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Life in the Shrine

February 7, 2013

The fearful narratives surrounding West African shrines and the ‘wives of the deity’ obscure the reality of these long-standing...

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The Art of Living in Modern India

December 12, 2012

Jake Halpern goes to India: It seems like a romantic and clichéd notion, but I was very earnestly...

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Nigeria's Islamiyya Schools: Global Project, Local Target

May 18, 2012

By Alex Thurston This is the fourth post in a series on Islamic education in Northern Nigeria. The first post...

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"Traditional" and Reformist Practices: Advanced Islamic Education in Northern Nigeria

May 15, 2012

This post is the third in a series on Muslim schooling in Northern Nigeria. The first post gave an...

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Manufacturing Visions:A Review of "The Virgin, the Copts and Me"

May 10, 2012

By Abhimanyu Das Namir Abdel Messeeh's highly entertaining documentary The Virgin, the Copts and Me is a curious beast,...

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The Poets of Srebrenica

May 4, 2012

by Janaki Challa “Countless contradictory analyses have seen the light of day about the ensuing bloody events in the territory of...

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Northern Nigeria: Qur'anic Schooling and the Almajirai

May 1, 2012

by Alex Thurston This is the second post in a series on Muslim education in Northern Nigeria. Read the first...

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Rolling the Dice: The Orthodox Church's "Bet" on Putin

April 26, 2012

by Irina Papkova The recent Russian elections have highlighted the complicated relationship between the Orthodox Church with both state...

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The Pope Has Left the Island

March 28, 2012

By Nora Connor Pope...

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Painting a State of Suspension

November 29, 2011

by Narges Bajoghli “The Chronicle of Her Innocence” by Bahar Behbahani at NYU Abu Dhabi 19 Washington Square North, New...

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How to Make a Zombie

November 2, 2011

by Nora Connor In its October issue, Harper’s* revisits the zombie phenomenon--the Haitian kind, that is, not the

Life in the Shrine

The Art of Living in Modern India

Nigeria's Islamiyya Schools: Global Project, Local Target

"Traditional" and Reformist Practices: Advanced Islamic Education in Northern Nigeria

Manufacturing Visions:A Review of "The Virgin, the Copts and Me"

The Poets of Srebrenica

Northern Nigeria: Qur'anic Schooling and the Almajirai

Rolling the Dice: The Orthodox Church's "Bet" on Putin

The Pope Has Left the Island

Painting a State of Suspension

How to Make a Zombie

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