“When I read a book, I try my best, not always successfully, to let the wall crumble just a bit, the barricade that separates me from the book. I try to be involved” ― Rabih Alameddine, An Unnecessary Woman Last week I received copies of my book, “Blogging My Religion: Secular, Muslim, and Catholic … Continue reading Hypermediated Religious Spaces: A Summary of My Book
ISMRC, FRANKFURT AIRPORT, AND WORK IN PROGRESS
In August I attended the International Society for Media, Religion, and Culture (ISMRC) international conference. It's the biggest religion&media conference and it’s my favorite work-related gathering, after spending great academic and personal moments in Canterbury 2014 and Seoul 2016. This year it was organized in Boulder, where I did my Ph.D., so I was thrilled … Continue reading ISMRC, FRANKFURT AIRPORT, AND WORK IN PROGRESS
Good Muslim, Bad Muslim, Singing Muslim
Maybe she knew about kashf, the unveiling of light. How veiling and unveiling are part of the same process, the same cycle, how both are necessary; how both light and dark are connected moments in the development of the soul in its darkroom. Mohja Kahf, The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf: A Novel. … Continue reading Good Muslim, Bad Muslim, Singing Muslim
Dancing with the Nuns
I hear your voice, it's like an angel sighing I have no choice, I hear your voice Feels like flying I close my eyes, oh God I think I'm falling Out of the sky, I close my eyes Heaven help me (Madonna, Like a Prayer) A group of young and attractive nuns dance joyfully while … Continue reading Dancing with the Nuns
Welcome to my Blog
“I'm the idiot box. I'm the TV. I'm the all-seeing eye and the world of the cathode ray. I'm the boob tube. I'm the little shrine the family gathers to adore.' 'You're the television? Or someone in the television?' 'The TV's the altar. I'm what people are sacrificing to.' 'What do they sacrifice?' asked Shadow. … Continue reading Welcome to my Blog
