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Understanding the geographic context for Islam
The poster says an article’s geographic account fits his long view of Islam as a mercantile, arid faith whose borders track the pork line, and that Russia is a North…
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East Africa’s growth potential from a Private Equity Perspective
A brief comment citing a McKinsey report on East Africa’s growth, saying capital demand will be strongest among medium-cap funds in Anglophone Eastern Africa.
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Jab We Met: Encounters between Islam and Hinduism in Early-Medieval Punjab
Prompted by a bilingual Ghaznavid dirham in his collection, the author argues that Pakistanis forget the layers of history beneath them and examines the first extended encounters between Islam and…
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the Sanskrit tongue was chilled at 500metres
Notes on a book’s geographic account of Eurasia, including how Indian civilisation was a lowland phenomenon, Sanskrit’s reach, and Pakistan and Iraq as illogically drawn states.
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Institutional Racism affects Sikh Marathon Runner
An ESPN profile of Fauja Singh, the Sikh marathon runner who ran his first marathon in his eighties and kept racing past 100, posted under a title about institutional racism.
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