Over the years he has studied Arabic, Islam, International Relations, Philosophy and Southeast Asian Studies. After obtaining master's in Arabic Language & Culture, he embarked on a chequered international career that has taken him to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Thailand -- interrupted by short stints in his home country. Before returning to the world of academia, he has been a professional translator, management assistant, office manager, Arabic language instructor, Middle East consultant and human resourses manager. At present he is a lecturer in Asian history and resident director of a Study Abroad Program at a university in Thailand. His eclectic research interests include Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian history, Islamic philosophy, comparative religion and travel writing. In the remaining time he likes to indulge in his addiction to reading, sometimes to the despair of his Thai wife Nida and children, Melanie and Christopher. Carool welcomes reader reactions to his reviews at seekay2000@hotmail.com. |
Reviews by Carool include: Azam Ali
Animus
Severin Browne
Bubba Mac Blues Band
Buddhist Monks of Maitri Vihar Monastery
Cascade Folk Trio
Richard Clayderman & Rahul Sharma
Gevorg Dabaghyan
Darvish
Dromedary
Galina Durmushliyska
Ensemble Karot
Mahmoud Fadl
Raymond Fairchild
Pandit Kumar Gandharva
Gigi, with Bill Laswell
David Gogo
Corey Harris
Jony Iliev Band
Sunny Jain Collective
Zohreh Jooya & Madjid Derakhshani
Salif Keita
Shafqat Ali Khan
Habib Koite & Bamada
Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur
Metropolitan Klezmer
Natraj
Rick Neeley
La Nef
NuSound
The Otis Brothers
Prasant Radhakrishnan
Raj Rangayyan & Utpal Mazumdar
Sarband
Serah
Ejigayehu "Gigi" Shibabaw, with Bill Laswell
James Coberly Smith
Merja Soria
Victor Spiegel
Talisman
Tinariwen
various artists
Willie & Lobo
Les Yeux Noirs
Jack Cavanaugh
Scott C. Davis
Amitav Ghosh
Bettye Hammer Givens
Daisaku Ikeda
Richard Joseph
Jamal Sleem Nuweihed
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Although he still carries a Dutch passport, Carool Kersten has mostly lived overseas for the last 15 years or so, and considers himself a citizen of the world. He is now making a sincere effort to stay put in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai.
