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Betapa Cepat Sore Berubah Warna
Dalam hitungan menit, langit bisa berubah warna secara drastis dari menjadi Sementara kita, senantiasa melongo abadi.
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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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Yusi Tarantino dan Quentin Pareanom: Telisikan Kilat “Telor Rebus dan Kulit Kasim”
Apakah Yusi Pareanom itu Quentin Tarantino Indonesia dan Qentin Tarantino adalah Yusi Pareanom Amerika? Saya tidak berniat memberikan jawaban dalam postingan ini, tapi saya akan coba meraba-raba kemungkinan untuk memahami pertanyaan iseng itu. Ketika pertama kali membaca cerpen Yusi Avianto Pareanom yang berjudul “Edelweis Melayat ke Ciputat,” saya…
Review: Net Video Hunter, the Undervalued Add-on that Matters
One of the greatest things Firefox has ever done is provide us with the opportunity to install an add-on called Net Video Hunter. I found out about this add-on when I was looking for a software that could help me download educational youtube videos. I was thinking about…
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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…
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Unmosqued the Movie – Teaser
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.…
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5 Alasan lucu warga Lenteng Agung demo Lurah Susan
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.…
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What brings us …
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).
