I found a New York Times article this morning called Love and Marriage, South Asian American Style. Written by an Indian man raised in the depths of Ohio, the article describes what contemporary arranged marriages look like for many “South Asian” Americans using specific channels to find a partner. It was a familiar read, mainly because aContinue reading “Brown Intimacy Pt. 2: The Other”
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Zameen w Zamaan – A Muslim Guide to Self-Actualization
Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about how various theological and philosophical traditions overlap when it comes to self-actualization. Mainly, what it means to become self-actualized and what must be done to attain that state of being. The main consistency across all of these traditions is that achieving a higher state of self is byContinue reading “Zameen w Zamaan – A Muslim Guide to Self-Actualization”