Cheese – Modern Marvels Ternyata keju mozarella yang merupakan bahan baku utama untuk pizza itu berasal dari susu ….. kebo! Dari mana asalnya kebo? Tentu dong, dari Asia atau Asia Tenggara! Nama inggrisnya saja “Asian water buffalo!” Jadi selamat ironis kepada kita yang sebenarnya punya sumber gizi bagus…
Coffitivity It’s almost proverbial how American society is infatuated with coffee. Instead of just coffee, Americans are so attached to cafes. Recently, an Indian student in the United States sent his observation of the American society to the editor of Forbes. Included in this observation is how American…
Unmosqued the Movie – Teaser Earlier this week, ABC featured a news article about the rising demand for US-born imams. The article claims that presumably non-U.S.born imams tend to fail to relate to the younger American Muslims and American-born Muslims in general. There’s truth in it, I believe.…
5 Alasan lucu warga Lenteng Agung demo Lurah Susan Sayang, mudah sekali menebak modus berkehidupan sosial mayoritas masyarakat di Lenteng Agung ini. Intinya, mereka menuntut agar pemerintah Jakarta mengganti lurah mereka. Berita-berita awal menyebutkan bahwa alasan mereka adalah karena si lurah memiliki keyakinan agama yang berbeda dengan mereka.…
What brings us together is a deep distrust of all simplistic solutions, since we are aware that complicated problems call for equally complicated analyses and answers. Omid Safi states about the writers who contribute in the Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism (2003).
Jayabaya tersentak dari mimpinya. Dia kucek-kucek matanya dan mulai bangun. Dia lihat kanan kiri, mencari kendi hitam mengkilap yang seringkali ada di sebelah dipannya ketika dia bangun. Tidak ada. Pasti istrinya sudah membawa kendi itu ke dapur. Dia pun kembali berbaring, mencoba mengingat-ingat mimpinya. Pemuda-pemudi mengantri. Sebuah bangunan…
Paying Tribute to Edward Said This link will take you to a page that talks about the career of Edward Said, allah yarhamhu, a post-colonial thinker who by now is synonymous with the world “orientalism.” Dr. Said passed away ten years ago today, leaving us with the legacy…
Qahera – The Sexual Harassment A simple, matter-of-fact comic about sexual harassment is what I’m going to talk about today. Its title is Qahera. I haven’t done any research on the creator of this comic, but the title–which is also the name of the hijabi superhero–is an Arabic…
Some people say how blessed we are to have all the great gadgets that we have today. Some of these people even go as far as saying that we now have what our predecessors couldn’t begin to imagine. These celebrators of our age even claim that many things…
By design, this construction is indeed a Greek theater. However, by function, I’ve so far only seen music and jugglers performances here. 🙂
