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Muslim Fear: How Teaching In Oman Taught Me The Shades Of Islam

.post .storycontent .subtitle { width: 52%; float: left; margin-right: 3%;} With Muslim bashing on the rise in the West, what do young Muslims think of their traditional culture and religion?

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Muslim Fear: How Teaching In Oman Taught Me The Shades Of Islam

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If you’ve never heard of Oman you’re not alone.

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How Mark Twain Taught Me To Tramp Abroad

Mark Twain’s wit, humor and knack for misadventure are so hilarious, his words remain fresh to this day.

How Mark Twain Taught Me To Tramp Abroad

Mark Twain enjoying a cigar on the porch.

Good sex can distract you from a relationship??s deeper problems.

The same principle applies to books. A good plot is like good sex - it can distract you from the sort of sloppy, dispassionate writing that some people refer to as ???bestsellers.???

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What Henry David Thoreau Taught Me About Travel

What Henry David Thoreau Taught Me About Travel

???I have traveled a great deal in Concord,??? said Henry Thoreau, a native of??wait for it??Concord, Massachusetts.

In fact, Thoreau was an intrepid traveler for his day and age, vagabonding to Cape Cod and the vast wilderness of the Maine Woods. The great prophet of enlightened self-reliance claimed to have done most of his traveling in his own hometown.

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How Traveling Taught Me To Be Human

How Traveling Taught Me To Be Human

“After spending all that time traveling half-way around the world, what have you learned?”

I lean back in my armchair and contemplate this important inquiry that I am so often confronted with since returning back home to the US after a long journey.

Trying to come up with a coherent response to this seemingly overwhelming and complex question, my head drifts back, eyes shut, and I think back to the past eight months on the road.

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What Phil Koeghan Taught Me About Fearless Living

What Phil Koeghan Taught Me About Fearless Living

You are 25 metres below the ocean, scuba diving for the first time.

After following your guide into an old sunken ship, suddenly, you lose sight of him. You are lost, running out of air. You taste fear in the back of your throat.

You reflect on your life, the accomplishments, regrets, past memories, things you had always wanted to do yet never got around to doing.

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