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Arrival (2016) – The Film’s Secret Meaning Explained

Jay Dyer
21st Century Wire
Words, or logoi, form the basis of all reality.  I have written many times and even lectured on the doctrine of St. Maximos the Confessor concerning the archetypal patterns or logoi that form the divine ideas that undergird all reality.  All these logoi are one in the Logos, and ultimately give all distinct objects their meaning and unity.

Turkey Releases 38,000 Prisoners to Make Room for Coup Accused

(MEETurkey will grant early release to 38,000 prisoners who committed crimes before 1 July, the government said on Wednesday, amid reports of prison overcrowding after the failed coup.
Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said in a series of messages on Twitter that the move was “not an amnesty” and the convicts were not being pardoned but released on parole.

US Frees 15 Guantanamo Bay Prisoners in Transfer to UAE

(MEEFifteen Guantanamo Bay prisoners have been transferred to the United Arab Emirates, the largest such release in years, the US defence department announced on Monday.
“The United States is grateful to the government of the United Arab Emirates for its humanitarian gesture and willingness to support ongoing US efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility,” the department said in a statement.

Rise in Palestinian children held by Israel ‘alarming’

A jabbing pain in his shoulder and thigh roused Obada from his sleep at 3am. In the half-light, the 15-year-old could make out eight masked men surrounding his bed, their rifles pointed at him. "I felt terrified," he said of the experience. Obada is one of more than 100 Palestinian children who in recent months have found themselves dragged from bed at gunpoint in the middle of the night by Israeli soldiers, according to children's right groups.

International Women’s Day: Palestinian Female Prisoners and the Struggle for a Free Palestine

Israeli soldiers escort blindfolded Palestinian women to the Kissufim Israeli army base,after they were detained during a military operation in the Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008.(AP Photo/Yehuda Lahiani)
 
 

The Palestinian society is exposed daily to Israeli occupation repressive measures, including the kidnapping and detention of more than 800,000 Palestinians since 1967, including over 15,000 women.