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Those who study the therapeutic effects of music generally take the somewhat elitist position that classical is the style of music that is associated with benefit. However, there are many who dislike ...

The controversial topic of knowledge and pseudo-knowledge cannot be discussed without introducing and speaking about Sufis in Qājār era. When Safavids came to power, Shi‘ite mystics of that era such ...

Recently I saw a TV program on Philippine arts and culture featuring a museum named after a well-known tycoon. The museum contains thousands of books from the earliest history of the Philippines to ...