“Aqoon Laan Wa Iftiin Laan” Without knowledge there is no light – a famous Somali proverb. My journey began in Somalia. I was born in 1987, just three years before the civil war would shatter the lives of most Somalis and leave them, literally, homeless in their own land, which forced them to seek shelter [...]

Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero [...]

When any of us acts in a state of fear or anxiety, our actions are likely to revert to what is most habitual: our most instinctual behaviors dominate, ultimately reducing us to our “fight – or – flight” programming of the reptilian brain stem. Collective actions are no different. Even as conditions in the world [...]

J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement from Harvard Magazine on Vimeo.   J.K. Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter book series, delivers her Commencement Address, “The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination,” at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association. Text as delivered follows.  Copyright of JK Rowling, June 2008 [...]

Once upon a time, two men were traveling together. They were cousins. They were on their way to a special school that taught religion. While they were traveling, they stopped at a town that was ruled by an uneducated king. Since it was a Friday, they prayed at the mosque where the king talked nonsense. They slept in this town [...]

Once there was cave which used to live underground, as most caves do. Since she spent her entire life underground, she lived in darkness and never saw light. One day a voice talked to her and said – “O Cave, Come up into light and enjoy the sunlight.” The Cave replied – “I do not [...]

Once a Professor of a University was crossing a water body in a boat. To pass the time he started talking to the boatman. He told him his several achievements in educational field. The boatman was silently listening to him. Since he was not educated much, he did not understand also what he was saying [...]

Once a lion forgot his way to his home and came towards a city. Since he was a wild animal, it became necessary to shut him up somewhere. Some people shut him with great efforts. So he was shut in a cage and was left on a round about for sending him later to city [...]

The Power of Education Once upon a time, two men were traveling together. They were cousins. They were on their way to a special school that taught religion. While they were traveling, they stopped at a town that was ruled by an uneducated king. Since it was a Friday, they prayed at the mosque where [...]