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The Revolutionary Power (and the Limits) of Music in the Muslim World

Oct 05 2022
By Mark Levine, author of We’ll Play Till We Die and Heavy Metal IslamThe video, posted anonymously on Facebook, had only 300 views when I first saw it. The singer wasn’t named, and in fact wasn’t even in the video — the camera stayed steady on the crowd. The words supplied their own visuals: “A
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The Imperial Presidency and the Irrelevant Congress

Feb 11 2020
In the wake of the U.S. drone attack on Qassim Suleimani and the subsequent Congressional action to restrict further presidential military action against Iran, Andrew L. Johns, whose presidential address at the annual conference of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association expl
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