Monthly Archives: March 2011

Unveiled: Women of the Middle East

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Michaela

By Naomi Wolf Among the most prevalent Western stereotypes about Muslim countries are those concerning Muslim women: doe-eyed, veiled, and submissive, exotically silent, gauzy inhabitants of imagined harems, closeted behind rigid gender roles. So where were these women in Tunisia … Continue reading →

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Now and Then

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Michaela

Watercolour of the ghats at Haridwar from ‘Views by Seeta Ram from Mohumdy to Gheen Vol. V’ produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hastings, by Sita Ram between 1814-15. Marquess of Hastings, the Governor-General of Bengal and the … Continue reading →

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On Pain

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Michaela

Sometimes I come across people who will insist that pain is an illusion. Ultimately they are right, but as it happens, I am someone who is sought out to provide relief, if nor cure, for pain. So for me to … Continue reading →

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I am the Poém of Earth…

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Michaela

  THE VOICE OF THE RAIN. AND who art thou? said I to the soft-falling shower, Which, strange to tell, gave me an answer, as here translated: I am the Poém of Earth, said the voice of the rain, Eternal I … Continue reading →

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Old world or New Earth

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Michaela

Wooden models…or no gas ? Shift the way you move… or Romancing 125 years of combustion engine ?  

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The 2011 Oil Shock

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Michaela

THE price of oil has had an unnerving ability to blow up the world economy, and the Middle East has often provided the spark. The Arab oil embargo of 1973, the Iranian revolution in 1978-79 and Saddam Hussein’s invasion of … Continue reading →

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Making use of aloneness

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Michaela

42 The Tao gives birth to One. One gives birth to Two. Two gives birth to Three. Three gives birth to all things. All things have their back to the female and stand facing the male. When male and female … Continue reading →

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¿Jugamos?

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Michaela

by Livio ” The idea of the movie came while I was visiting my son, who lives with my ex. I spend only a few hours a month with him, so I have to be very, very present when I see … Continue reading →

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The Mauritius Miracle

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Michaela

by Joseph E Stieglitz Suppose someone were to describe a small country that provided free education through university for all of its citizens, transportation for school children, and free health care – including heart surgery – for all. You might … Continue reading →

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The Spiritual in Art

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Michaela

Thus the spirit of the individual artist is mirrored in the form. The form bears the stamp of the personality. The personality, however, naturally cannot be conceived as something which stands outside of Time and Space. Rather, it is subject … Continue reading →

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