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...that is why some lament the decline of another, older and more tolerant Islam. For centuries many of the world's Muslims were, in one way or another, practi-tioners of Sufism, a spiritualism that centers on the mystical connection between the individual and the divine. Sufism's ethos was egalitarian, charitable and friendly, often propagated by wandering seers and storytellers. It blended with local cultures and cemented Islam's place from North Africa to the Indian subcontinent. (Read "An Islam of Many Paths...
...Michelle Obama feel as she becomes what she has long resisted - an extension of her husband?" asked Rebecca Traister in a Salon article called "The Momification of Michelle Obama." She was giving up her job, her $212,000-a-year salary and her independence, which prompted the commentariat to lament the sacrifices she was having to make in terms of her identity. Even her own mother told People that "Michelle had worked so hard to get where she was. I kind of feel...
...sings the alto part in the vocal ensemble, “and we were making a pun.” The program that Camerata Obscura will be presenting on Saturday May 2 at 2:30 at Adolphus Busch Hall, titled “Music of Lament,” showcases music’s ancient past. Camerata Obscura is a small group composed of five singers that come together for Arts First. “We’re small—we’re one to a part,” says de Bakker. “Most...
...while a bevy of premeds may get to reap the benefits of Cohen’s next venture, his former students lament Cohen’s absence from Chemistry 163. According to Bradlee D. Nelms, a graduate student who took the course, “Chem 163 was one of the best classes I’ve taken at Harvard...
...Critics lament that animal studies programs privilege a particular theme (here, animals) over a mode of inquiry (for example, scientific analysis), while favoring a politicization of academia by conveying overt animal -rights messages...