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A Crack in Civilisation: The Splitting of the Inward and the Outward

By |2022-02-16T07:24:52+02:00February 16th, 2022|Categories: All Topics, Expressions, Hikaayat: Men|Tags: , , , , , , , |

In 571 BCE, the Ch’ang Sage, Lao Tze wrote the Tao te Ching, which is an extraordinary text dealing with the inward dimensions of man. His contemporary was the great statesman Confucious who wrote the

Film Review: Riaad Moosa’s ‘New Material’

By |2022-02-16T07:25:12+02:00February 16th, 2022|Categories: All Topics, Expressions, Reviews, Reviews Featured, Reviews Latest|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

There is a moment in New Material where protagonist Cassim Kaif looks on to a group of would be colleagues taking shots and waiting to board a plane. It’s a moment that’s familiar to many

Annoying Questions People Ask Stay-At-Home Moms

By |2022-02-16T07:25:22+02:00February 16th, 2022|Categories: All Topics, Articles, Articles Featured, Articles Latest, Expressions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

(And what you should ask instead) I’m a stay-at-home mom with 2 kids — a 2-month-old and a 2-year-old. I’m 27 years old this year and I live in the sunny state of Singapore. I quit my

Top Three Reads for 2022 by Al Batul Book Club

By |2022-02-21T19:40:12+02:00February 16th, 2022|Categories: All Topics, Expressions, Reviews, Reviews Featured, Reviews Latest|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

As the new year, and new goals roll in, so does our need for self-reflection and motivation! This list of three top reads is hopefully the beginning of a more prosperous and fulfilling year, a

The Endurance of Beauty in the Grip of Modernity

By |2022-02-16T07:27:11+02:00February 16th, 2022|Categories: All Topics, Articles, Articles Featured, Articles Latest, Expressions|Tags: , , , , , , , |

“Beauty is the Splendour of Truth.” Plato On a recent trip to Turkey, I visited some of the most breathtaking mosques built by great Ottoman sultans nearly six hundred years ago. Undoubtedly the mosque that

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