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Category Archives: Islam
5 Films for International Women’s Day
In honor of International Women’s Day, here is a list of the films at the heart of the seminar I just taught on women, gender, and religion in film. Pray the Devil Back to Hell (Abigail Disney and Gini Reticker, … Continue reading
Posted in Bosnia, Christianity, Ethics, Feminism, Film, Gender, Human Rights, Islam, Judaism, Peacebuilding, Race, Religion and Politics, Religion and Spirituality, Social Justice, Teaching
Tagged Aida Begic, Haifaa Al Mansour, Ida, International Women's Day, Nadine Labaki, Pawel Pawlikowski, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Snijeg, Wadjda, Where Do We Go Now
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Remembering Srebrenica (2014)
Today, remembering Srebrenica with words and images that have never left me. Click on the links below for essays, photographs, and links to Bosnian artists’ reflections. “Srebrenica, Bebolucija, and the Politics of Life” (2013) “Remembering Srebrenica” (2012) “Remembering Srebrenica” (2011)
2013: A Blog’s Life
This New Year’s Day, gratitude for all of you who followed Wayne Street Soul in 2013. Thank you so much! Here are some highlights from the past year: “Viva Bosnia” — on the stirrings of hope in a shattered land … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Bosnia, Christianity, Ethics, Fatherhood, Higher Education, Human Rights, Humor, Islam, Judaism, Mormonism, Parenting, Peacebuilding, Photography, Politics, Popular Culture, Publications on Religion and American Culture, Raising Boys, Social Justice, Sports, Teaching, Travel
Tagged baseball, bebolucija, Bosnia, Jerusalem, Middle East, Mormon Studies, New England photography, photography, Sarajevo
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Beauty and Solidarity
One of post-war Bosnia’s enduring struggles is to keep its extraordinary artistic and cultural heritage alive. Some twenty years ago, the architects of genocide did all they could to destroy it. I’ve written before about some of the incredible Bosnian … Continue reading
Posted in Aesthetics, Architecture, Art, Bosnia, Ethics, Film, Higher Education, Human Rights, Islam, Peacebuilding, Poetry, Politics, Social Justice, Travel
Tagged Aida Corbadzic, art, Azra Aksamija, Bosnia, Bosnian art, Bosnian artists, Culture Shutdown, Day of Museum Solidarity, Depo Charlama, Dzevad Karahasan, film, Goran Simic, Haris Pasovic, Jusuf Hadzifejzovic, Merima Kljuco, Pjer Zalica, Poetry, Samir Biscevic, Sarajevo, Sarajevo National Library, Sejla Kameric, Srdjan Vuletic
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Images from the Middle East
A few more images from my trip to Israel and the Palestinian Territories… From top to bottom: Jaffa door, Jaffa cafe, Jaffa fortification wall, Caeseria’s ancient Roman bathhouse, flame tree in bloom at Yemin Orde school, flowers in bloom at … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Christianity, Human Rights, Islam, Judaism, Peacebuilding, Photography, Politics, Race, Religion and Politics, Religion and Spirituality, Social Justice, Travel
Tagged architecture, Caeseria, Capernaum, Dome of the Rock, flame tree, flower photography, Galilee, Holy Land, Israel, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Middle East, Mount of Olives, Palestine, photography, Temple Mount, Wailing Wall, Western Wall, Yemin Orde
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Jaffa
Photos from my recent trip to Jaffa, Israel
Posted in Architecture, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Photography, Religion and Spirituality, Travel
Tagged architecture, Christianity, Islam, Israel, Jaffa, Mediterranean Sea, Religion
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Misreading Bosnia: Genocide and the Muslim “Other”
On my first trip to Bosnia-Herzegovina, in 2004, a university professor from Sarajevo — a survivor of the Serbs’ relentless siege — asked a devastating question: What other European capital would have been left besieged for so long? As in … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bosnia, Human Rights, Islam, Photography, Politics, Religion and Spirituality, Travel
Tagged Balkans, Bosnia, Bosnian genocide, Bosnian war, Christianity, genocide, Haris Pasovic, Islam, Islamophobia, Love Thy Neighbor, Peter Maass, religion and politics, Religion in Bosnia, Siege of Sarajevo, travel
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