Open society, closed faces
Friday, October 6th, 2006Fascinating start of public debate on veils in the UK.
Archive for the 'Religion' Category
Not quite detournement
Sunday, September 3rd, 2006FP Passport: Converting the classics to Islam
Witnessing
Wednesday, August 9th, 2006From The Augustinians, Province of Saint Thomas of Villanova:
Father Kail Ellis, O.S.A., Dean of Arts and Sciences at Villanova University, was visiting family in Lebanon when the Israeli air strikes began on July 12, 2006. The following diary is a powerful reflection on his evacuation experience and the situation in Lebanon.
The complete diary.
(via Juan Cole)
seeing ourselves through computer eyes
Tuesday, August 8th, 2006Microsoft Photosynth. Give it 30 years.
(thanks, Marc!)
5 Truths About Darfur
Monday, April 24th, 2006Emily Wax, East Africa bureau chief for The Washington Post has written this excellent and important summary: 5 Truths About Darfur. This is just a taste — she provides the background.
1 Nearly everyone is Muslim
2 Everyone is black
3 It’s all about politics
4 This conflict is international
5 The “genocide” label made it worse
(via Passport)