Tribune News NetworkDohaAs a young scholar and poet at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Dr. Amira El-Zein found herself drawn to the work of Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a philosopher now ...

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Defying scholarly norms, he took a hands-on approach to research. To study resilience, he visited the Crow Nation; to explore ...

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Creative output has traditionally required effort—hours spent staring down the empty page, crumpled drafts tossed in the trash. But through years or decades of dedicated toil, one could achieve ...

If your young child asks, “What’s the meaning of life?” You might laugh it off (how cute!) or freeze in panic (where do I even begin?). It’s tempting to dismiss these big questions as too advanced for ...

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