Doğu Ergil: Turkey, the humanitarian crisis and erratic responses
Doğu Ergil, The Circle
The numerical figures of the reality of Syrian refugees in Turkey is as follows: 2.2 million of the 4.3 million displaced...
Success that Fails, Failure that Succeeds
Azhar Waheed
Stories of success and failure are quite convoluted. Usually, success is associated with happiness and failure comes in the form of dejection. If...
(The CIRCLE BLOG) Güler Orhan : Mektup
Güler Orhan, The Circle
“Yeni mektup aldım gül yüzlü yârdan,
Gözetme yolları, gel deyi yazmış
Sivralan köyünden bizim diyardan
Dağlar mor menevşe, gül deyi yazmış”
Kâğıt üzerindeki kalemin iradi...
Purifying the Heart
Momina Naveed
In Arabic, dua literally means to call out for help. In Islam, it refers to the personal calling of the believer to his...
Azfar Rizvi: Compassion, the Core Human Value
Azfar Rizvi, The Circle
For my inaugural ‘Circle’ post, I wanted to write about contemporary North American Muslim community in general, and in particular how Canadians...
Isabelle Koerber: Canadian Immigrants
Isabelle Koerber, The Circle
People around the world come to Canada to create a better life but is this what they achieve?
Canada has accepted many...
Joseph Clay: Fasting in Abrahamic Faiths
Joseph Clay, The Circle
“O you who believe! Prescribed for you is the Fast, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you...
A Mennonite’s Ramadan Experience
Dick Benner, Former editor/publisher of the Canadian Mennonite
It’s been a couple years now, but the experience stands out in my mind as if it...
Dr. Laura Morlock: Bonnets and Burqas: What Mennonite Women can Learn...
Laura Morlock, The Circle
Mennonites love dialogue. Along with borscht and quilts, it’s one of the things that we do best. We dialogue within our...
Tamana Miyazada: My Ramadan experience in Canada
Tamana Miyazada, The Circle
The first time I fasted during the holy month of Ramadan, I was twelve years old. On the first day, I...