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A couple of short answers

Things have been hectic, hence the last two week hiatus. I am still working on that loooong article on humor in classic texts, but in the meantime the buffer has filled up with things I’ve been meaning to post. So a few entries to follow. The long post will most likely come next week inshaa […]

Please make du’aa


The Knack

One of my favorite clips is this minute from young Dilbert.


 
One of the reasons I like Dilbert so much is that I can bear first hand witness to its uncanny accuracy in many an industrial environment. Clearly, not every company is a Dilbert-like company. And as with any comedic venture […]

The Cube

I remember as a teenager wanting a game system (and no I am not going to mention which one it was — that would be telling :) ). I learned a number of important things about life (at least I think they were important) through the simple fact that we did not get a game […]

Follow up on many comments

Jazaakumullahu khayran and thank YOU to all those that have been visiting the blog and leaving comments. It is indeed much appreciated.
A few quick responses are in order.
Abeer: thank you so much for the links. The pictures and the drawings are beautiful. Now I have to decide how to use them :)
Farah: thank you for […]

Temptation

Today’s quote was from Shakespeare, “Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.” Not sure what he meant by that, but I do know the Quran has something to say about the multiple images contained in that sentence. The notion of fitna in the Arabic language and in Islamic usage is […]



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