I home school my daughter and this is her history lesson for today, as I doubt that this will ever be taught in her official history...
On the 27th of February 2011, an 86 year old Turkish man died in a hospital in Istanbul. However, he was no ordinary person. Necmettin...
A violent and unhinged dictator has used overwhelming air power and foreign mercenaries to mow down Libyans who dare protest against his tyranny. Teachers, lawyers,...
A large chunk of the world’s population celebrated Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 08, 2011. The legality of celebration of such days is a issue on...
There are two pictures on this page. Both are Libyans but a world of difference separates them. I believe one is the image of piety, the...
Recently, watching the events unfolding in Egypt, we have witnessed peaceful protesters being beaten, harassed, doused with water while praying, whipped by horse riding men, and murdered...
He was an adventurer, a scholar, and possibly a spy — but as Dutchman Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje proved with his rare 1885 photographs and sound recordings...
JUDAISM AND Islam developed with only marginal reference to Christianity, but Christianity’s evolution has been entangled with the two other monotheisms — as essential foils. That...
By Sabour B. (Sayf) The history of science has always been based upon the cooperation and disclosure of ideas between mankind. Every notable scientist and every...
It was on Sunday nights at Temple Bet Ha’am in South Portland, Maine — a reform congregation my mother started in 1985 — that I first...