A Greater Sense of History can Help those Interested in Blending Antique Rugs into their Lives
08-23-2010 / By:
Antique rugs connect with an understanding of the past. This past is remembered through their rugs. Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Iran have two distinct frames of reference for those living in the “Western” world. In the territory of those people there is just one story and it has been woven into the very Antique carpets under consideration. Modern news is about bloodshed and Muslim extremists, but this is a recent blip in the Arab world.
The culture read about in the Christian Bible has transformed and evolved into a modern one where Christians and Muslims have had to learn to live together with good and not as good results. American Christians like to marvel at the two factions of Islam, but anyone from Northern Ireland can tell a person just how similar Christianity can be. That territory was torn apart by differences of faith that had a lot more to do with differences of power and money. With the need for more warm clothing than protected floors and walls, they wore their history in woven tartans and knitted sweaters and imported their Antique rugs.
The same red and blue state differences of opinion that are being played out of Fox and Friends versus MSNBC are found in Shiite and Sunni battles. Arab battles have been fought with bullets mostly because both sides have been armed for decades fighting over scarce resources and greater amounts oil money. American's have had such levels of wealth and prosperity that killing was not a necessity. Remember American's came to their territory eventually killed most of those living on it and then expanded in greater and greater numbers across the land, those in the Arab lands have only been able to expand though fighting for territory since the biblical times.
Antique wool rugs and their movement around the world show just how expansion has been able to happen culturally if not in person. Just as Twitter revolutions occur in Iran, and Blackberry's have been cracked down on in the United Arab Emirates, much of their older history has flowed back across the ocean. Muslims are part of the fabric of America. They have their pockets of Main Street just as the Italians and Irish. They are also escaping poverty and power grabs in their own countries. Hummus and pita joins salsa and tortilla chips. The Western world has a new patch in its crazy quilt. Sari's and sarongs have an even older cousin coming to the party, a patch that has been under everyone’s collective feet through shared heritage and trade.
The culture read about in the Christian Bible has transformed and evolved into a modern one where Christians and Muslims have had to learn to live together with good and not as good results. American Christians like to marvel at the two factions of Islam, but anyone from Northern Ireland can tell a person just how similar Christianity can be. That territory was torn apart by differences of faith that had a lot more to do with differences of power and money. With the need for more warm clothing than protected floors and walls, they wore their history in woven tartans and knitted sweaters and imported their Antique rugs.
The same red and blue state differences of opinion that are being played out of Fox and Friends versus MSNBC are found in Shiite and Sunni battles. Arab battles have been fought with bullets mostly because both sides have been armed for decades fighting over scarce resources and greater amounts oil money. American's have had such levels of wealth and prosperity that killing was not a necessity. Remember American's came to their territory eventually killed most of those living on it and then expanded in greater and greater numbers across the land, those in the Arab lands have only been able to expand though fighting for territory since the biblical times.
Antique wool rugs and their movement around the world show just how expansion has been able to happen culturally if not in person. Just as Twitter revolutions occur in Iran, and Blackberry's have been cracked down on in the United Arab Emirates, much of their older history has flowed back across the ocean. Muslims are part of the fabric of America. They have their pockets of Main Street just as the Italians and Irish. They are also escaping poverty and power grabs in their own countries. Hummus and pita joins salsa and tortilla chips. The Western world has a new patch in its crazy quilt. Sari's and sarongs have an even older cousin coming to the party, a patch that has been under everyone’s collective feet through shared heritage and trade.
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