Posted in USA, fun, political on November 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Lawrence has a delightfully spicy post here: it combines the historical foundations of Thanksgiving with a pecan pie recipe that will kill you in case genocide doesn’t succeed in that purpose.
Posted in academic on November 26, 2007 | 9 Comments »
I attended the Association of Muslim Social Scientists (Canada) annual conference this past weekend.
The conference was held at Wilfred Laurier University. It was quite a trip to stay first in snow-White Waterloo, and then to hurry through the burst of colour that is Toronto.
At a roundtable keynote, I spoke on Muslim women’s participation in the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 26, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Are you reading this blog on a wi-fi connection? I know it’s enjoyable, but how long have you been sitting in front of that laptop? See an article on the effects of wireless connections.
Do I see a lot of people putting their fingers in their ears and chanting loudly “lalalalala …”
(Hat tip to Afia Khan. [...]
Posted in Pakistan, academic, political, religion on November 21, 2007 | 5 Comments »
This unpublished article was written by Samia Altaf, a Pakistani scholar and physician and a Woodrow Wilson fellow. A friend in Pakistan forwarded it to me, and it can be read at her blog, The South Asian Idea.
Helping Pakistan
by Samia Altaf
Pakistan, labeled the most dangerous country in the world, with loose nukes and angry jihadis, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Please read and learn from the experiences of a cross-cultural adoptee and a friend, Sumeia Williams, here at an NYT blog.
Posted in Islam, academic on November 15, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Sociology of Islam and Muslims Societies
Location: Virginia, United States
Call for Papers Date: 2007-12-12
The 2008 Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society
http://www.southernsociologicalsociety.org/
April 9-12, 2008, Richmond, Virginia - USA
Invitation for Panel Papers
Dear all,
At the Southern Sociological Society annual meeting last year there were five panels with 20 presentations on Islam, the Sociology of Islam, and Islamist Movements. [...]
Posted in Pakistan, political on November 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Please check out Chapati Mystery’s photographic updates on the Pakistani situation - the latest is here and here. Considering the brutal way Musharraf has been putting protest down, the courage displayed by the men, women and children in the streets is truly inspiring.
Pakistan zindabad! Musharraf will go - if not today, then tomorrow. Your spirit [...]
Posted in Pakistan, political on November 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Musharraf and the Drunk Uncle
Hat tip - Baraka.
Excerpt:
“Last Saturday as I arrived at my desk, Musharraf had already started his address. And it was immediately clear to me that he had fallen into that aging dictator’s familiar trap: He had written his own speech.
“I exaggerate because he only occasionally glanced at his notes and for [...]
Posted in USA, academic, children, gender on November 8, 2007 | 6 Comments »
In The Truth of the Mommy Wars, Nora Newcombe (professor of Psychology at Temple University), discusses how the debate is framed, so as to place responsibility (and blame) entirely on women. Many words are expended on women’s “choices” to work, when we know, as we struggle to raise families in the United States - which [...]
Posted in Islam, academic on November 8, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Heads up! AMSS Canada is having its 3rd regional conference at Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo. And guess who’s attending inshaallah.
The Association of Muslim Social Scientists (AMSS) 3rd Canadian Regional Conference
COSMOPOLITAN ISLAMIC IDENTITY AND THOUGHT
Cosponsored by:
Wilfrid Laurier University’s Muslim Studies Program Committee
DATE: Saturday November 24, 2007
PLACE: Wilfrid Laurier University , Waterloo , ON
Conference Co-Chairs: [...]
