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Grabbbing Ahold Of Time – by Martin Kimeldorf
An Essay About The Most Elusive, Perplexing, Sought-After Element of Modern Life
Certain dream stories repeat themselves over time until they no longer hold my interest. I call these Dream Themes. One theme that has lasted a long time centers on my first year or two of college.
I attended the University of California at Santa Cruz in the late 1960s. Back then it was an emerging experiment created in response to the Berkeley uprisings. It featured small classes built around themes, and combined large lectures with smaller, intensely interactive seminars. The first year consisted of only one class, Western Civ, which combined history, English, and art. You didn’t get to deviate from the core curriculum until after the first year or so.
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Justice rather than silence: A Response Awaited – by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal
I am only a young girl. My name may never appear in a newspaper, my photograph may never be shown on television, and perhaps no one beyond my family will ever know what happened to me. Yet something happened that has changed the meaning of every tomorrow. A crime was committed against my body, but everyone now seems to be asking questions about my character, my clothes, my movements, my friendships, my silence and my future. I therefore ask one question—not only of myself, but of my family, my society and my State: How shall I live my life now?
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Reimagining Education for the AI Era – by Muhammad Usman Qazi
Building Inclusive, Interactive, and Future-Ready Curricula
I have had the opportunity to witness several important stages in the evolution of computing. When I first encountered computers, interaction was largely command-oriented. Users needed to understand commands, remember syntax, and enter instructions carefully to make a computer perform a task. Computing was powerful, but it was not necessarily intuitive or accessible to everyone.
Then came a major turning point: the emergence and widespread adoption of the Windows graphical environment. The way people interacted with computers changed dramatically. Instead of relying primarily on typed commands, users could work with windows, icons, menus, folders, and a mouse. Tasks that once required specialized knowledge became much easier for ordinary users.
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The Blood of Faith and the Legacy of Khatm-e-Nabuwwat (PBUH) – by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal
In the long and luminous history of divine revelation, the Almighty began the sacred office of prophethood with Adam, peace be upon him, and brought it to its final perfection in Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. The Holy Quran bears unequivocal testimony to this eternal truth. In words of majestic clarity, Almighty Allah declares in Surah Al-Ahzab:
مَا كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَبَا أَحَدٍ مِّن رِّجَالِكُمْ وَلَـٰكِن رَّسُولَ اللَّهِ وَخَاتَمَ النَّبِيِّينَ ۗ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمًا
“Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets. And Allah has full knowledge of all things.” Surah Al-Ahzab, 33:40
Educating Daughters, Protecting Their Dignity by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal
Every parent cherishes the hope of bestowing upon their children an education superior to that which circumstance once permitted them, believing that knowledge alone can lift a family from the constraints of limited means and open doors long closed. Islam itself places the highest value upon learning, for the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) declared that the seeking of knowledge is obligatory upon every Muslim, male and female alike. The first revealed word of the Holy Qur’an was “Iqra”—Read—and this divine command admits of no distinction of gender. In the early days of Islam, women of learning stood among the foremost transmitters of knowledge; the Mother of the Believers, Hazrat Aisha (May Allah be pleased with her), was a scholar of profound insight whose counsel was sought by the Companions themselves. Yet in later centuries, among many communities, greater store was set by the schooling of sons, while the instruction of daughters was frequently held contrary to local custom and tradition. Many households regarded a girl’s place as confined to the domestic sphere, deeming formal learning unnecessary or even undesirable for her.
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Neighbours by Destiny – by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal
In the teachings of Islam, the bonds of human society are held in the highest regard, alongside the duties of worship. The rights of neighbours, in particular, have been emphasised time and again in the Holy Quran and the traditions of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. It is related that the Archangel Jibreel (AS) counselled the Prophet so persistently concerning the obligations owed to neighbours that the Messenger of Allah came to believe he might soon be instructed to make them partners in inheritance. Such is the profound importance attached to neighbourly conduct.
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Martyrdom and National Rebirth – by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal
The Iranian People’s Enduring Struggle
The history of Iranian civilisation unfolds as one of the grandest tapestries in the story of mankind, spanning more than two thousand five hundred years of recorded glory and endurance. From the sunlit heights of the Achaemenid Empire, founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BCE, Persia emerged as a beacon of enlightened governance. Cyrus forged a vast, multi-ethnic realm stretching from the verdant plains of the Indus to the shores of the Mediterranean and the hills of the Balkans. Renowned for his wisdom, he respected the customs of conquered peoples and left behind the Cyrus Cylinder, a enduring monument often hailed as an early charter of human rights. This golden epoch of Persian power and refinement met its dramatic close with the conquests of Alexander the Great in 330 BCE.
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A Value-Based Peace Proposal for the Middle East – by W. Julian Korab-Karpowicz
The New Israel and the New Palestine
“The world is the totality of values, rather than the totality of facts.”
— Tractatus Politico-Philosophicus, 7.2021
Modern diplomacy consistently fails in the Middle East because it treats the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a zero-sum collision of physical facts, borders, and raw power politics. This paper (Korab-Karpowicz 2026a) operationalizes the evolutionary axiology of the Tractatus Politico-Philosophicus to present a structural, value-based alternative.
By rejecting the Hobbesian trap of mechanically dividing the contested territory of the West Bank, I propose a grand geopolitical exchange: the complete integration of the West Bank into Israel to ensure its strategic and historical security, balanced by the creation of “The New Palestine”—a sovereign, world-class hyper-developed state encompassing the Gaza Strip and an expanded territory in the Sinai Peninsula, funded entirely by the international community.
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How Small Arts and Culture Organizations Expand Their Reach – by Julie Morris
Finding Your Voice – Share Your Story
Your organization is doing vital cultural work. The problem is, not enough people know about it. America’s nonprofit arts and culture sector generated $151.7 billion in economic activity in 2022 — sustaining 2.6 million jobs and anchoring communities across the country. Yet many of the organizations at the heart of that impact, especially those rooted in communities of color, lack the communications capacity to make their work visible. The story is being made; it’s just not being told.
This guide is for the small but mighty: a two-person staff, a handful of dedicated volunteers, a shoestring budget, and a mission worth sharing. Here’s how to build a communications practice that amplifies your voice without burning out your team.