I have reservations about the article's conclusions, but it's right to situate Sufism (especially in Pakistan) within the context of power relations.
LEAP Learning English Advancement Program
Looking for something to do this summer? Volunteer to help Palestinian refugees in Lebanon learn English so that they can enter high school. Apply quickly, deadline is May 7.
It's not too late, stand with students at UC Berkeley and support divestment from apartheid Israel!
For Freedom (1979) - Iranian Movies on Vimeo
This documentary contains incredible footage from the 1978-79 revolution in Iran, from the Rex Cinema fire to the referendum that established the Islamic Republic. In Persian with English subtitles.
"For Faiz, Iqbal was neither a reactionary ('The mullah or the orthodox religious preacher is the subject of some of the bitterest satirical verse written by Iqbal''), nor a socialist ('He frequently confused the materialist and capitalist points of view')." Yet, somewhere in between, he remains one of our greatest writers and thinkers.
On the pigeonholing of Arab literature: "If anyone ever comes up and tells me my work is 'responsible,' I will punch him in the face," joked Moroccan-Dutch author Abdel-Kader Benali while discussing whether Arab writers have a duty to serve as cultural ambassadors.
Swans Commentary: The Collapse Of Jared Diamond, by Louis Proyect - lproy60
Louis Proyect reviews the book "Questioning Collapse: Human Resilience, Ecological Vulnerability, and the Aftermath of Empire," and documents the collapse of Professor Jared Diamond based on flawed, pro-corporate, defender-of-Empire analyses.
Stop Telling Muslim Women How to Dress « Muslim Reverie
"A lot of people need to calm down about this subject. Whether it's among non-Muslims, Muslims, or fascist Islamophobes in Europe and North America, there seems to be a growing obsession with Muslim women and the way they dress."
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