Essays on Religion

Syria has been under civil war since 2011 and is still in action. The main question is that, Why is there a civil war in Syria? Or what started as a non-violent uprising and turned into a Fully Violent Civil War. The Syrian War is...

Miracles can happen with anyone at any given time with no warnings. But I never thought it would happen to me. About 10 years ago all my relatives came to my city for my cousin’s sister’s marriage. I don’t really remember a lot of stuff...

“Miracles from Heaven” is an incredible true story of the Beam’s family. It is based on Christy Beam, the writer and mother, who recounts the true story of her younger daughter having a near-death experience and being cured of incurable diseases. The first disease being...

The story behind Israeli’s economic miracle is absolutely fascinating and I got the chance to read this book after the Learning Journey we had this year in Tel Aviv mainly because after a few weeks spent in Israel, I still did not understand what makes...

According to Robert Sapolsky, a Stanford scientist, “human nature is extraordinarily malleable, and…that’s the most defining thing about our nature” (Illing). People are capable of inconsistent and unpredictable behavior making every person susceptible to unethical behavior (Sommers). Even moral individuals can be seduced to act...

Natasha Trethewey is an American poet who frequently writes about the connections we have with our past and history that many people wish they could forget or remember at the same moment. This interior dispute of memory is shown throughout one of her poems “Pilgrimage”...

Freedom by definition is the power or right to speak out, act and to think independently. It is a powerful desire that is shared and belongs to everyone. There are many different understandings of freedom which each hold their meaning. There is “Personal Freedom” which...