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Though Rich in Subject Matter, ‘Veil’ Has Trouble Finding a Narrative
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Though Rich in Subject Matter, ‘Veil’ Has Trouble Finding a Narrative

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 / 11 October 2017
There's so much to say about the challenges, frustrations, and offenses facing women who veil, that Veil has difficulty sorting it all out in a meaningful way.
A Weak Case for the Important Issue of ‘Muslims and the Making of America’
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A Weak Case for the Important Issue of ‘Muslims and the Making of America’

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 / 18 July 2017
A book like Muslims and the Making of America is necessary in these times, and it's for that very reason that Hussain's effort is so disappointing.
‘Timbuktu’ Sends a Powerful Message About Jihadism
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‘Timbuktu’ Sends a Powerful Message About Jihadism

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 / 24 July 2015
Timbuktu isn’t just a film about jihadism. It’s a film about the vibrant cultures jihadism can eradicate if it continues to spread.
Before Charlie Hebdo: The Cartoon Wars
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Before Charlie Hebdo: The Cartoon Wars

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 / 17 June 2015
Why is it that cartoons, more than any other expressive form, have incited the wrath of religious backlash?
Weapons Drawn! Perspectives on Charlie Hebdo
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Weapons Drawn! Perspectives on Charlie Hebdo

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 / 26 February 2015
Questioning cartoons, satire, and the role of the media after the Charlie Hebdo assassinations.
‘The Lives of Muhammad’ Is Not Merely a Biography, but a Biography of Biographies
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‘The Lives of Muhammad’ Is Not Merely a Biography, but a Biography of Biographies

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 / 11 November 2014
Ali's book is devoted to unraveling the story of the Muslim prophet, and a serious contribution to the debate over what is real, what is apocryphal, and what is myth.
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Trapped in a Car Driving Through the Desert with Abbas Kiarostami’s ‘A Taste of Cherry’

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 / 4 December 2013
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‘My Trip to Al-Qaeda’: A Little too Much of Lawrence Wright, A Little too Little of His Subjects

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 / 14 October 2012
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On Olivier Roy’s ‘Holy Ignorance: When Religion and Culture Part Ways’

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 / 17 March 2011
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‘Love in a Headscarf’: True Love Will Find You in the End

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 / 6 December 2010
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India’s Immortal Comic Books: Gods, Kings and Other Heroes by Karline McLain

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 / 27 August 2009
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Suarasama: Fajar di Atas Awan

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 / 4 September 2008