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Op-Ed – Lucy Chumbley
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Exploring cross-cultural, interfaith and Middle Eastern issues. 1001 reasons for Muslim pride. November 27, 2012. Common Ground News Service] Washington, DC In his best-selling novel, The Museum of Innocence, Turkish author and 2006 Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk speaks eloquently of the importance of museums to society. “With my museum I want to teach…. The waterfalls that slow time down. November 23, 2012. Egyptians head to the polls, rethink religion and politics. May 22, 2012. September 1, 2011.
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International – Lucy Chumbley
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Exploring cross-cultural, interfaith and Middle Eastern issues. AIDS conference draws global religious activists to D.C. July 20, 2012. Episcopal News Service] Faith in the face of discrimination and disease can be difficult, but for more than 750 activists who have arrived in Washington, D.C., ahead of the July 22-27 International AIDS Conference to take part in an interfaith…. Faith and AIDS 2012. Egyptians head to the polls, rethink religion and politics. May 22, 2012. November 10, 2011. Episcopal New...
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History – Lucy Chumbley
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Exploring cross-cultural, interfaith and Middle Eastern issues. In from the cold: St. Thomas’, Dupont Circle rebuilds. January 4, 2011. Washington Window] Sometimes, on a sunny day, the Rev. Nancy Lee Jose will step outside the St. Thomas’ parish office and find an elderly widow standing on the spot where the church’s altar used to be, showing her children or…. St Thomas Dupont Circle. Marcus Borg unwraps the nativity narratives. December 4, 2010. November 1, 2009. African American Episcopal churches.
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Interfaith – Lucy Chumbley
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Exploring cross-cultural, interfaith and Middle Eastern issues. AIDS conference draws global religious activists to D.C. July 20, 2012. Episcopal News Service] Faith in the face of discrimination and disease can be difficult, but for more than 750 activists who have arrived in Washington, D.C., ahead of the July 22-27 International AIDS Conference to take part in an interfaith…. Faith and AIDS 2012. Isaac and Ishmael were brothers. September 1, 2011. Teaching religion in America’s schools. April 26, 2011.
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Jerusalem's Girl: Press Freedom
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Jerusalem means something different to everyone who visits. Some are astounded by its beauty, others shocked by its contradictions but no one can deny its overwhelming spirituality. whatever religion you follow. A place of contemplation and contention. Is a journalist and writer from Great Britain who made Jerusalem her home more than 15 years ago. View my complete profile. Iraqi Blogger - مدون عراقي. Practice of polygamy continues to grow in Israel. How do you say ‘Refugee’ in Hebrew? According to a New...
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Tea Leaves
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When each drop has been sipped and the flavour stolen, all is left is tea leaves. Saturday, 3 April 2010. About ten days ago "Unsung Ambassadors". The project I wrote with Amer Farooq and Waqar Gillani after ICFJ workshop in Alexandria, Egypt - got published in Italy, in Italian language. After its publication online by one of the leading newspapers called "l'Unità". It was picked up by several blogs and media outlets. Unfortunately, the piece was picked up also by some blogs and websites promoting racis...
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Tea Leaves: April 2010
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When each drop has been sipped and the flavour stolen, all is left is tea leaves. Sunday, 4 April 2010. Mafia and Illegal immigration to Italy. After Aslam's story got published with our project on migration from Pakistan to Italy, several people wondered about the links between mafia and illegal immigration to Italy and Europe. Many immigrants reach Italy by paying a fortune to agents involved in lucrative businness of sending people abroad with fraudolent documentation. There is another consequence: th...
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Tea Leaves: March 2010
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When each drop has been sipped and the flavour stolen, all is left is tea leaves. Friday, 26 March 2010. Distance, and not the ‘difference’, barricades the integration of cultures. Amidst the prejudices and stereotypes between Pakistani immigrants and host Italians, some ‘connectors’ are hopeful that increased interaction and frequent mixing can help create a multi-ethnic, co-existent and progressive society. 8212;—–. By Elisa Di Benedetto (Italy), Amer Farooq (Pakistan). 8211; reflective of an immigrati...
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Tea Leaves: Mafia and Illegal immigration to Italy
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When each drop has been sipped and the flavour stolen, all is left is tea leaves. Sunday, 4 April 2010. Mafia and Illegal immigration to Italy. After Aslam's story got published with our project on migration from Pakistan to Italy, several people wondered about the links between mafia and illegal immigration to Italy and Europe. Many immigrants reach Italy by paying a fortune to agents involved in lucrative businness of sending people abroad with fraudolent documentation. There is another consequence: th...