For centuries Muslims have asked whether the Qurʾan should be recited and memorized first and foremost, or whether one must prioritize understanding the meaning of its complex language. What is the ...

Vol. 45, No. 4, Papers from the 2017 CODESRIA’s Meaning-making Research Initiatives (MRI) / Articles issus des Initiatives de recherche pour la construction du sens (MRI) de 2017 (2020), pp. 77-106 ...

Yasmin Saikia, in her book Women, War and the Making of Bangladesh: Remembering 1971, argues that the "forgotten, hidden memories belong to women who were terrorized, brutally sexualized, and ...

Her heritage, as a scion of Boston Brahmins and the mother of biracial children, shaped a discursive verse style that veiled sharp edges and melancholy resolutions. By Adam Nossiter Fanny Howe, a poet ...

Feeling that your life has meaning is fundamental to the experience of being human, and people who feel this way tend to be healthier and happier. Given the importance that most people place on ...