Do All Roads Lead to Samarkand?
For lust of knowing what should not be known/ We take the Golden Road to Samarkand. [[1]] The…
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“Scrap Paper Loves Me”
Scrap paper loves me. I spent my college years in a state after the Soviet Union collapsed where…
The Orientalists – Part 1
Author’s note: Many of the books and authors mentioned here are well-known. There are dozens more from writers…
Birds or Humanity?
There is often mixed joy and sorrow when traveling abroad, sometimes discovered in the journeying, sometimes found at…
Hizmet Movement: An Exemplary Paradigm of Transnational Civic Engagements
The origins of a seemingly nameless civic-social movement which later became popularly known as the “Gülen Movement” or…
“Praise the Lord, I’m Bald”: Learning to Live Again
The worst thing about cancer they don’t tell you? The aftermath. The shock waves. It’s surviving the quick…
Water, the Power of Positivity, and Education
I have recently been very intrigued about moods, specifically how our moods biologically change. The processes behind why…
Grateful for A Soldier’s War
She stood at the edge of the abyss, the blinding darkness engulfing her, enticing her. It would be…
Death
We woke at the thud, panicked. My wife and I had been dozing in bed, squeezing the last…
Atheism or Theism: The Never-Ending Debate
Atheism or Theism: The Perspective of Said Nursi, Wipf & StocksBy Hakan Gok20189781532646799 The existence of God has…
Breathe In, Breathe Out, Carry On
It was a blustery February morning, and just a few days before my 40th birthday, when my cell…
Regenerating Life with Soulcentric Education
A few years ago, I was invited to present a paper on a panel titled “Teaching for the…
Editorial: Mass Trauma
The world has never been free of trouble; yet, today all it takes to be exposed to trauma…
Sin and the Feeling of Guilt
O you who believe! Turn to God in true, sincere repentance. (66:8) Philosophers and scientists have long mulled…
Are We Ready to Swim with Crocodiles in the River and Dance with Lions in the Jungle?
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African proverb…