Monthly Archives: December 2009
On Christmas eve, a time to ask: Did Jesus resemble bin Laden?
In April, a man named Craig went onto Yahoo’s “Answers” page and posed a provocative question: Did Jesus look like Osama bin Laden? One reader denounced the idea, calling Craig “racist,” and asking, “Are you saying that just because (Jesus) … Continue reading
Why British accents are more ‘pleasant’ than American accents
From late September to early December, I flew twice a week to Los Angeles (to teach at UCLA) and every time I stepped into Southwest’s baggage-claim area at LAX, I heard an announcement that stunned me: “Welcome to Los Angeles … Continue reading
Honor killings in Jordan: The woman who keeps the issue alive
The case was a facsimile of countless others that Rana Husseini has investigated in the past 15 years: A woman in Jordan is brutally murdered – not by strangers but by her own brothers, who reportedly acted to restore the … Continue reading
Pakistan before the Taliban: A photographic journey (part 2)
The second in a series of ‘round-the-world photo essays (here’s the first one) that will also spotlight Iran, Iraq, Syria, North Africa, West Africa, Europe, and other destinations. Muhammad Iqbal, the great 20th-century poet-intellectual whose ideas on Muslim identity and … Continue reading
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