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Tuesday, April 02, 2019

Favorite Quotes: Günter Grass, "The Tin Drum"

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Günter Grass received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1999 , and his most famous book is Die Blechtrommel , translated into English as T...
Sunday, March 31, 2019

Favorite Quotes: Dorothy Day, "The Long Loneliness: An Autobiography"

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The best source for information on Dorothy Day is the Catholic Worker website . These quotes are from the 1981 HarperCollins paperback...
Monday, March 18, 2019

Documentary: "The War to Be Her" by Erin Heidenreich

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  Description on PBS.org site : "In the Taliban-controlled area of Waziristan in northwestern Pakistan, where sports for women are dec...
Thursday, March 14, 2019

Review: American Hate: Survivors Speak Out by Arjun Singh Sethi (ed.)

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Arjun Singh Sethi 's volume consists of his introduction and conclusion and thirteen accounts by victims of hate crimes and/or their s...
Monday, March 11, 2019

Documentary on Ongoing Human Rights Violations in Yemen - "In Darkness" by Mwatana

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New Documentary by Mwatana on arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearance by all conflict parties in Yemen. وثائقي جديد لمواطنة يسلط الضوء...
Friday, March 08, 2019

Play: “The Who and the What”: Written by Ayad Akhtar, Directed by Hana S. Sharif

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Lily Janiak wrote a review of The Who and the What , written by Ayad Akhtar and directed by Hana S. Sharif in the March 6, 2019 San Franc...
Sunday, March 03, 2019

Movie: The Other Wife, directed by Khalil Ismail, based on novel by Umm Zakiyyah

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Khalil Ismail 's movie His Other Wife , based on Umm Zakiyyah 's novel of the same title , is available through Amazon Prime USA. ...
Saturday, January 19, 2019

Film: Timbuktu - Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako

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LinkTV allows you to stream the movie Timbuktu  ( Abderrahmane Sissako , 2014) for free until January 24, 2019. It's available on iTune...
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. ...