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The Olympics and Cultural Hegemony
The Olympic Games are taken seriously by many countries. Aside from the economic sphere, it is another avenue for the West to display its “superiority” over the rest of the world. How is this achieved? Levi Obijiofor and Sohail Inayatullah take us into the hidden meanings of the world’s greatest sporting event By Levi Obijiofor […]
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The future of science in the Islamic world
At a recent OIC/Comstech (Standing Committee on Science and Technology) meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan on Science in the Islamic Polity in the next century, speakers delivered tirades against the West – while standing on a podium with the words “Best Western” (referring to Best Western Motels) boldly present. This postmodern moment perhaps captured the angst […]