Science Square (Issue 135)
Nose cells as the key COVID-19 entry point Sungnak et al. SARS-CoV-2 entry factors are highly expressed in…
Issue 135 (May - Jun 2020)
17 articles
The Coronavirus Changed How Ramadan Looks. But It Will Not Change Our Faith In God
Many yearly rituals of Ramadan will continue even as some change in deference to our social responsibility to…
The Art of Ebru: Seeking Serenity on the Surface of the Water
Ebru, the art of crafting images and pictures with special paints on the surface of water, originated on…
Do All Roads Lead to Samarkand?
For lust of knowing what should not be known/ We take the Golden Road to Samarkand. [[1]] The…
“Scrap Paper Loves Me”
Scrap paper loves me. I spent my college years in a state after the Soviet Union collapsed where…
Lucid Dreaming: The Power of Being Awake in Your Sleep
Dreams are some of the most odd, and sometimes most uncomfortable, experiences for us. They can sometimes also…
Foot: An Engineering Masterpiece
The foot is a limb that is not given much importance when compared to other vital organs such…
Truffles: An Underground Treasure
Truffles are potato-shaped underground mushrooms that grow in all kinds of different environments ranging from high-rise forests of…
Self-Concealment (Talbis)
Self-concealment means that the perfected servants of God who attribute to God whatever good or virtues that they…
On the Origin of Language
As far as the origin of language is concerned, Abrahamic traditions agree on the fact that language is…
The Orientalists – Part 1
Author’s note: Many of the books and authors mentioned here are well-known. There are dozens more from writers…
Religious Communities and Response to COVID-19: The Case of the Hizmet Movement
This is not the first time that the world is witnessing a pandemic; previous incidents were regional in…
Maintaining the Brain: Neurons that Fire Together Wire Together
Our brains consist of many different types of cells, including astrocytes, microglia, and neurons. These are the cells…
Corona and a Call of Revival: An Interfaith Perspective
About 3500 years ago in Egypt, Moses began to preach the religion that calls for submission to God,…
Ablutions: A Divine Prescription for Cleanliness
Washing our hands has become one major way to protect ourselves from Covid-19. However, ablutions have always had…