Sam Haselby
Sam is a historian of early America with a particular interest in religion and politics. He was a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows and has been a faculty member at the American University of Beirut, the American University in Cairo and at Columbia University in New York City. He helped to launch Al Jazeera America and is the author of The Origins of American Religious Nationalism (paperback, 2016). He can be found on Twitter @HaselbySam.
Edited by Sam Haselby
Community
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Gossip fosters intimacy and even saves lives, but keep it offline
by Christopher M Elias
Poetry
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The meaning of cowardly dogs and other puzzles of Arabic poetry
by Lara Harb
Identity
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Why Spanish colonial officials feared the power of clothing
by Rebecca Earle
Beauty and aesthetics
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How to curate (just about) anything
Sure, tidying up is a start. But it won’t get you to the kind of lived-in, personalised space that defines an ideal of home
by Glenn Adamson
Compassion and empathy
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Empathy is, at heart, an aesthetic appreciation of the other
by Susan Lanzoni
Engagement and activism
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Ralph Waldo Emerson would really hate your Twitter feed
by Peter Wirzbicki
Rituals and symbols
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Rituals create community by translating our love into action
by Curie Virág
Gender
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Talk of toxic masculinity puts the blame in all the wrong places
by Heidi Matthews
Parenting and families
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Finns start life safe and sound with a baby box from the government
by Tanja Vahtikari
History and philosophy of mental illness
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Frantz Fanon and the crisis of mental health in the Arab world
by Joelle M Abi-Rached
Knowledge and reason
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Dare to speak your mind and together we flourish
by Hrishikesh Joshi
Stories and literature
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There is nothing so deep as the gleaming surface of the aphorism
by Noreen Masud