March 2023 - Monthly Archive

28 Feb

Issue 152 (Mar - Apr 2023)

The Fountain

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Editorial: From Negation to Affirmation

Faith, we can fairly argue, is whole when it is affirmed with full conviction in one’s soul, mind, and body. Something feels missing if any of these three dimensions is not in the equation. Devotion i... read more..

28 Feb

Issue 152 (Mar - Apr 2023)

M. Fethullah Gulen

15372

Ramadan: The Sum of Spiritual Joys

No month of the year can sail along with as much joy that never fades and everlasting pleasure and love, as the month of Ramadan. Presenting the spirit, essence, and true meaning of all the gentle sea... read more..

28 Feb

Issue 152 (Mar - Apr 2023)

Hakan Oztunc

18335

Most Magically Magical Magic Squares

No science teaches the harmonies of nature more clearly than mathematics. In arithmetic we explore a universe of figures by counting; in geometry we discover another universe by drawing lines and layi... read more..

28 Feb

Issue 152 (Mar - Apr 2023)

Salma Abdel Fattah

12675

A Story That Is Not Mine

Every day of our lives is a spot on our map. It can be a success, a failure, a turnaround, or maybe even simpler it could be traced by a smile, a frown, a sign or a memory. A day can be a witness of ... read more..

28 Feb

Issue 152 (Mar - Apr 2023)

Binazir Sankibayeva

14015

Rising from the Ashes

2023 marks a full decade since the beginning of the unprecedented persecution of the Hizmet movement started in Turkey, the movement’s home country. Its institutions were confiscated, its volunteers p... read more..

28 Feb

Issue 152 (Mar - Apr 2023)

Betul Gul

21366

What Happens After Death?

In November 2022, New York University announced startling research led by researchers at Grossman School of Medicine and elsewhere. Some 25 hospitals in the United States and the United Kingdom partic... read more..

28 Feb

Issue 152 (Mar - Apr 2023)

Ayesha Zareen

12194

A Fear in My Heart

There's a fear in my heart A vision on my mind, That someday I'd be lost. Walking down the road Among the ones who are lost. A fear of ample pride, A seed which outweighs A million skies. A fear of a ... read more..

28 Feb

Issue 152 (Mar - Apr 2023)

M. Fethullah Gulen

12670

Journeying and Initiation - 3

In the eyes of those who have reached the stage of the soul at rest, all things, all colors and forms disappear with their peculiar features. They continuously think of and utter the truth of “There i... read more..

28 Feb

Issue 152 (Mar - Apr 2023)

Rainie Zenith

12489

Ernie

My lover is dying. We met late, both forty-two, both Elvis diehards, both into hiking through spectacular scenery in remote locations. The Inca Trail was endless shambolic staircases, an acute episod... read more..

28 Feb

Issue 152 (Mar - Apr 2023)

Fatma Gunduz

21452

Dunning-Kruger Effect: Audacity Born Out of Ignorance

“The fool’s heart is on the tip of their tongue; the wise’s tongue is in the extreme bastion of their chest.”M. Fethullah Gülen [1] Throughout human history, numerous writers, philosophers, scientist... read more..

28 Feb

Issue 152 (Mar - Apr 2023)

Sana Khan

13916

Key to the World’s Greatest Treasure

Consider this scenario. A 60-year-old Muslim patient with diabetes makes an appointment with his physician to come up with a plan for adjustment to his usual insulin dose for the next month. “I won’... read more..

28 Feb

Issue 152 (Mar - Apr 2023)

Burak Haylamaz

12797

Effective Governance for Children’s Privacy Online

Let’s close our eyes for a second and imagine a food court in a shopping mall during peak hours. It would not be that difficult in our imaginations to place some toddlers holding tablets or teenagers ... read more..

28 Feb

Issue 152 (Mar - Apr 2023)

The Fountain

13608

Science Square (Issue 152)

Bees learn and teach new lessons Bridges AD et al. Bumblebees acquire alternative puzzle-box solutions via social learning. PLOS Biology, March 2023. A recent study showed that bumblebees can learn ... read more..