iPhone app iPad app Android phone app Android tablet app

Khalil Gibran

Finding the 'American' Kahlil Gibran: Renée Moorad and the ADC Commemorative Stamp Campaign

Todd Fine | Posted 02.04.2013 | Impact
Read More: Literature, Stamp, American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Khalil Gibran, U.S. Postal Service, Kahlil Gibran, Arab Americans, Impact News
Todd Fine

With increasing interest in the historical connections between the United States and the Arab world as a result of the politics of our time, there seemingly is a new push to expand knowledge about Gibran and possibly ground him in an American setting.

Read Whole Story

My Mother: "God Damn It James, I Raised You Better Than That!"

Jim Luce | Posted 02.10.2012 | Impact
Read More: Women?S Issues, Dudley Gates, Civil Rights, Sri Lanka, Boston, Gloria Steinem, Uni Haiti, Luce Family, Tiger Mom, Orphan Care, Paris, Elie Wiesel, Gandhi, Harvard, Oiww, Khalil Gibran, Indonesia, Jim Luce, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Portland Maine, Social Responsibility, International University Center Haiti, Stanford L. Luce, Church of England, Warfield Simpson, Frances Dudley Alleman-Luce, Mother Jones, WASP Mom, Episcopal Church, Mathew Luce, Slave Owners, Haiti, Mothers, New York City, SOS Children?S Village, Thomas Dudley, Martin Luther King, Gay & Lesbian Issues, Orphans International Worldwide, Anti-Bullying, Women?S Liberation, Martha's Vineyard, Desiderata, Impact News
Jim Luce

My mother's words still ring out in my head, year after year. It was Thanksgiving 1998, Boston. I was continuing to complain about how traumatized I...

Read Whole Story

Boomer Spiritual Musings

Diana M. Raab | Posted 01.21.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Stress, Khalil Gibran, Dalai Lama, Meditation, Journaling, Compassion, Spirituality, Redroom, Fifty News
Diana M. Raab

Over the years I have oscillated back and forth on a spiritual continuum. After much contemplation I have come to the conclusion that I am spiritual person, but not religious.

Read Whole Story

Islamophobia Network Targets Top Performing American Schools

Michael Shank | Posted 11.26.2011 | Religion
Read More: James Baker III, National Peace Academy, Islam, Turkey, Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict, Dalai Lama, Islamophobia, John Esposito, Fethullah Gulen, US State Department, Madeleine Albright, Center for American Progress, Michael Shank, Muslim, Nato, Khalil Gibran, Eastern Mennonite University, Red Scare, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, Newsweek, Fear Inc, Religion News
Michael Shank

While I recognize that there are legitimate concerns regarding the use of public funds for these charter schools... it seems that at the heart of this is an undercurrent of phobia about Islamic teaching in America.

Read Whole Story

Trixie's 15 Tips For Living To 92

Anne Naylor | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Joie De Vivre, Krishnamurti, Forgiving, Longevity, Retirement Seminars, Third Age, Evelyn Laye, God, Breathing, Khalil Gibran, Trixie-Buckel, Healthy Living News
Anne Naylor

This week, Trixie Buckel turned 92. She was married for 70 years. Her husband died nearly 3 years ago. I wonder at her spirit. What keeps her going, with such vitality and appetite for life?

Read Whole Story

Debbie Almontaser, Ex-Arabic School Principal, Has Court Case Dismissed

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Debbie Almontaser, Khalil Gibran International Academy, Khalil Gibran, Intafada, Brooklyn Arabic Language School, Brooklyn Arabic School, New York Arabic School, New York News

NEW YORK — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the founding principal of a public Arabic-language school who lost her job amid a public u...

Read Whole Story