Religion, mythology, and science are like strangers born from the same womb. The three use different languages—often negating one another—so they frequently do not get along, but secretly respect each other. After her long read more

Oil palm is a concrete illustration that planting trees is not always a good practice, especially when the trees are all the same. Instead of reforestation, the expansion of oil palm is actually deforesting diversity and slowly read more

Modernity is often considered (by whom?:p) as a threat to indigenous communities, including the Kanekes people popularly known as Baduy. After the polemics of tourism in Baduy, the request to remove internet signals in Inner read more

Ibn Arabi is perhaps one of the few Sufi scholars who is both contradictory and controversial: He is both mystical and rational, his works are both loved and hated. Futūhāt Makiyyah and Fushūsul Hikam show how broad and read more

Chinese-owned coffee houses have been read more