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LATEST ARTICLES ( 15 )

• Retiring I4W After 16 Years

  After 16 years on the web, it’s time to take down the website. This was a personal endeavor, and everything was on a volunteer basis. We had no staff or externa... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• “Solar Mama”

  

  Empowering rural illiterate women in remote areas. Film about Jordanian Bedouin mother premieres at HRW Film Festival in London 2013-03-16 Jessica Holland/ The... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• God Hates Chick Peas?

  

  ”JIHADI FOODS ”Quoting congresswoman Michele Bachmann: “We need to stop these terror cakes now, before they infiltrate any further.”“We Must Ban Falafel’ in... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• How Sinister is This?

  

  Sorry about yesterday’s hastily written article. I‘m feeling saddened about the sinister intend of the whole thing.The 14 minute short video “Innocence of... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Freedom of Speech Misused for Freedom of Stirring Hatred

  

  Muslims: PLEASE DO NOT OVERREACT. A screenshot from the video, in which Muhammad is portrayed as speaking to a donkey which he calls “the first Muslim animal”... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Understanding Afghanistan, One Woman’s Fight

  

  Last winter I read a moving story about two women’s lives in the war torn country. The Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini paints a vivid and often sad but... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Sisters and Islam

  Ramadan is on the doorstep again and I’m feeling bad for leaving my readers without attention for so long. Thank you all so much for the overwhelming positive... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• What Went Wrong?

  

  Yesterday I stopped. There was a lighthearted discussion between friends about life in general and then talk about testimony in a disagreement. Someone said... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Islam Must Be Rescued from Extremism

  

  Ramadan KareemTime of reflection, prayer and fasting. Please meet Karen Armstrong A British original thinker on the role of religion in the modern world. Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2011 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Old Habits Are Hard to Overcome

  

  Saudi women’s veil versus modernity Thousands of years old ethnic traditions felt unplaced in 21st century- from Emirates news: Husband has not seen wife’s... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2011 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• 99 Superheroes

  

  SUPERHEROES for kids inspired by Islam, Videos to watch! (Click HERE to play the Video) In “THE 99,” Naif Al-Mutawa’s new generation of comic book heroes fight... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2011 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Peace Song

  

  The Station Egypt – Peace Song A picture of a church next to the mosque in Bakus; a very crowded popular area in Alexandria, Egypt. A common scene in the... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2011 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Inter-faith Romance Turns Violent in Cairo

  

  Egyptian church torched over mixed-religion romance “The Associated Press, Date: Saturday Mar. 5, 2011 9:01 AM ETCAIRO, Egypt — Egyptian security officials say... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2011 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• 100 Years Celebrating International Women’s Day on March 8th

  

  International Women’s Day March 8th Today it is hard to believe for instance that as late as 1977 the women of Germany got their legal right to work outside... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2011 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• World Press Photo Winner 2010

  

  Restoring Honour? Afghan Women and the Return of the TalibanHello, back blogging again after losing my whole blog content. Luckily I had saved my texts, but it... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2011 CULTURE, DEBATE, PHOTOGRAPHY, RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY