PANDEMIC--Nature's wrath and warning.

This poem points out the misdeeds of human in their journey to overpower the nature and Mother Earth through science and technology and how the greed has led to the nature growing wild and deadly against human race by this COVID-19 pandemic.

The Concepts of Hope and Fear in the Islamic Thought: Implications for Spiritual Health.

The Holy Qur'an and medieval Islamic writings have many references to "hope" (raja) and "fear" (khawf) as both single and paired concepts. However, a comprehensive analytical study on these two notions from an Islamic point of view still seems lacking. Both paper and electronic documents related to Islamic and Qur'anic literature are being used in this study. Also Web resources are searched for keywords of fear, hope and Islam in three languages of Arabic, English and Persian, including Tanzil.net, Almaany.com, Tebyan.net, Holyquran.net, Noorlib.ir, Hawzah.net and Google Scholar. Findings indicate that hope and fear are comprised of three conceptual elements: emotional, cognitive and behavioral, and are identified as "praiseworthy" hope or fear, when associated with God as the ultimate object. Nonetheless, this praiseworthy hope or fear is only distinguishable as "true," when both are in equilibrium, a necessary condition for spiritual health, which results to perfection. Islam rejects excessive hope or excessive fear, describing both as a "pseudo"-type, which would respectively contribute to self-deceit and despair, and end in spiritual decline.

Manifestejos de junho: negação e ocupação da coisa pública / Brazilian protests: denying and occupying public affairs / Manifestejos de Junio: negación y ocupación de la cosa pública

As manifestações de junho de 2013 no Brasil trazem consigo dúvidas e conjecturas. Em um exercício de leitura do contexto atual, são interpostas duas lentes de análise: a macro-social e a do testemunho individual. Salienta-se na presente mobilização a revolta coletiva e individual de simultâneas negação e apropriação do espaço público.

The June 2013 demonstrations in Brazil raised doubts and conjectures. In an exercise to understand the current context, the present paper interposes two lenses of analysis: the macro-social and the individual testimony. It is argued that current mobilizations gather private and collective revolts, simultaneously denying and occupying the public space.

Las manifestaciones de junio de 2013 en Brasil plantean dudas y conjeturas. En un ejercicio de comprensión del contexto actual, el presente artículo interpone dos lentes de análisis: una macro-social y otra del testimonio individual. Se argumenta que las movilizaciones actuales reúnen revueltas privadas y colectivas que, al mismo tiempo, niegan y ocupan el espacio público.

Manifestejos de junho: negação e ocupação da coisa pública / Manifestejos de Junio: negación y ocupación de la cosa pública / Brazilian protests: denying and occupying public affairs

As manifestações de junho de 2013 no Brasil trazem consigo dúvidas e conjecturas. Em um exercício de leitura do contexto atual, são interpostas duas lentes de análise: a macro-social e a do testemunho individual. Salienta-se na presente mobilização a revolta coletiva e individual de simultâneas negação e apropriação do espaço público.(AU)

The June 2013 demonstrations in Brazil raised doubts and conjectures. In an exercise to understand the current context, the present paper interposes two lenses of analysis: the macro-social and the individual testimony. It is argued that current mobilizations gather private and collective revolts, simultaneously denying and occupying the public space.(AU)

Las manifestaciones de junio de 2013 en Brasil plantean dudas y conjeturas. En un ejercicio de comprensión del contexto actual, el presente artículo interpone dos lentes de análisis: una macro-social y otra del testimonio individual. Se argumenta que las movilizaciones actuales reúnen revueltas privadas y colectivas que, al mismo tiempo, niegan y ocupan el espacio público.(AU)

Manifestações de junho: um breve balanço / Manifestaciones de Junio: un breve balance / June demonstrations: a brief balance

As manifestações de junho de 2013 no Brasil trazem consigo dúvidas e conjecturas. Em um exercício de leitura do contexto atual, são interpostas duas lentes de análise: a macro-social e a do testemunho individual. Salienta-se na presente mobilização a revolta coletiva e individual de simultâneas negação e apropriação do espaço público. (AU)

The June 2013 demonstrations in Brazil raised doubts and conjectures. In an exercise to understand the current context, the present paper interposes two lenses of analysis: the macro-social and the individual testimony. It is argued that current mobilizations gather private and collective revolts, simultaneously denying and occupying the public space. (AU)

Las manifestaciones de junio de 2013 en Brasil plantean dudas y conjeturas. En un ejercicio de comprensión del contexto actual, el presente artículo interpone dos lentes de análisis: una macro-social y otra del testimonio individual. Se argumenta que las movilizaciones actuales reúnen revueltas privadas y colectivas que, al mismo tiempo, niegan y ocupan el espacio público. (AU)