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Ten Years Ago: The 9/11 post

By Missy Gluckmann on September 10, 2011 in 9/11

Ten years ago. TEN. Blue skies. Slightly crisp air. A normal day. At home, on hold for a tri-regional conference call with the TV on. News reports a plane hit the towers. I saw and thought, immediately, that is NOT an accident. When you’re from New York, you know that you can’t hit the towers or any other building by accident. You typically fly up one of the rivers, high above the city, but close enough that you can easily identify the towering buildings. But no, you can’t accidentally hit one. Not possible.

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Osama bin Laden Dead – Where Does One Begin?

By Missy Gluckmann on May 2, 2011 in 9/11, Muslims, Uncategorized

The news is jaw dropping. It is raw, huge. It fills the room, the country, the world. Osama bin-Laden is dead. I wrote a blog post just a few days ago about teachable moments with the tenth anniversary of 9/11 in mind.

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Top 5 Teachable Moments: The 10th “Anniversary” of 9/11

By Missy Gluckmann on April 28, 2011 in 30 mosques, 9/11, China, Crossing Borders Film, documentary, International Education Tools, Islam

This is a tough post for me to write. It is nearly impossible to imagine that it has been a decade since the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

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Reflections on the 30 Mosques Project

By Missy Gluckmann on February 28, 2011 in 30 mosques, 9/11, Aman Ali, Bassam Tariq, Muslims, Video, www.30mosques.com

I received an email from Aman Ali, co-founder of the 30 mosques project. He shared the following note from a college sophomore in North Carolina who saw his 30 mosques in 30 days presentation: “Dear Aman and Bassam: I attended Aman’s presentation at “X” University the other night to, I must admit, merely fulfill a [...]

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Children, Cairo and Connecticut – Eight Years Later

By Missy Gluckmann on February 7, 2011 in Egypt, Multicultural Lives, Uncategorized, women in Islam

The year was 2003 and I was working at the world’s largest international relocation company. At the time it was called Cendant Mobility – today it is called Cartus. I had left a career in international education to pursue one in international relocation and human resource consulting, but as a native New Yorker, I was still reeling from 9/11, wondering what could I do to make this planet we temporarily occupy a more understanding and caring place.

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The Transformative Power of Intercultural Experiences

By Missy Gluckmann on January 18, 2011 in 9/11, Arnd Wachter, Crossing Borders Film, documentary, Germany, Intercultural Communication, mosque, Multicultural Lives, muslim, Muslims, Park 51, Uncategorized

As an educator, I believe that intercultural experiences have an important role to play in a world situation that is – to say the least – very confusing. This year, 2011, marks a decade since the tragic events of September 11. Today’s undergraduate college students were eight to twelve years old in 2001 and consequently have spent their intellectually formative years with post-9/11 media coverage, little of which addressed the need for intercultural understanding.

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Park 51: Imam Fiesal Abdul Rauf and Daisy Khan’s Roles Change

By Missy Gluckmann on January 15, 2011 in 9/11, Cordoba House, mosque, muslim, Muslims, Park 51, women in Islam

A press release from Park 51 announced that Imam Fiesal Abdul Rauf and his wife, Daisy Khan, will no longer be speaking on the organization’s behalf. Imam Fiesal will begin his personal speaking tour next week. He and Ms. Khan will also not be raising funds for the project on this speaking tour.

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Fighting Extremism: Comments by Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and Daisy Khan

By Missy Gluckmann on December 31, 2010 in 9/11, Cordoba House, Ground Zero mosque, Islam, mosque, muslim, Muslims, Park 51, women in Islam

Moving words by Imam Fiesal Abdul Rauf and his wife, Daisy Khan, regarding the goals of Park 51, New York City’s proposed Islamic Center.

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The Cats of Mirikitani: A Remarkable Documentary

By Missy Gluckmann on October 25, 2010 in 9/11, documentary, International Education Tools, International Education Week, Multicultural Lives, Uncategorized

Commentary on the documentary about Jimmy Mirikitani, the Japanese American artist who survived an internment camp, 9/11 and homelessness with the help of a local documentary film maker.

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