Tag: culture
group name: soc-conciousness
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May 19, 2006 01:21 PM EDT --
Hijab:The word "Hijab" is often used in news reports and common use, by both Muslims and non-Muslims, to refer to a headscarf (Wikipedia).
I started wearing hijab on the first day of fasting . . . more
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May 15, 2006 01:52 AM EDT --
Karen has a room on York,
a far cry from the mansion she lost on Winter.
Maybe it isn't far.
Three miles, give or take,
seen differently by car, bus, or foot.
It's far enough she can't . . . more
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February 08, 2007 01:35 AM EST --
For Nathan Shauer, Gather’s quiet Dantean guide to what we’ve built and left behind.
My inspiration for this story poem came from an article by Jeff Kleiser entitled Synthespianism, which . . . more
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September 24, 2006 10:11 PM EDT --
Tonight I wrote something for a second time that I thought I would never have to think about again.
A friend of mine's son was trying to enlist in the military for the education benefits. I . . . more
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November 01, 2006 01:13 PM EST --
Thank you so much for giving me permission to do so.
I had a very interesting evening on Gather last night. I am relatively new to the community and I had the impression that it was a place for intellectuals, . . . more
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May 19, 2006 05:04 PM EDT --
Most of us would probably agree that truth is delivering honest statements. Beyond that basic definition, I believe concurrence falls . . . more
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May 25, 2006 09:25 AM EDT --
Hijabified concerns
By Hafsa Ahsan
Not long ago, I sat for a job interview, expecting to be questioned about my qualifications, strengths and weaknesses. But I was in for a huge surprise. What came . . . more
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July 24, 2006 07:11 PM EDT --
I've been told that this needs to be shared more. So I am hopeful that you see the sadness.
Perhaps this is why Israel resists Hizbollah?
This is sad. I know it's not part . . . more
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September 29, 2006 07:51 PM EDT --
This phrase is very useful when discussing issues involving topics like religion and culture. For those of you that are unaware, a cultural imperative is a belief or belief system that is unconsciously . . . more
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September 21, 2006 10:53 AM EDT --
First, I did not write this. I wish I had. It is from Maccabee's Diary on Daily Kos. I think it is important that it get as wide a read as possible. The original URL is http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/9/20/174152/072 . . . more
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March 09, 2006 04:46 AM EST --
Once in a lifetime!
Imagine you are a researcher on a routine house call and you reach under a bed and pull out a box that has been moldering away for more than eighty years.
To find the private papers . . . more
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September 06, 2007 07:06 PM EDT --
For John Beck, one of Gather´s most exciting and challenging poets, whose poem Whitman´s Vision http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977091190 stirred up all sorts of thoughts . . . more
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July 13, 2006 05:31 AM EDT --
Today is my birthday, and I would have written this musing even if it weren't the beginning of my fifty-seventh year on this planet, but birthdays remind me of something very important.
You see, every . . . more
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April 24, 2006 07:16 AM EDT --
I resist authority. Idealistically, by nature and most importantly, by conditioning. An authority figure seriously betrayed my trust and loyalty when I was very, very young. That authority figure ordered . . . more
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August 29, 2006 06:59 PM EDT --
Doc's Theory of Anthro-Sociological Perspective
In the Middle Ages & the Renaissance those people with intestinal fortitude, a sense of adventure & . . . more
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May 01, 2006 10:29 AM EDT --
The Boston Herald reports new national polls show Americans are feeling less sympathy toward illegal aliens.
A Zogby International poll, conducted between March 31 and April 3, 2006, found . . . more
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May 25, 2006 05:13 PM EDT --
According to the Associated Press, after five years a "National Moment of Remembrance" hasn't caught on. How could there be such a general lack of interest in adding a moment of remembrance, . . . more
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April 23, 2006 03:31 PM EDT --
The Associated Press reports most Mexicans accept illegal immigration as a fact of life they can't imagine changing:
Mexico's economy, society and political system are built around the . . . more
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January 09, 2008 08:02 PM EST --
I just finished watching The Last Time I Saw Paris , a 1954 flick starring Elizabeth Taylor, Dona Reed, Eva Gabor, and Van Johnson.
As my friend has said, I guess this my be 50s/60s movies month . . . more
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April 12, 2006 04:24 PM EDT --
I remember a time in a small African village in what is now called The Congo. I had been working in Kinshasa, the capital city of Zaire in 1990 to set up a food, medical supplies and clothing distribution. . . . more
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