miriam and Bruce with former Duke students and Istanbul colleagues
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miriam and Bruce with Turkish friends at a seaside breakfast
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miriam and Bruce with Cemalnur Sargut
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Ibn Haldun graduation ceremony
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Ibn Haldun graduation ceremony 24 July 2022 with Heba Rauf and Ercument Asil
Writing in the Eye of the Storm
I am reading, absorbing, and reflecting on Talal’s essay, “Thinking about Religion through Wittgenstein,” in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic that has enveloped the world in spring 2020. COVID-19 has stopped ordinary activity almost everywhere, including the United States and North Carolina, where I live and from where I am writing. The beauty of […]
Can poetry be an antidote to poison?
Can poetry be an antidote to poison? Can it provide an alternative to the jihad of Pamela Geller? A life without His love is nothing but slow death. The sum total of love is but three words: I-burn, I-burn, I-burn. These verses come from the 13th-century whirling dervish, Rumi. The fire that burns also gives […]