TALIM Director's Blog

TALIM On the Digital Map

I know the print in the above image is a bit small (click on picture to enlarge in a pop-up screen).  But what it represents is this: during a long three-week period, ending on 12 December, we had almost no "hits" on TALIM Director's Blog because jinns had taken it over.

Our URL, or, in plain English, "www.talimblog.org," had disappeared.  We resolved that glitch, and now we're back - and how!

What that large spike on the right represents are some 210 hits yesterday, when our "Skydiving in a Hijab" post got picked up by various Facebook pages.  The wonders of social networking, or just plain old networking.

As we head towards 2012, one of our major IT and PR goals is to revamp our lovely, but rather text-heavy, Legation.org website.  We hope to keep what is good, and to make it more representative of what we do, in so many areas: research center, museum, National Historic Landmark, center for teaching Arabic, etc.

Stay tuned, and have a happy holiday season.

Newsletter: A New Way To Read TALIM Director's Blog

Most of our readers either "bookmark" or mark as a "favorite" TALIM Director's Blog (http://www.talimblog.org).  That still works like a charm, and thanks to the wonders of Google and other search engines, people continue to serendipitously stumble across our site.

Now, thanks to TALIM Board member and tech whiz Dr. Michael Toler, readers can also subscribe to our "Newsletter," which is then delivered straight to your email inbox.  The service is provided by Feed Blitz.

We have tried to include all TALIM Board members and Fellows in this initial distribution, but if you are not currently subscribed to the Director’s Newsletter, you may do so using simply by clicking here (http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=789682).

The Newsletter will list the ten latest posts on TALIM Director's Blog, and readers can click on whatever "post" or article strikes their interest.  In fact ten posts will just about cover the month of October.  Check out posts from September and August too.

Whatever way you get to TALIM Director's Blog, we hope you enjoy reading about this unique institution and our activities.  And we welcome your comments, as easy as clicking on the "comments" link at the bottom of every post.