May 30, 2012
From the heartland of Islam arise poems of fiery love and peace, composed by a modern-day female poet descended from a long line of Meccan (from Mecca) scholars. Reflecting the pulsing, indivisible bridge of the works of great Sufi mystics and poets to modern times, these spiritual pieces recall the beloved works of...
May 24, 2012
The United States has been involved with conflicts throughout the first decade of this century, both directly and indirectly. But in almost every case, it has relied to some degree on its own conflict management center, the United States Institute of Peace, to help save lives, enhance the U.S. government’s ability to...
May 24, 2012
Growing up in materialistic 1980s Los Angeles, Ariel Sabar wanted nothing to do with his father. Yona Sabar was an esteemed professor at UCLA and is one of the world’s foremost experts on the ancient language of Aramaic. But Ariel saw him as a stone-age relic, a walking fashion tragedy who couldn’t get his clothes...