Contemplative Practices: A Comparative Perspective On Different Faith Traditions
The world is too much with us; late and soon,Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;Little we…
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Butterfly Effect
You had to build the cocoon as your sanctuary In order to find your new self in tranquility…
Mixed Greens of Hope
Walking into a regular salad bar for lunch, one anticipates nothing more than a short and simple exchange…
Touched by a Small Kindness
When a professor of Turkish language and literature is met by Turkish hospitality during a short stopover, she…
The Source of Love
Love… Man and the universe was created because of love and it can only be understood through love……
Fasting in Abrahamic Faiths
“O you who believe! Prescribed for you is the Fast, as it was prescribed for those before you,…
Ability or Disability: An Unforgettable Experience at a Specialist School
Every human is precious with a special quality, and there are quite many of them at specialist schools.…
The Hajj: Reflections from Mina
This article does not encompass the entire Hajj ritual, most notably leaving out umrah and visiting the Ka’ba.…
Remembering the Super Victim: A Letter from a Villain’s Mom to a Superhero
My husband had never been a family man; he was always focused and devoted to his work. For…
The Ticket
When the National Research Council of the USA announced in 1992 that DNA testing was a reliable method…
A Present of The Presence Through Three Dripping Snow-cones
“I want to start fasting this year during the month of Ramadan” she said with a serious tone…
Her Heavenly Abode… A Letter to A Friend Far Away
Sometimes, to say goodbye to someone you love is quite impossible. It is easier to say “see u…
Beauty in the Sky
It was a shiny, blue sky when I heard the sound that cut through my head, and nailed…
For the Sake of Autism…
The courtyard vibrated at the sound of the school bell. Immediately the playground burst into life as children…
Time to Say New Things
How good it is to migrate every day! How beautiful it is to stop somewhere every day! How…