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Maghreb Voices – Khaled, C’est la vie

Album: Khaled, C?est la vie ?Make prayers, Mother?your poor son is suffering. Pray hard. I know one day the moon will sleep, so pray until the day comes. God doesn’t break His promises! At the door of Paradise I will dance with my mother, at the door of Paradise I will dance with my mother,… Read more »

Health Matters – Halloween Skeletons

As October 31 approaches, there’s an abundance of Halloween images?including, of course, creepy skeletons. But when I see these skeletons, skulls, and other bony appendages, I think of our own bones, something we often take for granted. How healthy is your skeleton? That’s a question that should be asked not just at Halloween, but throughout… Read more »

Health Matters – Organic Food: Sham or Salvation?

Organic foods are a hot topic these days, especially with the recent Stanford study suggesting that there’s no nutritional superiority. Is the organic food market all a hoax? Or is organic still the way to go? This article offers some food for thought. What Is Organic? What is organic food? Generally, organic produce is grown… Read more »

In Conversation – A Syrian Kurd, Part IV: Masters and Slaves

?The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it.? Thomas Jefferson ?A thief not caught becomes a king.? Kurdish proverb Moustafa Mala Bozan is a… Read more »

In Conversation With . . . A Syrian Kurd, Part III

Panic and Bravado in Assad’s Syria ?A hundred men can sit together quietly but when two dogs get together there will be a fight.? Kurdish proverb ?Sometimes paranoia’s just having all the facts.? William S. Burroughs Moustafa Mala Bozan is a Kurdish poet and musician from the city of Kobany in northern Syria, not far… Read more »

Health Matters – Healthy Thanksgiving

You’re probably in the midst of preparations for your Thanksgiving weekend?inviting friends and family and shopping or cooking. But before you worry about wrecking your diet, here’s some good news: did you know that several foods can significantly enhance the health potential of your Thanksgiving feast? And chances are, they’re already on the menu. Orange,… Read more »

In Conversation – A Syrian Kurd, Part II

?A red apple invites stones.? ?A heart in love with beauty never grows old.? Kurdish proverbs Part II: A Heart in Love With Beauty Moustafa Mala Bozan is a Kurdish poet and musician from the city of Kobany in northern Syria, not far from Aleppo. He’s been corresponding online with Wanda Waterman for the last… Read more »

In Conversation – A Syrian Kurd

Part I: The Smell of a Soul ?The history of an oppressed people is hidden in the lies and the agreed myth of its conquerors.? Meridel Le Sueur ?Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has… Read more »