public issues and his own life course alike: his detachment is borne by critical thinking which, though unfailingly acute, is never bitter; his faultfinding capabilities tempered with humour and good will. |
 | | Matar mentions the late Hassan Ragab, ambassador to China, who was later to establish the celebrated Papyrus Institute, and Ismail Kamel, a connoisseur of Indian culture who, in New Delhi, would spend hours with Jawaherlal Nehru divulging the intricacies of Sanskrit. |
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