spirituality
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The Mystery School
Throughout the ages, as the ancient and indigenous cultures were colonized, the teachings for an enlightened…
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Women Who Create
I’m currently working on my second feature documentary, Living Tribal in a Democracy, which features three…
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Visions of Peace Through Art
The eldest of six children and the peacemaker in the family, Ilham Badreddine Mahfouz is the…
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Trusting What Comes
Her father was a taxi driver and her mother a stay-at-home mom. He supported his six…
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The Oud Player
It was Nineveh Cultural Night. As I set my books on the author table, I heard…
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Literary Atmospheres
Literary atmospheres are important at home and outside it. Writing is a solitary act and being…
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Encouraging and Fostering Writers
Once a retired professor of Middle Eastern Studies said to me that the highest thing any…
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Conversations in Silence
Narenda (Nick) was a customer at a family video store I managed for 12 years, called…
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Chaldeans and The Theosophical Society
There are times when we stumble upon places that feel like home. These places may have…
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A Night in Nineveh
Nineveh was an ancient city on the eastern bank of the Tigris River in Mesopotamia, which…