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scottish colorists: painting collection of major ion Harrison
alice in paris: alice and the chocolate factory
nearing afar: periodo azul
nearing afar: midnight in djerba
nearing afar: thousand and million years
nearing afar: tea in hotel sidi driss
nearing afar: moonrise on douz
Frances Leung
Tick-tock, tick-tock, the darkening night blue from the east sky, was pressing down on the deepening red sun westward below the horizon.Eight o’clock in the evening, the moon was as bright as the sun. In this silver glistening wilderness, we were again the only beings moving, the only living breathing.
nearing afar: sunset on tsar tascine
not too deep: the batanga channel
not too deep: aeoline sea – where do i go after this?
not too deep: foreword
new charitable foundation in support of patients affected by pulmonary arterial hypertension
more american students are studying abroad
Chad M. Gasta, Iowa State University
There has been a huge increase in funding for students to go abroad. Many of those funds are directed at students with financial need or who have minority status.
three things we can learn from contemporary muslim women’s fashion
Liz Bucar, Northeastern University
Major art museums have realized there is much to learn from clothing that is both religiously coded and fashion forward.
school lunch in japan: it’s not just about eating
pope francis won’t support women in the priesthood
In 1900, the church reversed its 600-year old mandate that nuns live and worship isolated behind convent walls. This freedom made new and diverse forms of religious life and service possible for women. The church could alter its position on women again, critics argue.
why so many americans think buddhism is just a philosophy
The Buddhists did not deliberately misrepresent their tradition or just tell the Americans what they wanted to hear. They were genuine in their attempt to make a 2500-year old tradition relevant to the late 19th century.