Adapted from “Why the Sky is Far Away” in The Barefoot Book of Earth Tales by Dawn Casey and Anne Wilson (Cambridge: Barefoot Books, 2009). Used by permission. In the beginning, they sky was close to the earth. So close you could reach up and touch it. And you could …
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Dispense with Medication Guide available at: Read the Medication Guide that comes with Escitalopram tablets before you start taking it and each time you get a refill. There may be new information. This Medication Guide does not take the place of talking to your healthcare provider about your medical condition …
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Many sauce and soup recipes need to be reduced and thickened, which means gently simmering to achieve the desired consistency. With sauces and soups that contain milk, boiling or simmering can cause the milk to curdle. While curdled milk is safe to eat, it is not particularly appetizing. How Organic …
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Prime Minister Imran Khan revealed on Friday that the “establishment” had given him three options: “resignation, no-confidence [vote] or elections”, following the filing of a no-confidence motion against him in the National Assembly. He shared this during an interview to ARY News, which was aired on Friday, while responding to …
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Discovering one’s husband is a porn addict is extremely painful. For many wives, this deep pain is actually the result of a deep emotional traumatic wound. We call this Betrayal Trauma. Trauma is typically defined as an occurrence wherein an individual sees or experiences a risk to their own life …
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It is with great sadness that I learned that a great Urdu dramatist, novelist and intellectual, Ashfaq Ahmed has passed away. I always thought of him and his wife, Banu Qudsia, as the gentle, wise uncle and aunt of Urdu. I met him on a few occasions and remember, with …
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Grassroots, Vol.52, No.I January-June 2018 THE BENEFITS OF HONEY AND SCIENCE: QURAA’N AND HADITH PERSPECTIVE Fayyaz Ahmed Channa Dr Muhammad Anwar Khan Dr Naeem Tariq Narejo ABSTRACT Honeybees prepare honey by sucking flower juice. Honey is used as a nutritional food and medicine since existence of man. It is tasty …
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At age 17, she was rejected from college. At age 25, her mother died from disease. At age 26, she moved to Portugal to teach English. At age 27, she got married. Her husband abused her. Despite this, her daughter was born. At age 28, she got divorced and was …
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Salaam and Greetings of Peace Dear Friends: Blogging is new to me, and since I am a darvish (which is the same as a dervish) of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order, I ask your forgiveness if I offend anyone unintentionally. An old Sufi tradition advises us to speak only after our …
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In a world loaded up with startling exciting bends in the road, a basic discussion between two companions disentangled a significant example on the unconventionality of life. The quintessence of this story instructs us that what’s to come stays hidden in vulnerability, and our activities and expectations eventually characterize our …
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