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...Palestinian activist and the Director of Middle East Projects at George Mason University—explained how the death of his brother at the hands of an Israeli soldier led him to join the ranks of the Fatah Youth Movement—a group built on the idea of Palestinian nationalism...
...writing are perfectly fitted to the form of the short story, which becomes increasingly apparent by comparing her short fiction with her novel “Wise Blood.” The novel follows the many disturbing encounters of the sardonic prophet Hazel Motes, who preaches the idea of the “Church Without Christ” while wandering through the South. Accordingly, the novel seems to be a series of stories strung together, but the incidents and violence lose their sting when compiled on top of each other without the tight structure in O’Connor?...
Tocqueville once wrote, in reference to the danger of America’s non-authoritarian, self-governing society, “Once an idea has taken hold of the American people’s minds, whether it’s a just one or an unreasonable one, nothing is more difficult than to uproot it.” One could say Harvard Professor Leo Damrosch faces this challenge in writing “Toqueville’s Discovery of America.” In his new book, Damrosch is attempting to remedy the general American conception of Tocqueville through...
Islamic culture is most commonly studied through a social or political lens, Asani said, both of which are premised on the idea of Islam as “the other...
...student transcribed “Allah” onto a light bulb to demonstrate the idea that light is filtered through the word of Allah. Other projects included decoupage, masks, and a collage of images ranging from Homer Simpson to spiritual symbols...