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Sayyida Salme
in Our Time
How she speaks to us today
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What the Camera Captured
I share a birthday with Abraham Lincoln, so I always perk up when I see an article about him. I also perk up because he was a great man,...

Andrea Emily Stumpf
6 min read


Two Boundary-Busting Female Artists
The National Gallery of Art in Washington DC just closed its very popular exhibit on Impressionism, which compared two Parisian art...

Andrea Emily Stumpf
7 min read


Turning to Turn-of-the-19th-Century Syria
A month ago, I was nearing publication of The Centennial Collection , the third in my series on Sayyida Salme’s life and writings. I had...

Andrea Emily Stumpf
4 min read


An Insta Triple Talaq
All’s well that ends well – and so we might breathe a sigh of relief with Sheikha Mahra’s latest post:  Dear Father, [1] Thank you for...

Andrea Emily Stumpf
6 min read


When Death Comes
Death comes to all of us until our own death arrives. Death is a fact of life, as we live a lifetime of family and friends that we lose....

Andrea Emily Stumpf
4 min read


Prosit Neujahr!
A new year is upon us – at least the Western new year, as a matter of convention. Other new years start at different times of year. The...

Andrea Emily Stumpf
3 min read
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