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Walking Down a Broken Road

June 18, 2013by Akshay C. Leave a comment

Presentation from Akshay Chalana

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Social Structure of Oman

June 18, 2013by Akshay C. Leave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njMyfD87cD0 Oman’s social structure from Akshay Chalana Script Good morning.  This is Akshay Chalana from ZTTV, with a special report on one country you certainly don’t hear about much on […]

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A Distant Shore: What is in the Distance?

May 29, 2013by Akshay C. Leave a comment

            Naomi Shihab Nye’s book of poems, 19 Varieties of Gazelle, discusses time and again the idea that the conflict that affects her people, the […]

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19 Varieties of Gazelle Summaries Part 2

April 23, 2013by Akshay C. Leave a comment

Footfall: Nye observes the strange rituals of a turtle, especially her 6th sense of being able to sense movement without hearing.  She compares this to her own 6th sense of […]

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19 Varieties of Gazelle Summaries

April 22, 2013by Akshay C. Leave a comment

19 Varieties of Gazelle: Gazelle are used by Arab poets to signify grace, but this grace is beyond description, both in its own form and in the consideration of how […]

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Essay on What I Don’t See

April 21, 2013by Akshay C. Leave a comment

An Identity Poem describes the way a person thinks of themselves in a variety of different possible ways.  The method that Akshay Chalana uses to do this in What I […]

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What I Don’t See

April 16, 2013by Akshay C. Leave a comment

I see as they each kneel, Bending their knees before the great elephant. I see as they each speak, Listening for the dark painting’s response.   I see as they […]

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Poetic Devices in Dunya Mikhail’s Poetry

March 24, 2013by Akshay C. Leave a comment

In an interview with NPR, Dunya Mikhail, and Iraqi poet who fled her home country 17 years ago during the Gulf War, reads two of her poems (I Was in […]

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Perspectives Letter

March 21, 2013by Akshay C. Leave a comment

Dear Mr. Sykes and Mr. Picot, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you are doing for my people, and owe you a great debt which […]

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