Articles — The Revealer

Mass Wedding in Kano

June 11, 2012

by Alex Thurston A recent story from Nigeria, one that touches on both marriage and shari’a, offers the possibility...

June 7, 2012

Joe McKnight Ever since Somali President Siad Barre’s government was removed from power in 1991, Somalia has lacked an...

June 4, 2012

By Alex Thurston Nigeria has around 100 universities, most of them public, and many public and private colleges. Various tertiary...

April 13, 2012

Nora Connor: In 2008 the Chinese government recognized the annual Qingming festival, or Tomb Sweeping Day, as a national...

April 10, 2012

by Alex Thurston This post is the first of a series on Muslim schooling in Northern Nigeria. Steady acts of violence...

April 4, 2012

Nora Connor: In Poland, the Bhagavad Gita is now available in translation directly from Sanskrit to Polish, thanks...

March 19, 2012

Some rights gains are never permanent. By Amy Levin As the climate...

February 14, 2012

By Jeremy Walton On February 14th, 1989, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini sent what surely must have been one of the...