Toby A. Cox

Preserved in wood, stone, and brick are thousands of years’ worth of ideas in the shape of domes, steeples, and towers. In the whispers between creaks and ra...

For centuries, artists have been trying to capture the turbulence of the human soul through art, using different mediums to embody different dimensions of hu...

Sky and earth, water and fire, mountains and lakes – All are common themes in early philosophies in (seemingly) unconnected human societies around the world....

Life is a journey made up of a series of events brought about by timing, our choices, and our environment. This journey often leads us down unfamiliar paths ...

When I entered the café on that breezy afternoon, I looked around, searching for the three young women meeting me there. On the patio outside, they were chat...

Through education, Umma fights back against misinformation about Islam and the stereotypes that haunt Muslims across the globe.

Kyrgyzstan's traditional storytellers are usually boys but once in a while, a girl will step up and accept the challenge.

Public speaking has never been my most favorite thing in the world ... but it's growing on me. Last Thursday I presented my project on the National Geographi...

Turkmenistan is the eleventh least visited country in the world (I Googled it). Maybe this is why it always seemed like the most mysterious of the Central As...

Our existence is often viewed in cyclical terms – beginnings and ends strung together to create individual lifetimes that add up to generations, young and ol...

If I asked you to think of a person from India, chances are you would have said Mahatma Gandhi - a man known throughout the world as a champion of human and ...

Through your nose, take a deep breath in and hold it for 10 seconds. 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... almost there! ... 6 ... 7 ... 8 ... 9 ... 10. Now exhale, w...

Right outside of Almaty, Kazakhstan is Medeu, an outdoor ice skating rink that sits at 1,691 meters above sea level, making it the highest altitude skating r...

"Don't be afraid, I've done this a million times" said the parasailing instructor before we took off. I must have looked a little uneasy; one minute I decide...