(1841–1889), Kazakh educator, social activist, author. Altynsarin is considered by many scholars to be one of the first Kazakh intellectuals whose principal professional activity was to create greater educational opportunities for Kazakh...

Altynsarin was born in the Araqaraghai region of Torghai oblast (now Kostanay Province), and in his early career was an inspector of Torghai schools. He is best known for introducing a Cyrillic alphabet for the Kazakh language, and was a proponent of...

Jewish teen steals groceries and learns folk wisdom from Sufi shopkeeper in 1960s Paris MONSIEUR IBRAHIM Directed by Francois Dupeyron Sony Pictures Classics December 5 through 11, Landmark Sunshine Reopens February 2004 BOND OF OUTSIDERS France's long-standing "Jewish problem" is intertwined with...

INTRODUCTION IBRAHIM AND EDWARD, BOTH PALESTINIANS, both brilliant minds, both mentors for a generation of Arab-Americans, and both larger than life, yet still within the dimension of human failings. Ibrahim was the strategist; Edward was the public voice. Ibrahim was the charismatic leader...