Barbara Smith

Since the advent and inundation into society of social media, phrases and expressions have been hackneyed daily. They become cliché and often sound rehearsed. One such phrase that has jumped out at me every time I see it is, ‘He is my rock.’ Most of the time it appears in a loving post for a

A European translator, Antoine Galland is accredited for bringing the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves to us, somewhere between 1704 and 1717 in the Arabian Nights Series. However, many versions of the story of the two Persian brothers can be seen from the 18th century on. Knowing where hidden treasure is and