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What does the Quran really say about a Muslim woman's hijab? | Samina Ali | TEDxUniversityofNevada
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Manuel

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 08:38:26 -0300

True!

hEARt PhoniX

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 12:11:07 -0300

@Alexandre Hannud Abdo Exactly.
When I was in London for a few months I took a class "New Literatures In English". We read Margarete Atwood, Carol Shields, Rushdi, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Chinya Achebe and Derek Walcott.
All of them opened new worlds to me. I had never heard of any of them before (it was in 1996/97) and all of these books are important parts of my library. OK, except for Rushdi. I admit I did not read his book as I had already heard of him. :)
I then noticed that all of them had one thing in common: british colonialization.
But anyway, it was a highly important experience.
Just as I found that people did not know Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. He is Germany's most famous writer, as omnipresent as Shakespeare. That too was very much an eye opening experience. What I grew up with as unquestioned cultural heritage suddenly was not only questioned, but even met with most authentic indifference. Pretty disorienting, but I found it pretty rewarding.
Unfortunately there is a solid language barrier for so many other regions and I no longer trust translations. But I found that books, music, movies do have a lot of possibilities to expand one's horizon. Plus I very much love and treasure radio programs such as reports or interviews. TED talks can also be great at this, a gateway to "meet" new thoughts and points of view.
Thank you.

elmussol

Thu, 17 Oct 2019 17:16:25 -0300

You would be well advised to read Midnight's Children if you only do one Rushdie. Blew my head open a bit (I was young), but a treat to read.