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“Tuesdays with Morrie” and our Death Denying Culture(11)

February 2, 2010

I just finished reading a wonderful book called Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. This book is the account of a middle-aged man who one night, while watching television, discovers that his favorite professor from college has contracted a terminal disease and is dying.

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Muslim Girl Magazine: A Review

They got me at ‘Muslim Girl Magazine.’ I grabbed it, stared at it some more, and then folded it to my chest with the kind of emotion you usually feel when you’ve finally met someone whom you dreamt of for years, and now here they are right in front you. When I took it home, I experienced the sinking feeling of disappointment that you experience after you find out that the person you dreamed of meeting, whom you’ve now finally met, isn’t really what you were expecting or hoping for after all.

Belonging & Banishment: Being Muslim in Canada – Book Review

Belonging and Banishment: Being Muslim in Canada – MuslimMatters reviews an anthoology of essays by Canadian Muslim writers, spanning a variety of topics related to the theme of Canadian Muslims.

How to Really Put Yourself in Someone Else’s Shoes

In this post – 2 books, 2 videos, and one story. A few lessons many of us often learn in childhood or early in life- Always look at those who haven’t been given what you have so that you are thankful Try to imagine what someone else goes through before criticizing them Things are not [...]


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