Sacred Sites Throughout the World
Monday March 9th 7:30 - 9:00 PM
Distant Lands Bookstore
56 S. Raymond Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91105
(800) 310-3220
Distant Lands Website
What impulse in the human spirit has, for millennia, caused us to ... Read more…
Further Thoughts on The End of the World
I hadn’t thought the world would end, not really, but the recent school massacre in Newtown back home made me wonder if it might have gone mad. Now I suddenly felt so lucky to be alive, so happy to be in this crazy, wonderful city where I had drunk tea in Tahrir Square not two weeks earlier, so glad to be graced with this intrepid band of fearless travelers who saw what the news said and came to Egypt anyway. Read more…
Ramadan, the most important Muslim holiday, is celebrated for the whole month, and it changes almost everything about Cairo. Ramadan is a time to get closer to God, making self-sacrifices to be awake and aware of your choices, so people fast all day every day during the month of Ramadan. Read more…
The price tag was kind of hefty. I mean, $110 a person, for one night, one meal? This is Luxor, Egypt, not Luxor, Las Vegas. We had checked into the… Read more…
NYPD: Bill de Blasio used counterterrorism plane for vacation travel
The New York Police Department used its counterterrorism plane to fly Mayor Bill de Blasio back from his vacation in Canada for an event in the city Thursday.Read More