Books
Re-membering: How to Assemble a Corpus of Classical Arabic Literature
What follows is an overview of the first session of the “A Corpus Not a Canon: A Workshop on the Library of Arabic Literature,” held ……Read More
Lifestyle
Immigration
Is Australia Paying Smugglers to Stay Away?
Recently I had occasion to blog about Australia, which is poised to pass a law that will aid in denaturalizing foreign-born terrorists and terrorist supporters ……Read More
Community
Hindus welcome yoga instructor into Swedish royal family
Hindus have welcomed a former yoga instructor marrying into the Swedish royal family. Sweden’s Prince Carl Philip (third in line for the throne) married commoner ……Read More
Immigration
Preventing Terror Through Deportation
Sometimes when you're trying to get a fix on what your nation's policies and practices are on a particular subject it's helpful to do a ……Read More
Books
‘Protect and Serve’? Crime-fic Symposium to Include Look at Arabic Noir
On July 10, Edinburgh University will host “‘Protect and Serve': Crime Fiction and Community,” a one-day symposium exploring how ideas of community feature in crime fiction. It’s set ……Read More
Health
This 22-Year-Old Activist Will Change How You See Autism
Photo courtesy of TED. The first surprising thing about Alix Generous is how funny she is. “You might have noticed that my voice doesn’t have ……Read More