Before a modern prudishness took hold, authors displayed an unfamiliar liberality and linguistic playfulness around profanity.
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The second edition of the Islamic Arts Biennale will open in Jeddah from January 25 to May 25, 2025.
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An Israeli writer's essay about seeking common ground with Palestinians led to the resignation of at least 10 staff members at Guernica.
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People spit out the word “Zionist” when they really seem to mean “Jew.”
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Composer Joanna Marsh has been commissioned for a triptych of pieces for the choir of St John's College, Cambridge, the first commission under its new director...
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The tolbe or tulba is a pre-wedding ceremony where the groom formally asks the bride's parents for her hand in marriage.
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Modern discourse often casts science and religion as bitter enemies. But if you were to rewind roughly 12 centuries, you would find at least...
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As Boullata is celebrated with a UK exhibition, we explore how the artist's work has contributed to the canon.
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