New Blog

I haven’t been using this blog for few years. Visit my new blog tajaying.wordpress.com. Continue reading →

Religious Hostilities Around the World

Find here Pew Research finding on Religious Hostilities Continue reading →

Religion and International Relations

A great article on The Role of Religion in Security Studies, which I see valuable to my interest on the relationships between religion and international relations. Continue reading →

Love, Friendship, Life, and Death: Notes on my experience of being on a hospital bed

But it was not simply the act of dying that seemed so strange and dreadful. There were conceptualizations associated with death that make it so dreadful. But death was not my priority, because I was not ready for it and therefore not ready to give all my thoughts on it. I was rather ready to give all my thoughts on recovering, because hope was guarding whole of my conceptual and psychological world. Continue reading →

Living with uncertainty: Fellows Friday with Anita Doron

Originally posted on TED Blog:
Anita Doron’s first feature film, The Lesser Blessed, is a love story that takes place in a remote community in the Northwest Territories. This moving film is being released theatrically in Canada today, and will arrive in the U.S. on June 13th. As it opens, we asked Doron to tell us about the…

Should you apply for a TED2014 Fellowship? Let this Mad Libs guide you

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Convinced? Here’s where to apply » This graphic originally ran on the TED Fellows Blog. Read more »

Recommended reading to get you ready for TEDGlobal 2013

Originally posted on TED Blog:
Just a few of the books written by speakers at TEDGlobal 2013. Read on for more. TEDGlobal 2013: Think Again is right around the corner — and the program is packed with illustrious speakers addressing some of the most challenging and fascinating questions we face today. So how should you…