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Saturday, December 15, 2018

Re-Opening of Penn Museum's Middle East Galleries

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The November/December 2018 issue of Islamic Horizons has an article by Kenneth Wahrenberger describing some of the contents of the newly re...
Saturday, December 08, 2018

Suggested Reading List from "Girls of the Crescent"

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Habeeba Husain profiled Girls of the Crescent in the 2018 November/December issue of Islamic Horizons . Sisters Zena & Mena Nasiri fou...
Monday, December 03, 2018

New York Islamic Arts Collective at Bernardsville, NJ Al-Hamra Art Center

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New York Islamic Arts invites you to the opening of the “Peace and Mercy” exhibition on December 2nd 4-6pm at the Alhamra Art Center. Wo...
Sunday, June 03, 2018

Favorite Quotes: Carlos Ruiz Zafón on War in "The Shadow of the Wind"

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Lucia Graves translated  Carlos Ruiz Zafón 's La Sombra del Viento as The Shadow of the Wind . Nothing feeds forgetfulness better th...
Tuesday, May 08, 2018

"Negroland: A Memoir" by Margo Jefferson

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I'm sharing a few thoughts on Margo Jefferson's Negroland: A Memoir . An idea which struck me was her insistence that contemplat...

Favorite Quote: F Scott Fitzgerald, "The Last Tycoon" - "learned tolerance, kindness, forebearance, and even affection like lessons"

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F. Scott Fitzgerald never finished the novel The Last Tycoon . Elia Kazan directed a 1976 movie based on the novel. Amazon produced one se...
Tuesday, March 13, 2018

The British Mosque: An Architectural and Social History by Shahed Saleem

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Rowan Moore reviewed  The British Mosque: An Architectural and Social History by Shahed Saleem in The Guardian on March 13, 2018 .  A ...
Tuesday, February 27, 2018

The Walking Dead S8E09 "Honor" Portrayed Two Muslim Religious Texts #TWD

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[Spoiler Alert] On AMC's The Walking Dead , in Season 8, Episode 9 "Honor," as Rick Grimes ( Andrew Lincoln ) is burying his ...
Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Hey Creative People! Is it the right time for a remake of "The Prisoners of Quai Dong" by Victor Kolpacoff?

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My local public library regularly removes books from its shelves for a variety of reasons. I purchased about 15 boxes of books through the...
Friday, October 20, 2017

Favorite Quote: Oscar Wilde: The Rich & Idle Preach the Values of Thrift & Labor

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From Oscar Wilde 's The Picture of Dorian Gray : [Lord Henry Wotton] pictured to himself with silent amusement the tedious luncheon ...
Saturday, September 02, 2017

Review: Yo Soy Muslim: A Father’s Letter to His Daughter by Mark Gonzales

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Check out these adorable readers with the new @SalaamReads picture book, Yo Soy Muslim by @markgonzalesco ! pic.twitter.com/AwmwPEH2bm —...
Monday, August 07, 2017

Access Free Arabic Texts from Library of Arabic Literature

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You can now get free, Arabic-only PDFs of LAL bilingual books! I can't link b/c twitter thinks it's spam but you're clever. ...
Wednesday, August 02, 2017

Review: How to Be Secular: A Call to Arms for Religious Freedom by Jacques Berlinerblau

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How to Be Secular: A Call to Arms for Religious Freedom by Jacques Berlinerblau Mariner Books, Paperback, 9780544105164, 306pp. Publicat...
Saturday, July 29, 2017

Building Bridges 2017-2018 Grants Program of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art

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Doris Duke Foundation seeks grant proposals for arts programming on Muslims. https://t.co/Rn2i0zAP8N — Dalia Mogahed (@DMogahed) July 26, 2...
Tuesday, July 04, 2017

Reading List on Modern and Colonial Science in the Middle East by Nir Shafir

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Nir Shafir has compiled, with the help of the Internet hive mind, a reading list on Modern and Colonial Science in the Middle East . You ...

Decolonising Science Reading List by Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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I maintain a “Decolonising Science Reading List” that is stuff that I have read &recommend. https://t.co/BQLWX2wLHE #racenstem #blac...
Saturday, July 01, 2017

Review: "Experience & Education" by John Dewey

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John Dewey (1859-1952) wrote Experience and Education in 1938, twenty-two years after his most famous work, Democracy and Education . In...
Sunday, June 18, 2017

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

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I bought the book Th1rteen R3asons Why by Jay Asher because the author is speaking today near my home, and I feel some kind of need to su...
Thursday, June 15, 2017

Ramadan Readathon: Recommendations #1 – MG, YA & ADULT FICTION

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Nadia at Words Beneath the Wings compiled a list of Middle-Grade, Young Adult and Adult Fiction books by Muslim authors . And, if you're...
Monday, April 10, 2017

Shabana Mir Tells Story Behind "Umar and the Bully"

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From Shabana Mir's blog : "[Twenty] years later, I assumed [ Umar and the Bully ] was no longer relevant. Imagine my surprise w...