Write with Your Voice! The most authentic way to connect with anyone is to be your true self. Even in writing, there’s a special tone any writer uses to convey his or her personality through words. If you sound uncomfortable saying it – it’ll read uncomfortably, too. What’s the best way to make sure your […]
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So you made the commitment and now you’re wondering if you should be committed! Never fear! We’re all taking this leap together! And we’re gonna make it together! If you were going to fear, however, it’s a pretty safe bet that one of the biggest things you’d be wary of would be the dreaded blank
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Someday is Today: Making Time to Write Leave your excuses at the door, oh busy budding writers of 2016! Everyone and their mom has a hangnail, a teething toddler, a grouchy boss, the leaky faucet and a quarterly finals coming up. The small, consistent action we want to focus on this month is to carve
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Now or Never: Make NaNoWriMo Your Year So you’ve hit some type of milestone in your life. This milestone caused a little flickering or a full out bonfire of enlightenment to shower on your senses (ouch, careful – you’re still flammable). You’ve decided the best way to embrace these flickers and flames is to write
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Dear Trump Supporter, I am not afraid of you. I know you are good and kind. You brush your children’s teeth before bed and eat oatmeal for breakfast. You shop online and binge watch television when you’ve had a tough day. I do those things, too. Martin Luther King’s words, “People fail to get along
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The Rabata Ride: A Narrative Poem By Anse Tamara Gray September 2016 In the year of our Lord two thousand and twelve I moved from Damascus without suitcase or helve I left breezes of cardamom, coffee and shrapnel And expected to arrive to something substantial (I once hurried along back streets in the heat To
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If you’ve read anything from Frankenstein to The Kill List, you’ve probably encountered what we refer to as “Literary Exasperation Syndrome”. That vexing feeling you get when you see yet another Muslim character portrayed through smug, paranoid, or even well-intentioned Western eyes. Up until recently, these sorts of books have drowned out Muslim voices on
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Sifting through the Mixed Messages: Gender Bias in Islamic Studies Curriculum Materials Tamara L. Gray University of St. Thomas & Rabata Inc Sifting through the Mixed Messages: Gender Bias in Islamic Studies Curriculum Materials Numerous full time Islamic schools and a plethora of weekend Islamic schools educate millions of Muslim children around the world. Moral
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