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Gimana ini ya? Sukses saja belum, tapi diam-diam sudah merencanakan beli gigi palsu.
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Anima Isaiah
Anima Isaiah Esai yang sangat runtut dan berbobot! Jarang-jarang menemukan tulisan untuk portal online yang sesabar tapi setajam ini, sampai-sampai saya nyaris tergelincir merasa sudah mengenal garis besar pemikiran Berlin–biasa lah, perjalanan dari nol menuju satu itu selalu mencengangkan bagi saya. Esai ini merupakan tanggapan Nuruddin atas tulisan…
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The Herskovitz-Frazier Debate
In studying the culture and religion of African American people, we will get to this famous debate on the continuity of African American culture. On one hand, Herskovitz argues that the African slaves managed to preserve their tradition since the slavery era and thus their religions, although now…
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Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day
Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day I don’t wanna say much. My advisor suggested that I read this book some three or four years ago when I started writing my thesis. I didn’t really do what this book suggested because for some reason I didn’t find…
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How To Keep Malala from Being Appropriated: 5 points on Malala, Obama, and Jon Stewart
How To Keep Malala from Being Appropriated: 5 points on Malala, Obama, and Jon Stewart Again, Omid Safi taps us on the shoulder with his critical wisdom and wise criticism in the midst of America’s, if not the world’s, collective speechlessness before Malala’s words of wisdom. In a…
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False Confession
I’m at a laundromat near my apartment complex. It’s a good time to relax and free-write. This time I’d like to write about a program on NPR that i was listening to on my way to this place. The program was about the confession of an FBI agent…
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SCHOOL INCLUDES MUSLIM POEM BUT NO PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ON 9/11
SCHOOL INCLUDES MUSLIM POEM BUT NO PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ON 9/11 Of course I have to document this site. First of all, I have to document this news because of its topic: literature by an American author from Muslim background. The second reason is because I know the…
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Five Muslim American Poets: Part I
Five Muslim American Poets: Part I Here’s the “official” record of the performance and discussion of five Muslim poets in Chicago. I’m listening to the interview as I’m typing this. So, I still cannot say much about their discussion without distracting my attention from the very discussion itself.…
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Cheese – Modern Marvels
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…
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Coffitivity
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…
