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Reason Without Humanity Is Not Humanism: Why Sam Harris Should Not Receive the Richard Dawkins Award by Wissam Charafeddine

The Center for Inquiry says the Richard Dawkins Award honors a person who publicly represents secularism and rationalism, and CFI says its mission is to advance reason, science, freedom of inquiry, and humanist values. Sam Harris may fit the secular-celebrity part of that profile, but I do not believe he fits the humanist part. With Richard Dawkins set to present him the 2026 award in an online ceremony on April 18, this is exactly the moment to ask whether intellectual sharpness without moral clarity is really what CFI wants to celebrate

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CULTUREhistory

​Abu Graib at Home in America. by B. Nimri Aziz July 4, 2019

“This is not what America is about” argues a reporter referring to revelations of misogynist, violent, racist behavior by employees of the U.S. Border Patrol ‘guarding’ migrants held in detention centers. Sorry Mr. Thompson (Propublica journalist who broke this story); THIS IS what America is about-- administrative abuse of vulnerable people, i.e. women, men and ...

By dearbornblogadmin on July 5, 2019

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المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن – فرقة همزة وصل تقدم “القدس العتيقة” لفيروز غناء زينة نصرالدين

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR2TWhu7bXI   Dearborn blog is sponsored by:

By dearbornblogadmin on July 5, 2019

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Dearborn Open Mic – In Memory of the Great Arab Revolt by Wissam Charafeddine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEnp1umxBYo To hear the rest of the talk, check out the podcast. Dearborn Blog is sponsored by:

By dearbornblogadmin on July 5, 2019

ARTCULTURE

Dearborn Open Mic – Yasmine Rukia opens up DOME 6-19-19 – Juneteenth & “Won’t You Celebrate with Me”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujtrXAYiT2Y   Dearborn Blog is sponsored by:

By dearbornblogadmin on July 3, 2019

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المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن – همزة وصل تقدم أغنية “أذكر يوماً كنت بيافا” في أمسية حزيران 2019م

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enICtQIXh2I   Dearborn Blog is sponsored by:

By dearbornblogadmin on July 3, 2019

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PODCAST: Dearborn Open Mic English 6-19-19

Youtube Audio Only: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5o2Rz36t-w    

By dearbornblogadmin on July 2, 2019

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المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن – فرقة همزة وصل تقدم أغنية موطني غناء سوسن ياسين

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eAnitcjmTc   Dearborn Blog is sponsored by:

By dearbornblogadmin on July 2, 2019

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المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن – علي بلعيد يقدم باقة من أشعاره الشعبية اليمنية – حزيران 2019م ديربورن

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9frJmj5aiXo   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBvMZR6QSRA Dearborn Blog is sponsored by:

By dearbornblogadmin on July 1, 2019

EDUCATIONLOCAL NEWS

​Senator Hawley on Social Media: “addiction is actually the point.” by Cal Newport

Senator Hawley on Social Media: “addiction is actually the point.” June 29, 2019 Photo by Natureofthought. Early last month, Josh Hawley, the newly-elected senator from Missouri, gave a speech about big tech at the Hoover Institute. He made a couple points that caught my attention, such as when he said this: “Social media only works ...

By mostlygreen32 on July 1, 2019

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المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن – شعر شعبي مع الشاعر العراقي عبد المجيد الشميساوي

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK9Kz8t5onI Dearborn Blog is sponsored by:

By W on June 26, 2019

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الندوة للفكر الحر – الأستاذ حسن جابر يقدم درع المركز العربي للخدمات الاجتماعية للشاعر شوقي بزيع

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By dearbornblogadmin on June 21, 2019

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الندوة للفكر الحر – الشاعر شوقي بزيع يقرأ قصيدة بعنوان “الخرّوب” في أمسية ديربورن

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qmai4nc-F8 Dearborn Blog is sponsored by:

By dearbornblogadmin on June 20, 2019

ARTpoetry

المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن – محمد شرارة و مشاركة زجلية 12 حزيران 2019م

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBIl_AijKBM   Dearborn Blog is sponsored by:

By dearbornblogadmin on June 20, 2019

EDUCATION

Naval Ravikant, Email, and the Future of Work by Cal Newport

Naval Ravikant, Email, and the Future of Work June 19, 2019 In a recent appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Naval Ravikant referenced economist Ronald Coase’s 1937 paper, “The Nature of the Firm,” which later helped Coase win a Nobel prize. The mathematical details of this paper are dense, but on Rogan’s show, Ravikant summarizes its ...

By mostlygreen32 on June 19, 2019

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تقديم الأستاذ كامل بزي في المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن12 حزيران 2019م

By dearbornblogadmin on June 18, 2019

ARTCULTURE

Dearborn Open Mic – Ziyad Nasr Sings “I Yearn For My Mother’s Bread” by Mahmoud Darwish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk2IH8v9B1I   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=228AonjjROc   Dearborn blog is sponsored by:

By dearbornblogadmin on June 17, 2019

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المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن – د. علي عجمي: صناع الحضارة – إسهام العرب في بناء الحضارة الإنسانية

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ozmzGQwiSk   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwWZ7L0eRew   موقع صناع الحضارة على الفيس بوك: https://www.facebook.com/civilization.builders/   Dearborn Blog is sponsored by:

By dearbornblogadmin on June 17, 2019

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المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن – إسماعيل نور يقرأ الشاعر الفلسطيني عبد الرحيم محمود

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEV7VyPhj1s   Dearborn Blog is sponsored by:

By dearbornblogadmin on June 17, 2019

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Podcast: المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن -12 حزيران 2019م

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATRH_Cy1F60 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdK9erhxHmw   Sponsors:

By dearbornblogadmin on June 13, 2019

ARTCULTURE

المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن 12 حزيران 2019م

https://www.facebook.com/DearbornBlog/videos/338477393484670/?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCvquaFtvdnl6YWYrDN7au4ljxTb-eT2NUU_vcF18DHzWHKzWDpi31EfuYfKXTjORQQloMAOJltwYtcu6jVzxE9MH5xYIl_d3o52LyulWnF0Fnny2vhRxLvqKfOJuJlke-ip4Y75Ug9EfbNCGBJrEXfsD4_ZB0wKSQqFfRQx3paejGbH2uLOqxzBUc1DR4C6ZBSGW5Fy_th0AcyQ7todE6KAURvT3fPsl3U9cx-MeiiTfTQRat-XEG7M_f8NvxmtuZGV3QuvKXRCRTXxu7QrHhcLOjFKNvCLscHyfBQNaei7ANHiZ6CUTpEm-FIeGQPYBcVzrJ25KdX2vM&__tn__=-R

By dearbornblogadmin on June 13, 2019

CULTURELOCAL NEWS

​ The Problem of Our Self-proclaimed Progressives by BNimri Aziz June 12/19

“You can’t fatten the pig on market day.” Quoting an Australian electoral strategist, Guardian journalist Gary Younge warns “You can’t go around producing anti-immigration mugs, pathologising Muslims and demonising asylum seekers for a decade and then expect a warm a reception for open borders in the few months before a referendum…. “Sooner or later, progressives ...

By dearbornblogadmin on June 13, 2019

poetry

الندوة للفكر الحر – دير قانون النهر للشاعر شوقي بزيع في أمسية ديربورن 10 أيار 2019م

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LzTLf_sgxc   Dearborn Blog is Sponsored by:

By dearbornblogadmin on June 12, 2019

poetry

Dearborn Open Mic – I want you happy by Ali Al Arithy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0tP2XKGMIo   Dearborn Blog Sponsors:

By dearbornblogadmin on June 11, 2019

LOCAL NEWS

الندوة للفكر الحر – القنصل العام للبنان سوزان موزي ياسين تكرّم الشاعر شوقي بزيع في أمسية ديربورن

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=184qp8mjND4   Dearborn blog is sponsored by:

By dearbornblogadmin on June 7, 2019

ARTCULTURE

Dearborn Open Mic Arabic and English Programs for June 2019

By dearbornblogadmin on June 7, 2019

ARTLOCAL NEWS

National Arab Orchestra – Ghadan – Suad Bushnaq

National Arab Orchestra On the Shoulders of Giants: Arab Women In Music November 10, 2018 Trinity University, San Antonio TX Ghadan - Suad Bushnaq Violins: Layth Sidiq, Katie VanDusen, Insia Malik, Laura Harada, Nady Benyamine, Eylem Basaldi, Roberto Riggio, Sachiyo Yoshimoto, Jumanah Hassan. Viola: Megan Gould, Marandi Hostetter, Andrea Vercoe. Cello: George Crotty. Bass: Jonathan ...

By dearbornblogadmin on June 6, 2019

ARTCULTURE

Dearborn Open Mic presents featured poet Yasmine Rukia [5 Videos]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOoO1Eg0-k8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Irmi2kditS4   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRW7ibrEp8s   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbYSm7vImnk   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QDd2VmxVdE    

By dearbornblogadmin on June 6, 2019

ARTCULTURE

Arab Women at Work– Simone Fattal’ NY Exhibition. by B Nimri Aziz

Retrospective Exhibition of Simone Fatal-- MoMA PS1, NY Even in New York, it’s not often one has an opportunity to view a sculpture exhibit on the scale of Simone Fattal’s 50-year retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art PS 1. It’s a splendid assemblage of work—247 items— from a prolific artist generously distributed over spacious ...

By dearbornblogadmin on June 6, 2019

CULTUREhistory

Siham Jaafar:True to Self and Identity

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cQBMAoNbeQ Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTnIiYJNwUs  

By dearbornblogadmin on June 4, 2019

EDUCATIONRELIGION

Imam Dr. Salie Achmat: Using Pedagogy to Edify, Rectify, Transform, Predict, and Serve

This lecture was given in the Muslimish conference in Dearborn in 2018. It was recently published on Muslimish Youtube channel. Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpbM9J1wsqA   Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGgk4ibipqI    

By dearbornblogadmin on June 3, 2019

CULTUREEDUCATION

​On the Pleasures and Sorrows of Life Without Screens by Cal Newport

On the Pleasures and Sorrows of Life Without Screens June 1, 2019 Photo by Marketa. I recently received a message from a friend of mine, a young man named Mike. He told me that Digital Minimalism had changed his life. Naturally, I asked him to elaborate what he meant. In response, he listed the following ...

By mostlygreen32 on June 3, 2019

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الندوة للفكر الحر – الشاعر شوقي بزيع يقرأ مقطعين من قصيدة قمصان يوسف في أمسية 10 أيار\مايو 2019م

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9i-MN8alA8   Dearborn Blog sponsors:

By dearbornblogadmin on May 31, 2019

poetry

Dearborn Open Mic – Rewa Zeinati Recites “When My Mother Discovered A Box Of Tampons In My Bag”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eruEJAgD6u8   Dearborn Blog is sponsored by:

By dearbornblogadmin on May 31, 2019

historyPOLITICS

Documentaries About Lebanon’s post-civil war generation

VICE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQGCijlrUM8 After nine years of party infighting and political chaos, Lebanon finally held parliamentary elections this May. In an unprecedented event, a new party that rejects the country’s deeply divisive sectarian system has entered the game. Now that a whole generation born after the bloody civil war is of voting age, we set out ...

By dearbornblogadmin on May 30, 2019

ARTLOCAL NEWS

الندوة للفكر الحر – في ساح الحوران للشاعر شوقي بزيع من أمسية ديربورن 10 أيار 2019م

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3uqhstQgto   Dearborn Blog is sponsored by:

By dearbornblogadmin on May 30, 2019

ARTLOCAL NEWS

الندوة للفكر الحر – الشاعر شوقي بزيع يقرأ قصيدة “تعليل طفيف” حول الراعي الشهيد حسين طعمه

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZljfYYdWBk   Dearborn Blog is sponsored by:

By dearbornblogadmin on May 29, 2019

poetry

Dearborn Open Mic – Wissam Charafeddine Recites “The Opposite Swings” and “Millions of Balls”

Wissam Charafeddine recites couple poems from his poetry book, the Opposite Swings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW0K7VBzLno   Dearborn Blog is sponsored by:

By dearbornblogadmin on May 29, 2019

ARTLOCAL NEWS

الندوة للفكر الحر – الشاعر شوقي بزيع يقرأ قصيدة “إلى فيروز” في أمسية 10 أيار 2019م في مدينة ديربورن

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx0d064-3LI   Dearborn blog is sponsored by:

By dearbornblogadmin on May 28, 2019

ARTpoetry

Dearborn Open Mic – Raneem Omar Recites “Untitled” and “We Are”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK8nlNo2mCw   Dearborn Blog is sponsored by:

By dearbornblogadmin on May 28, 2019

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The Ever Dependable Bully on Embassy Row; Venezuela and Iraq Are No Longer Worlds Apart. May 26/19 by B Nimri Aziz

The Ever Dependable Bully on Embassy Row; Venezuela and Iraq Are No Longer Worlds Apart. May 26/19 by B Nimri Aziz Embassy raided; citizens starved by sanctions; coveted oil resources targeted--again. The United States is still punishing Iran for the 1979 takeover of its ‘sacred’ premises, its embassy in Tehran. By contrast, when American authorities ...

By dearbornblogadmin on May 28, 2019

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Mariam Jalloul talks Harvard Homecoming, Lattes & her Dearborn Accent | Dearborn Girl Podcast – S1E1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIEe--N66Sk   Dearborn Blog is sponsored by:

By dearbornblogadmin on May 26, 2019

ARTpoetry

Dearborn Open Mic – Ali AL Arithy Recites “These Are All The Things I Could’ve Said”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqIcFmMTAKA   Dearborn Blog is Sponsored by:

By dearbornblogadmin on May 25, 2019

CULTUREEDUCATION

The Documentary That Every Arab Should Watch … The Great Arab Revolt

Part 1: 1908 - 1916 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQM2qmogA3k   Part 2: 1916 - 1917 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5v1q3DZ8wI Part 3: 1917-1920 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj4YLjHBdpw     For more information on the Ottoman Empire: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/ottoman-empire  

By W on May 25, 2019

CULTUREpoetry

المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن – قصيدة في شهر رمضان للشاعر محمد فرحات – 2019م

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-GxUicZvvM   Dearborn Blog is sponsored by:

By dearbornblogadmin on May 25, 2019

ARTCULTURE

Dearborn Open Mic Featured Artist – “You have my heart” Motherhood Sketches Series by Nada Hassan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLjv9v-zEus   Website: nadaofficial.com Dearborn Blog is sponsored by:

By dearbornblogadmin on May 24, 2019

ARTCULTURE

14th ARAB FILM FESTIVAL EXAMINES HOME, COMMUNITY, DIASPORA

Cannes, Sundance festival winners among the lineup Detroit teen in the cast of film making Michigan premiere Dearborn, Mich. (May 23, 2019) – Films earning acclaim on the international festival circuit are among those featured at the Arab American National Museum’s (AANM) 14th Arab Film Festival (AFF), June 7-16, 2019, with screenings at the Dearborn ...

By dearbornblogadmin on May 23, 2019

literatureLOCAL NEWS

الندوة للفكر الحر- تكريم المركز العربي الأمريكي للثقافة والفنون للشاعر شوقي بزيع في ديربورن

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DAvGmaB2d4   Dearborn blog is sponsored by:

By dearbornblogadmin on May 23, 2019

poetry

Dearborn Open Mic – Amer Zahr on Ancestry Commercials and AlNakba Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTNFDqydu40   Dearborn Blog is sponsored by:

By dearbornblogadmin on May 23, 2019

poetry

Dearborn Open Mic – Yasmine Rukia Recites “Misogyny is an ice age”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOoO1Eg0-k8

By dearbornblogadmin on May 22, 2019

poetry

الندوة للفكر الحر – كلمات في الحب مع الشاعر شوقي بزيع – ديربورن 10 أيار 2019م

البيوت ُالتي لا تكونين فيها تضيقُ بجدرانها الموحشه الثياب ُالتي ترتدين سواها تئنُّ من البرد, والكلماتُ التي لا تقولينها تتجمَّع مثل الأرامل حول ضريح اللغه ينبغي أن تغيبي لكي تفضحي وحشتي ينبغي أن يضمّك شخصٌ سواي لكي تدركي كم أُحبُّك... شوقي بزيع https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vlu0CYtDmM

By dearbornblogadmin on May 22, 2019

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