MAPLEWOOD, New Jersey: Every year Eid ul-Fitr, the celebration marking the end of Ramadan, happens on a different day, approximately 11 days earlier than the year before. This year, it arrived last Thursday in some parts of the world, but most of us (...)
An outcry from Muslim communities around the world greeted Florida Pastor Terry Jones' announcement that he would commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks by burning copies of the Quran. The outrage was matched only by those who staunchly (...)
AMMAN: In the month of May many people celebrate Israeli Independence and grieve al Nakba; they lament ongoing violence and fear the next strike. In this sense, times have not changed much since the sad spring of 1974 when the 26th anniversary of (...)
AMMAN: In the month of May many people celebrate Israeli Independence and grieve Al-Nakba; they lament ongoing violence and fear the next strike. In this sense, times have not changed much since the sad spring of 1974 when the 26th anniversary of (...)
AMMAN: Veiled Voices is a film filled with loud, bright stories that enlighten an audience in need of authenticity about Islam in general and the lives of Muslim women in particular. Brigid Maher, a director, cinematographer and editor who teaches (...)
AMMAN: "Veiled Voices is a film filled with loud, bright stories that enlighten an audience in need of authenticity about Islam in general and the lives of Muslim women in particular. Brigid Maher, a director, cinematographer and editor who teaches (...)
AMMAN: Here in Jordan, American domestic news such as the horror of Fort Hood has not been crowding the headlines. Instead, the focus has been on political leaders' assurances that there will be enough containers of butane gas to heat homes for the (...)
In 1989, a photograph called Piss Christ by Andres Serrano, which depicted a crucifix submerged in a glass of the artist's urine, was on show at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The exhibition received (...)
After my teeth were professionally scraped, polished and flossed, I told my dentist about my recent trip to Iran. In the midst of waxing on about chadors and secularism, gas lines and fabulous chicken kebabs, he asked, How are their teeth?
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