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While in the service of India's Nizam of Hyderabad, Marmaduke Pickthall converted to Islam and, with the help of Muslim theologians and linguists, produced this clear and lovingly precise English interpretation of the Holy Koran. His work is honored by believer and non-believer alike for its unique combination of piety, scholarly rigor in its translation and explanatory notes, and deep feeling for the poetic beauty and moral grandeur of its Arabic...

The state of New Jersey is remaking Camden's public school system in a way that's not quite like anything that's been tried before. Three new schools opened this year, which are run by the charter school operators KIPP, Uncommon Schools, and Mastery Charter Schools. How these schools work and the issues in this new approach to public education areexamined. This story is part three in a three-part video series on Camden's public schools. A Reason TV...

Jarreth Merz, an actor of Swiss-Nigerian extraction living in Los Angeles, finds himself grappling with his heritage when he discovers that his father has died. According to Nigerian tradition, the first-born is in charge of a father's burial. But who is this father? And why does Jarreth feel morally bound towards a family whom he hardly knows and who has never been particularly interested in him? Thus, starts a journey of discovery into his origins....

Journey to the heart of a great civilization in this world-spanning tour of the ancient cities of the Roman Empire. How did the Romans manage to preserve their culture while expanding so quickly? The answer lies, in part, in the cities they left behind. Leading historians reveal how the Roman practice of immediately building a city in any territory they conquered helped to control the sprawling empire for almost a thousand years.