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10 tips for Using Twitter in Education

Steven Anderson, instructional technologist for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools in Winston-Salem, NC,offers 10 good tips for...

June 12, 2013

Women Exiled in Nepal Face Rape, Murder

My colleague, Frances Coffey, tweeted this sad story about menstruating women in Nepal.  In western...

June 09, 2013

10 TedTalks on Islam & Islamic Culture

Lesley Hazleton: On reading the Koran Maz Jobrani: Did you hear the one about the...

June 08, 2013

East vs. West: The Myths that Mystify

Awesome talk about Hindu myths and myths in general.  Absolutely worth viewing in class when...

June 07, 2013

Origins of the Demonstrations in Turkey

Excellent short clip, from AlJazeera, about the origins of the demonstrations in Turkey (just less...

June 07, 2013

4 Cool IPad Apps

Sean Junkins, in this Google hangout web cast from Edudemic, reviews four I-Pad apps that...

June 07, 2013

Sufi Whirling Dervishes

Here is a short two minute review of the origins of Sufi whirling dervishes. Sufism...

June 07, 2013

Tibetan Buddhist Nuns Break Glass Ceiling

For the first time ever, 27 Tibetan Buddhist nuns will sit for exams that will...

June 06, 2013

What Causes Terrorism: Religion or Social & Political Conditions

              Two horrific tragedies--the Boston Marathon bombings and the...

June 06, 2013

Muslim Clothing Gets Chic With ‘Hijab Couture

Saw this on the Huffington Post. You can also see a slide show on Muslim...

June 04, 2013

The Parsi and Vanishing Vultures

The Parsis have one of the most unusual funeral rituals of all religions.  Parsis are...

June 03, 2013

4 TEDTalks on Buddhism

Bob Thurman: We Can all be Buddhas Matthieu Ricard: The habits of happiness Joan Halifax:...

June 01, 2013

How Books Can Open Your Mind

Lisa Bu explains how books transformed her life--in The Correspondence in the Family of Fou...

June 01, 2013

A Breakout Role for Twitter

Twitter took on a new role yesterday as street clashes rocked Istanbul. It replaced the...

June 01, 2013

Afghanistan’s Buddhist Buried Treasure Faces Destruction

  In 2001, the Taliban blew up two huge 6th century Buddhas that were built...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

Internet Makes Muslims More Open to the West

The more Muslims use the internet, the more they say that Muslims and Christians have...

May 31, 2013

Clouds Over Cuba: Interactive Documentary

Nuclear war can create a crisis of faith. The discovery of missiles in Cuba in...

May 31, 2013

Most Popular Posts for May

Here are the top three posts for May. Book of Mormon: Party Bus Edition World...

May 28, 2013

Google Hangouts Tip Sheet

Ken Halla posted a short video on Google Hangouts on the World history blog,  but...

May 27, 2013

Kissing Protest In Turkey

Couples in Ankara, Turkey locked lips this weekend in a subway to protest "moral rules"...

May 26, 2013

More trouble for Muslims in Myanmar–Two Child Limit

More trouble for Myanmar Muslims. Authorities in the western state of Rakhine in Myanmar imposed...

May 26, 2013

Attacks on Muslims in England Increase

The map above shows the locations of mosque attacks in England since the murder of...

May 24, 2013

3D Tour of Sistene Chapel, St. Peter’s Basilica and Other Vatican Spaces

Students and faculty at Pennsylvania’s Villanova University created these awesome virtual 3D tours. There are...

May 22, 2013

The Roma: Europe’s Most Oppressed Minority

Often viewed as gypsies, the roughly 12 million Roma are probably the most oppressed and...

May 21, 2013

Islamophobia Increases Worldwide

Muslims, especially in Europe and Asia, are facing  more violence and tougher restrictions on dress, according to...

May 21, 2013

The Wesak Festival – The Full Moon of the Buddha

The Wesak festival is the most sacred Buddhist ceremony held every year in a hidden...

May 19, 2013

What the Western World can Learn from the Prophet Muhammad

Haroon Moghul's Ted Talk about the early development of Islam and American history is both...

May 18, 2013

Meditation Guru Tara Brach

Washington Post Reporter, Michelle Boorstein, profiles Buddhist meditation guru, Tara Brach, in this Washington Post...

May 17, 2013

The World’s Most and Least Racially Tolerant Countries

Does economic freedom indicate a greater tolerance for race? This is the question that two...

May 16, 2013

Comedians as Activists, Challenging Prejudice

Maz Jobrani is an Iranian-American comic and one of the founding members of the Axis...

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