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Back in the Ottoman Empire, thresholds were regarded as the abode of the djinn. …Unlike we humans, the djinn were created of smokeless fire. So says the Qur’an. They were nebulous, intangible. Although some were known to be good and generous, you could never trust a djinni. Not surprisingly, in Islamic cultures thresholds have been seen as elusive places, zones of ambiguity.
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Carol
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Yet when he told me about his home in Istanbul there were tears in his eyes. ‘You know why I have never gone back to visit the old city?’ he said. ‘Because if I go I won’t come back to America. Ever! I’ll stay there, die there and be buried there. I love it so much. My kids don’t get it, they are too American, what do they know about unrequited love?’
— Jan 22, 2024 03:24PM
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