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Five hours: Becoming a sheep

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At last, I decided to apply for a passport. Everyone who had gone through the process before told me that I had to arrive at four in the morning, before sunrise—even though government offices officially open at eight. Well, at best, I managed to get there at five in the morning, just before the call to prayer. Throughout my years of working at a school, I was always part of the administration. Every morning, with nothing more than a greeting, I would organize more than one thousand students into neat lines. I am a teacher. ... Read More
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Reflections on the Archetype of Lilith and the Resisting Female Body in Traditional Society

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From antiquity to the present, an unequal dualism has persisted across Eastern and Western thought—a dichotomy in which one side claims supremacy over the other, placing women in an uneven struggle against men, seemingly destined to have no victor other than the male. Is the female body truly the locus of shame and sin, or is this a construct fashioned by the male mind to consolidate its own power and dominion? From ancient myths to the most conservative religious interpretations, the female body has continuously been regarded as the "most sinful part of existence". ... Read More