For some Muslim intellectuals and travelers, Japan’s modernization and its victory over Russia was proof that Asian nations need not be subservient to Europe or abandon their own cultural traditions.
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Mimi Hanaoka,
The Conversation,
11 Aug. 2026
Born in the Soviet Union in 1974, Beloozerov was raised by his mother Lena and stepfather Nikolai Beloozerov, a Soviet dissident and a mathematician, among a community of intellectuals in southwestern Moscow.
It’s been my privilege to learn, from scholars and thinkers and writers far more deeply rooted than myself in the American west, about its realities and relentless contradictions.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Aug. 2026
Muslim thinkers debated how to revitalize their societies and overcome colonial domination.
Women are compelled to suppress their desires, intellects, and emotions in Gilead.
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Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
While the likes of Philo and Trotter have expanded upon the idea by prioritizing people whose intellects align with their brand values, Jacquemus takes it to another level.
Instead, the study shows their brains react differently to certain facial expressions.
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Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2026
Gajdusek had come to the idea of injecting animals after a veterinary pathologist noticed that the brains of kuru patients resembled those of sheep with scrapie, a fatal neurological disease transmitted through exposure to infected tissues.
Fuller is nearly six months into the new position, created as Texas faces growing scrutiny over how school districts handle allegations involving teachers, coaches, and other school employees.
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Amelia Mugavero,
CBS News,
19 Aug. 2026
During the day, these women work as teachers, painter-decorators, full-time carers.
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