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Maytha’s Shami Adventure Series (MSAS)

Sun, 08/08/2010 - 09:54
Through various means of transit-plane, train, new model suburbans, taxi cabs, chartered 50 passenger buses-my family of 5 and I dragged eight full-size pieces of luggage and sleep deprived eyelids...

Shalala Gets the Arab Treatment at Ben-Gurion

Fri, 08/06/2010 - 20:23
Ynet summed it up perfectly: Prof. Donna Shalala, Clinton's secretary of health, arrives in Israel in order to fight academic boycott against Israel, claims she was held at Ben-Gurion Airport just...

Barack Obama’s BBQ

Fri, 08/06/2010 - 18:19
More often than once in awhile, College Humour will produce something of pure comedic genius. Aside from the brilliance of the Jake and Amir shorts, the site produces great analogies ranging from...

Filipinas in Amman

Fri, 08/06/2010 - 18:02
By Sarakenos South and southeast Asian boarding housemaids, maids who dwell in the house of the family they work for, in Arab homes are subject to terrible working conditions. This practice first...

British Woman Detained for Wearing Bikini, Britons Call for Burqa Ban

Fri, 08/06/2010 - 17:59
Since when is wearing a bikini in a mall normal behavior anywhere?

The Ignorance of Tea Party Has No End

Fri, 08/06/2010 - 17:43
The organizers have alerted its members to bring Bibles, dogs, flags, and female singers during Muslim Friday prayer. They argue Islam is not a religion, Muslims cannot be loyal American citizens, as...

The Unpredictable Joys of Online Advertising

Thu, 08/05/2010 - 18:44
I can't be the only one who notices this, but so often keyword-linked advertising -- whatever the technical term may be -- produces very funny incongruences and juxtapositions. Online ads usually...

Guest Post: Who Said the Quran Preaches Aggression?

Thu, 08/05/2010 - 05:09
The assertion “the Quran preaches violence against non-Muslims” seems to have become unquestionable in American society and media. When some pundits try to defend Islam in response to that...

Spanish Ham & the Politics of Culinary Exclusion

Wed, 08/04/2010 - 19:09
An Imam and a Rabbi walk into a bar, in Madrid, sit down and ask for the menu, take a brief look, and say in one voice: “Do you have anything other than ham?” Imposing ham on all inhabitants makes...

Spanish Ham & the Politics of Culinary Exclusion

Wed, 08/04/2010 - 19:09
An Imam and Rabbi walk into a bar, in Madrid, sit down and ask for the menu, take a brief look, and say in one voice: “Do you have anything other than ham?” Imposing ham on all inhabitants makes life...

The ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Has a Place in NYC

Wed, 08/04/2010 - 19:01
The article highlights an oft-ignored part of the greater discussion rampant today in the United States, specifically New York, regarding the role of Muslim Americans in American society at large and...

The ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Has a Place in NYC

Wed, 08/04/2010 - 19:01
The article highlights an oft-ignored part of the greater discussion rampant today in the United States, specifically New York, regarding the role of Muslim Americans in American society at large and...

“A Paranoid Politics”: Debates and Discussions on Rising Public Expressions of Islamphobia

Sat, 07/31/2010 - 05:41
In response to a debate between Stop the Islamization of America (with branches in other countries like England, Norway, Russia, etc.) Executive Director Pamela Geller and our very own media darling...

Muslim Schoolgirls and General Bad-Assery

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 22:00
Muslim school girls from St. Maaz high school practise [sic] Chinese wushu martial arts inside the school compound in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, July 8th 2008....

ACLU on Obama: Normalizing Bush’s Radicalism

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 07:51
The American Civil Liberties Union just released a report on the performance of the Obama administration on issues relating to national security, civil liberties, and human rights. While the report...

Julian Assange at TED

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 14:38
Among the amazing TED talks on video posted online, this interview with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is particularly timely given the recent mega-leak of hundreds of thousands documents...

Everything About This Summer’s Arabic Music: Reviews and Links

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 16:01
Summer is just about over, Ramadan is approaching faster and hotter than ever, Arabic musicians are scrambling to sell as many records as they can. The World Cup did not help them sell records, fast...

The Last Queen of the Night

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 15:36
The Last Queen of the Night is not the name of a mythical character, or even an ancient Oriental queen or goddess. It is not the name of a Parisian perfume or chocolate like "After 8." It is the name...

Guest Post: NYC Sufi Music Festival

Sat, 07/24/2010 - 14:47
The Sufi Music Festival organized by Pakistani Peace Builders (PPB) in Union Square was the closest I’ve gotten to Lahore in three years. And boy, was it a treat. Think Food Street, Salt N’ Pepper,...

Occupation of Kashmir – A Deteriorating Condition

Fri, 07/23/2010 - 20:39
To give you a bit of a background, on June 11th, the Indian occupying forces (referred also as the army in this email) killed a young 17-year-old boy, named Tufail, who was walking home amidst a...