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I recently spent a delightful evening listening to live classical Arabic songs and instrumental music by the Canadian Arabic Orchestra and Choir. Those two hours at the Conrad Performing Arts Centre in downtown Kitchener felt like pure magic.
On June 6, Muslims around the world marked the beginning of Ramadan, a month in the Islamic lunar calendar, which "shifts" eleven days earlier each year with respect to the Gregorian solar calendar.
1. The Three Great Pyramids and Sphinx: You can even go inside one of them for a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
The man in a white lab coat holds up a test tube, similar to those we used in high school chemistry class. He lightheartedly taps the mysterious blue liquid in the tube while telling us; "If you are not completely satisfied, we'll give you your money back." For emphasis, he adds, "I will give you your money back."
"Commenced on Tuesday July 11, 1882 at seven o'clock in the morning from where the Tanjor was anchored we could see the whole thing quite clearly through our glasses. To a civilian who had never seen warfare the spectacle was magnificent."
As a young boy growing up in Egypt, I was taught that when wishing someone a happy birthday I should add, "I pray you celebrate your 100th." I suppose Egyptians figured out that 100 years is more than enough time for anyone to live. And indeed, that still holds true today for most of the world.
During what has easily become the most watched and analyzed electoral campaign in modern American history, the most egregious candidate (perhaps ever) has defied the odds of logic and tradition to come within steps of winning the White House.
Having reached the age of 72, I cannot help thinking more about death.
What is wrong with humanity? Why have people from time immemorial been clinging to the absurd notion that God is to blame for everything bad, from personal suffering to the seemingly never-ending evil in this world?
*From the refinement of classical Qur'anic Arabic, to erudite theology, law and spirituality, no other country of the Muslim world has historically contributed as much to Islamic scholarship as Egypt. As we look with both hope and trepidation toward another new year, the value of Egypt's deeply rooted moderate approach to Islam has never seemed more timely or essential for today’s troubled world.*
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