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The recent sexual crimes against women in Cairo's Tahrir Square got the nation's attention from the newly elected president to the general public. Tougher laws and better education are promised.
Although placebos have long been considered to have no effect on human health, Dr. David Suzuki, host of the CBC show The Nature of Things, said scientists are discovering they can actually heal our bodies, allowing us to breathe easier, walk better and, even soothe our pain.
"Where did I leave my glasses?" That question is the provocative title of a book by Martha Weinman Lear, a writer who specializes in social- and health-related subjects.
The Islamic State (IS), ISIS, ISIL, or under any other name, is a vicious, genocidal terrorist organization cum government. It slaughters people who are not of its distorted religious persuasion, except occasionally when it imposes heavy taxes on them. It kills captured soldiers. It beheads innocent hostages. It abducts women and children. Altogether they are a nasty bunch. Yet they have been gathering recruits from around the Muslim world and even from the West.
Canada's founding fathers gave Ottawa a gift by making it Canada's capital. "Would it not be appropriate for Ottawa to return the favor by becoming officially bilingual?" That was a question posed by Laval Political Science Professor Guy Laforest, speaking on Parliament Hill on October 9 in one of a series of talks sponsored by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Chantal Hébert and Jean Lapierre, authors of The Morning After (Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2014) present us with a truly nightmarish scenario: What if the yes side had been victorious in the 1995 Quebec referendum on sovereignty? The book is a must read.
In an effort to understand how "ordinary" young people - by most outward appearances - from Canada find themselves in Syria fighting on behalf of ISIS, Dr. Lorne Dawson, a professor in the Department of Sociology and Legal Studies at the University of Waterloo, is working with a group of researchers now in contact with some of those Canadian nationals fighting in Syria.
The relationship between religion and mental health is complex. And because mental health and physical health are interconnected, the issue becomes that of the relationship between religion and health generally.
In his travels throughout the Middle East, Gerard Russell, author of Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms, uncovered so many commonalities among many religions and peoples of different cultures.
Luxor, in southern Egypt, is well-known for being home of the most famous UNESCO world heritage sites in Egypt, including the Valley of the Kings, Tutankhamon's tomb, Valley of the Queens, the Temple of Hatshepsut and many others.
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