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...sense that they weren't "full" members in any racial community; the insecurity and self-loathing that often resulted from feeling marginalized on all sides. That simple but harsh playground question - "What are you?" - torments many multiracial kids. Psychologists call this a "forced-choice dilemma" that compels children to claim some kind of identity - even if only a half-identity - in return for social acceptance...
...meaningful in an increasingly militaristic state. A cormorant perched on a rock, seemingly a simple depiction of nature, actually represents a tourist attraction.With 17 paintings and two artifacts, the moderately-sized exhibition attempts to emphasize its theme of tradition manipulated to serve commercial interests, though in some cases the claim lacks evidence. A screen depicting a waterfall is said to represent that nation’s desire for tourism, though the author’s own words indicate only a personal attraction to the subject matter. Similarly, a supposedly symbolic representation of a bamboo forest appears to be only marginally...
...These themes are of course central in Sufi thought, but they are also very important Islamic themes, though rarely ever associated with Islam either by the media here, or by those outspoken violent agents who pull the world’s attention to themselves with their violence and their claim to represent Islam,” says Dr. Sadeq Rahimi, postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.Passion fills the images of meditational prayer or whirling dance. Motion enlivens each image as tresses fly in rapturous movement. Yet despite the perceptible presence of spirituality, the images are personal...
...Israeli government claim that its Defense Forces "is an ethical army" in light of such atrocities? Israel clearly timed its attacks to coincide with the vacuum of power between U.S. Presidents, banking on our indifference. And to our shame, their bet paid off, for they've again gotten away with it. Tamra Fallman, ITHACA...
...deliberating over whether to try suspected perpetrators of last year’s post-election violence or to ask the ICC to open an investigation. Likewise, the Palestinian Authority has asked the ICC to open an investigation into the situation in Gaza, forcing the court to evaluate the Palestinian claim to statehood...