Driven by curiosity’s sake.
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Yester’years Magicians are today’s Subatomic Physicists
Christianity gave us compartmentalized lives. It was the Catholic Church’s war against science that lead to the divorce of spirituality and science during the enlightenment, because the two inherently stood apart in the Catholic conception of the world. Enlightenment taught us how to use rationality and logic to tear down ideas grounded in tradition and… Read more
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Constitution Day- Whats the most important amendment today?
Did you know there is a Constitution Day here in the United States? Its observed by the federal government on September 17 every year. That happens to be the day back in 1787 when our founders ratified the present day Constitution, affixing their “John Hancock’s” onto it and leaving the legacy for us Americans. Folks… Read more
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March on Washington DC- All Those Black American Muslims!
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, fifty years on. What do I remember about it? I wasn’t there for the speech, obviously. Nor were my parents or any other extended family member. I would be considered an immigrant. I was 2 years old when I moved here to the US with my mother,… Read more
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Fixing a Pesky Macbook Pro Keyboard Button
Help its stuck and I can’t function properly while speed typing! This was a great video tutorial on how to fix it yourself. It was quick and straightforward. Read more
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Arab Spring- Can we take the revolution back?
People must be feeling like this is one long Spring. Since Mohamed Bouazizi, the unemployed Tunisian man, self emulated himself after being robbed not only of an opportunity to make a living but also his dignity by a government official; we have seen one Arab nation after another experience some sort of uprising. At first… Read more
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On Egypt: Speaking From Places of Privilege
I sit in the United States and view the world through my American Muslim experience. I know full well the place of privilege I occupy along with the the entitlement that goes along with it. I do assess the world through that point of reference, however, that doesn’t mean that what I might have to… Read more
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Egypt’s Bewildering Post-Revolution Revolution
It was just a little under two years ago that I watched on with all sorts of excitement. Today, I watch on with bewilderment. I don’t quite get how a nation of people could cheer on or be interested in pushing for a military coup. I guess Egyptians and Pakistani’s share that one thing in… Read more
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40 Out of 500 Influential Muslims in the World Are American
In 2012 the list of influential Muslims from around the world was compiled by theRoyal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, a Jordanian think tank. This is the fifth year such a list has been published, but this years interesting tie bit was that it included 40 American Muslims, including two in the top 50. This was… Read more
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Why I am ashamed of my Amazon Kindle Paperwhite?
So my Kindle (old school Keyboard) went through another (read previous experience here and here) traumatic experience (more on this in a later post). I was able to purchase a new battery and replace it, however, I desperately needed to get a e-book because I had lots of PDF’s I was reading for a research… Read more
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Advice for those in their 20’s
Hey MYLP and Bridgers (and anyone else who stumbled onto this blog). I posted up some advice based on conversations I kept having with many of you over and over again. I wanted to share this with all of you and leave it to you to take away what you find of interest. I personally… Read more