Mukti

February 25, 2006

On God (Part II)

Filed under: music — jrahman @ 9:57 pm

The clarification in parentheses should suggest that this piece is not about the supernatural being that many get so excited about.  No, this is about a song I really like: God Part II by U2. (more…)

February 12, 2006

A land with two peoples

Filed under: movies, politics — jrahman @ 9:50 pm

It is often stated that a two-state solution is the only way to end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.  Israel, a Jewish state, living next to a Muslim majority Arab republic called Palestine, with the border running approximately along the line of the 1949 cease-fire line — that is, what was Israel’s border before the Six Day War of 1967 — with shared sovereignty over Jerusalem, and some solution to the Palestinian refugee problem that doesn’t dilute Israel’s Jewishness: this is the essential idea. (more…)

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