English has been investigated and criticised over centuries for its aggressive, invasive, dominant nature, largely formulated by the British colonial enterprise legacy pertinent to language. Given coercion on minor cultures languages in a non-native context, use of education requires detailed examination. The study critically examines perceived superior position (e.g., tertiary educational inst...

This article discusses the ideas about gender contained in Enseñanzas Sufíes Para Los Tiempos Actuales, a text by Abdul Rauf Felpete, leader of Naqshbandiyya Haqqaniyya Latin America, probably largest Sufi group continent. I analyse these against backdrop context which they were produced: on one hand, conservative Islamic frame inspired Nazim al-Haqqani’s ideas, and other, an Argentinian societ...

IT WAS A GREAT HONOR to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Design Automation Conference with a keynote lecture intended to place in perspective the most relevant research results presented at DAC in all these years and to identify trends and challenges for the future of electronic design automation (EDA). Going through the DAC proceedings, hunting for relevant papers, was indeed a formidable...

The early novels of both Evelyn Waugh and F. Scott Fitzgerald are beautiful works of moral decay – sparkling facades disguising toxic skeletons of modern society – yet their related semblances remain largely unexplored. Decline and Fall, Vile Bodies, A Handful of Dust, The Great Gatsby, This Side of Paradise, and The Beautiful and Damned are airy tomes of early twentieth century literature para...