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FeaturedThe Frightening Reality of the Tragedies of El Paso and Dayton
One of the more basic responsibilities of any government is to ensure the safety of its citizens. How many times has the American government failed to do this? How many more times will it fail? This could be me, or you. Words are never enough. They will never be enough. No single individual should have… Read more
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FeaturedA Trip Down Memory Lane – Studio Ghibli & Miyazaki Hayao
The studio Ghibli is known for its dynamic films that portray three dimensional characters that all overcome an essential problem in their life. The films themselves are timeless portrayals of courageousness, loss, and love. Miyazaki’s films are at once, fascinating and dynamic. The Ghibli exhibit is located in Inokashira Park in Mitaka, which is a… Read more
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Anyanwu: The Eye of Light
Originally posted on Odinani: The Sacred Arts & Sciences of the Igbo People:
“Anywanwu” by Ben Enwonwu The sun is one of the most universally revered objects in human history. Just about every culture on the planet honors it for all the different gifts that it brings to our planet, bringing both the light and… -
Red Land, Black Land
Three Chapter Summary Chapter One Chapter one is stylistically written as a piece of prose that follows the birth of an Egyptian child. Child birth in Egypt was tied to the divine, and magic. To give birth, women squatted and stood on bricks, known as birthing bricks. After describing childbirth, she describes Egyptian art and… Read more
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Spies, Scandals & Sultans – Another Engaging Read
Written 2014; edited 2019 Spies, Scandals & Sultans is an engaging translation of Ibrahim al Muwaylihi’s newspaper reports on the inner workings of the Ottoman Empire, and its relations with Egypt. Roger Allen, the translator, specializes in Arabic literature and is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Ibrahim al Muwaylihi wrote these articles in the… Read more
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Thoughts on a Photograph of You
by Elizabeth Jane Timms I entered by your eyes, for your face wantedTo take me away, far away into the world that you were.The world that our love had made and given us.And I roamed your face, lifted your lids like an exploring child,Climbed onto your temples,Surveyed the world from your brow.Your face gave me… Read more
