Writer and Middle East Reporter Lesley Hazelton, on reading the Koran

We highly recommend this TED talk by writer and Middle East reporter Lesley Hazleton. Lesley says she sat down one day to read the Koran. And what she found — as a non-Muslim, a self-identified “tourist” in the Islamic holy book — wasn’t what she expected. With serious scholarship and warm humor, Lesley shares the…

We highly recommend this TED talk by writer and Middle East reporter Lesley Hazleton. Lesley says she sat down one day to read the Koran. And what she found — as a non-Muslim, a self-identified “tourist” in the Islamic holy book — wasn’t what she expected. With serious scholarship and warm humor, Lesley shares the grace, flexibility and mystery she found, in this myth-debunking talk.

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