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Literature & Languages Mar 1, 2012

Time to Say New Things

How good it is to migrate every day! How beautiful it is to stop somewhere every day! How…

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Literature & Languages Mar 1, 2012

The Best of Creation

  In a harsh, corrupt and unforgiving land,came a mercy and salvation.Warring tribes and fierce factions,he united into…

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Book Review Jan 1, 2012

Who Speaks for Islam?

“Who Speaks for Islam? What Do 1.3 Billion Muslims Really Think?”John L. Esposito, Dalia Mogahed 978-1595620170 Gallup Press,…

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Literature & Languages Jan 1, 2012

Hearing the Light

On a Saturday morning, I was sitting in the nearby park in our neighborhood. It was especially lovely…

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History Jan 1, 2012

Our Big Small World

The past year was a busy one for The Fountain. In cooperation with many local NGOs and authorities,…

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Literature & Languages Jan 1, 2012

Bustling Willpower

Fate sometimes blows As gently as breezes;At other times it blows as toughAs raging northeastersRendering huge mountains to…

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A Moment for Reflection Jan 1, 2012

How I Wish I Could Be a Seed

How I wish I could be a seed, embedded within the bosom of the earth. Protected I would…

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Culture & Society Jan 1, 2012

The Optimizing Man

In 1881, F. Edgeworth defines the first principle of economics such that every agent is motivated only by…

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Dialogue Nov 1, 2011

Editorial: Culture of Coexistence

The Fountain is co-sponsoring an international conference in Abuja, Nigeria, November 18-19. The theme is “Establishing a Culture…

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Literature & Languages Nov 1, 2011

My Sadness

It is as though my world is a blurI can’t seem to make things make senseNothing makes senseIt’s…

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