The Digital Twin and Spiritual Twin
Once confined to science fiction, such as The Matrix and Avatar, the idea of digital replicas is rapidly…
Identity
15 articles
Who Are You?
Imagine you are walking through a city park and spot a bag that appears to contain valuable items,…
Embracing Uniqueness
My name is Sueda, but I’m also Sue. I speak English, Turkish, French, and Arabic. My blood is…
Fire on the Mountain
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a terminal illness of the nervous system, resulting in the degeneration of neurons.…
Ilm Ethos and Convivencia
Journey into Europe: Islam, Immigration and Identity explores the mighty continent of Europe by an academic whose origins…
Editorial: Is There an American Muslim Song?
This question, posed by Dr. Ingrid Mattson during her address at the conference “Islam in America: Civic and…
Survival of the Local and Cultural Identity
Ermek Tursynov’s Shal (2012) (“The Old Man”) is one of the many masterpieces Kazakh cinema produced both during…
Hearts and Minds for a Country: Nation and the Construction of Self Identity
We can speak of an alienation that comes with the contractual culture of the modern state. Nevertheless, such…
Perspectives on Identity and Religion
What is identity? What is its relationship to religion and culture? How does it relate to modernization? What…
Hearts and Minds for a Country Nation and the Construction of Self Identity
The topic is both risky and troubling because nation, per se, as it is defined in traditional ways,…
How Many Tsunamis May I Survive?
Postmodernism includes theories that recognize and aim to create diversity. This creates the following dilemma: to what an…
9/11: Before and After
I remember the day very vividly, perhaps like each and every person who has been affected by it…
Paths Ahead: Reflections on Bosnian Muslim Presence in the United States
This commentary offers a few reflections on the impact of the American experience on the formation of a…
Mutual Identity For Peace
Despite all the scientific and technological advances achieved during the twentieth century, it is a tragic fact that…
The Conflict of Civilizations
World politics is entering a new phase, and commentators have not been slow to express their visions of…