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- How Islam Came to Germany - Der Spiegel
The sun sets behind the Yanidze complex in Dresden, the mosque-inspired former home to a tobacco factory. The history of Islam in Germany is believed to date back to the Caliph Harun al-Rashid. In the fabled tales of "1001 Nights," al-Rashid is said ...
- Arts, other groups receive $1,805,246 (Akron Beacon Journal)
Beacon Journal staff report The Akron Community Foundation has approved $1,805,246 in grants.
- Poet-turned-novelist settles into spotlight (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
WILMINGTON - Unlike J.K. Rowling, she's not richer than the Queen of England. Unlike Lisa Scottoline, she doesn't own a farm with horses (yet).
- East St. Louis student's essay on violence wins (Belleville News-Democrat)
Yhazon Kennedy has something to say about handguns.
- UA Community Affairs Division hosts awards luncheon - Tuscaloosa News
TUSCALOOSA | Malcolm Portera, chancellor of the University of Alabama System, was one of several people receiving distinguished achievement awards Friday at the second engagement awards luncheon sponsored by the Division of Community Affairs. Portera ...
- Voices of Faith: June 28, 2008 (The Record Searchlight)
First, our just retired pastor has been a member of the Interfaith Council since its inception. This includes lay and professional people of Christian, Jewish, Sikh, Buddhist, Islam and Greek Orthodox faiths.
- CD review: "Wild & Free," The Radiators - Stamford Advocate
Trying to the synthesize the 30 years of New Orleans road dogs The Radiators into a two-disc set is nearly impossible. The group has a catalog of more than 1,000 songs, has allowed its concerts to be taped from the beginning and hasn't played the ...
- First-time novelist finds 'Salvation' - Island Packet Online
"My daddy always said that if the good Lord can take the time to care for something as small as a baby sparrow nesting in a tree, then surely He could take the time to listen to a little girl in Ringgold, Ga. So every night before I went to bed, I ...
- Deadline is nearing for Tribune columnist contest - Greeley Tribune
Deadline is nearing for Tribune columnist contestGreeley Tribune, CO - 1 hour agoIt is time again for our In the Neighborhood columnist contest. We are seeking eight Weld County columnists who are willing to contribute regularly to our ...
- Una Vocis to perform 'The Composer's Gift' - Globe Gazette
“The Composer’s Gift,” an original oil painting by Kerry Dolch Krogh, features the composers whose work is being premiered in Saturday's Una Vocis concert: from top to bottom, William Backlin, Maedeane Sappenfield, Nimrod and Natalie Borenstein ...
- Theatre and Stage Calendar - Long Beach Press-Telegram
Theatre and Stage CalendarLong Beach Press-Telegram, CA - 8 hours ago(800) 300-4345, www.cerritoscenter.com "Out Loud: Slam Poetry." Cal State Long Beach students perform original works. Opens at 8 tonight. ...
- Afghan political dislocation contributes to Pashto literary revival - Lebanon Daily Star
PESHAWAR: Afghanistan's tumultuous history of the last three decades is behind the incredible popularity of poetry in Pashto, the language of the majority Pakhtoons in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP). The Pakhtoons are ethnic cousins ...
- Peter Dreier: Sidney Blumenthal Uses Former Right-Wing Foes To Attack Obama (HuffingtonPost)
Former journalist Sidney Blumenthal has been widely credited with coining the term "vast right-wing conspiracy" used by Hillary Clinton in 1998 to describe the alliance...
- BOOK REVIEW: Poets on Prozac: Mental Illness, Treatment, and the Creative Process (New England Journal of Medicine)
Aristotle famously asked, "Why is it that all men who have become outstanding in philosophy, statesmanship, poetry, and the arts are melancholic?" The question persists today, as investigators in the ...
- Pratt: 'I like songs that have a story' - Rapid City Journal
Pratt: 'I like songs that have a story'Rapid City Journal, SD - 1 hour agoDo you use notation and staff paper or just write down guitar chords over poetry stanzas? It depends on how complicated my idea is. If it’s complicated, ...
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