Issue 72 (November - December 2009)

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19 articles

Andalus Nov 1, 2009

Home

Home is special for everyone. For many, it is where they were born and raised. For others it…

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Book Review Nov 1, 2009

Schooling Islam

Moroccan preschoolers acquiring the basics of reading, writing and Qur’an memorization in state-funded kuttabs… Turkish high school students…

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Binding Nov 1, 2009

Dynamic Programs in Cells

The molecular and genetic diversity in the environmental adaptation mechanisms found in the cells of living beings establishes…

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Questions & Answers Nov 1, 2009

Desire To Retreat

This transient material world attracts us greatly with the kind of life it imposes upon us, the many…

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Religion Nov 1, 2009

Dawkins’ Delusion

Many articles and books have been published to refute Dawkins’ opinions, but most of them focus merely on…

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History Nov 1, 2009

Al-Andalus

Maria Rosa Menocal (2002) argues that Al-Andalus (711–1492) was a “utopian-like” society in which Jews and Muslims lived…

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Literature & Languages Nov 1, 2009

The Heart of a Child

Caught in a child’s hand, the seashell becomes treasure, a catalyst of daydreams. Tunes hummed by innocence reach…

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Literature & Languages Nov 1, 2009

Ebru or Water Marbling

After the “Sacred Word” was expressed in writing, it met with the refined taste in art. As a…

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Believing Nov 1, 2009

Muraqaba

Muraqaba has been defined as watching, supervising, controlling, and living in the consciousness of being controlled (by God).…

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