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The Heroic Canine "Chief" of NYC's Engine 203 Firehouse
Meet the award-winning firehouse dog, Chief, who is still around today...
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Daily What?! NYC’s Islamic Cultural Center Defies Street Grid and Angles Toward Mecca
Situated on the junction of East 97th Street and Third Avenue, New York’s Islamic Cultural Center is a building
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Daily What?! A Mosque in an Old Movie Theater in Sunset Park
We’re used to the once-sacred becoming commercialized (Christmas in America, anyone?), but occasionally, roles are reversed. The commercial has
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Cultural Symbiosis in Istanbul, Turkey
When traveling through Istanbul, Turkey, one can easily be subjected to a heavy dose of sensory overload – the multitudes of
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Interactions in Istanbul at the Grand Bazaar and the Museum of Innocence
Istanbul’s rooftops are the baked red clay half-pipes that cup into one another, which you can find anywhere in
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The Turkish Bath Experience in the Mosquée de Paris
For those of you have never had the chance to experience a hammam (Turkish bathhouse) before, within the Mosquee de
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A Factory Converted into a Mosque in Jamaica, Queens
Along the Van Wyck Expressway in Queens, not too far from the Jamaica train station, stands a mosque clearly converted
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Inside the La Grande Mosquée of Paris
You might recognize this mosque from the film Paris Je t’aime. A Parisian teenager, Fran ç ois , develops a