In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the tragedy wasn’t so much the killing of the father; it was the son’s bad decisions that resulted in the end killing of everyone involved: the son, the uncle, and the queen! Here at Hamline University, lots of bad decisions resulted in the tragedy. It started when Erika Lopez Prater, an adjunct professor at Hamline University, showed a 14-century image of the prophet Mohammed in her art class, resulting in a professor losing, as the Times puts it, “her teaching gig”; A student lost her safety. A Muslim community leader lost his focus, and the Hamlin university lost its credential. President Fayneese Miller’s blamed the media for…
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QATAR WORLD CUP WINNERS & LOSERS
Last Sunday was the end of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, four weeks of a festive soccer global party that generated lots of attention and speculations. Excessive criticism of Qatar's human rights, migrants' workers, and gay rights. The Qatar world cup, however, was a great success, well organized, and well attended. No major troubles, fan riots, or heavy police or security present. As someone tweeted, this is the first world cup where no British fan was arrested. Finally, Qatar world cup gave Arabs the platform to tell their story and narrative for change. Arab commentators and announcers, with their poetic rhetoric, tell stories and cheerlead their teams. Arab analysts,…
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THE WEST HYPOCRISY, A STAIN ON THE BEAUTIFUL GAME.
Soccer Under The Sun The World Cup will start in Qatar, pronounced (Cutter), not (Qattaaar ) Sunday, the first time the event has been held in the Middle East, and in winter. Every four years, the world comes together to watch “the beautiful game.” Teams come from around the world to represent their cultural identities and display their styles: the obnoxious and eccentric style of France, the flamboyant Brazilian samba football — which everyone admires — the precise Spanish Tiki Taka, the straightforward kick-and-run English style, or the creativity and strength of the Nigerians. Franklin Foer’s 2004 book, “How Soccer Explains the World,” describes the logic of Nigerian footballers…
