Archive for Category: "A&E"

11Sep
2011

Growing up Muslim in Post 9/11 America: “Randomly” Searched

A cartoon depicting the sometimes ridiculous extra security screenings at airports.

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20Mar
2011

Exclusive Interview with Filmmaker Justin Mashouf on “Spring Movements”

SoCal filmmaker and creator of “Warring Factions,” Justin Mashouf, talks to Al-Talib about his latest work on the freedom movements in the Middle East. “Spring Movements” was released today and in Mashouf’s words, is “an ode to movements striving to reclaim their dignity and sovereignty from their keepers.” Check out his other works at MASHOUF.tv. A-T: What inspired you to cover the movements in the Middle East in the way that you did? Mashouf: It’s hard to not be inspired [...]

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12Mar
2011

Political Cartoon: R.I.P. Freedom of Speech

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19Feb
2011

Political Cartoon: Work in Progress

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7Feb
2011

Political Cartoon: Mubarak and the D-Word

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6Feb
2011

Political Cartoon: Struggle for Egypt

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6Sep
2010

Some amazing shots by the Boston Globe on Ramadan


Full gallery can be found here Full gallery can be found here http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/08/ramadan_2010.html

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10Feb
2010

A Request for help from the Brothers and Sisters at UC Irvine

-In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful- Assalamu alaykum (peace be upon you), You may have heard of the recent event at UC Irvine with Michael Oren, the ambassador of Israel to the US. While he was invited by a student organization to speak on US-Israeli relations, the UCI Law School and the Political Science Department cosponsored the speech by Oren, a public figure who represents a state that continues to commit more human rights violations than any [...]

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1Nov
2009

Little Omar and the Eid Party

It was a cold December morning. Trees had already lost their leaves and were being hugged by a chilly breeze. A yellow coat had swept over the grass in the front and backyards. Clouds of fog had built up above the tub and under the shower. The fragrance of shampoo and soap mixed with shaving cream filled the air. I finished the Eid shower rituals and went back to the bedroom to wake up my wife. It was Eid morning. [...]

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9Feb
2009

Message in the Music

by: Amin Eddebbarh “I could sell a mil’ sayin’ nothing on the track¦” These words are from the 2007 hit song “This is why I’m hot” by M.I.M.S (ironically an acronym for Music Is My Savior).  Sadly in today’s era of commercial hip hop, the records getting the most plays are almost completely void of substance.  Rather than shedding light on the struggles of the oppressed or sparking thought on societal institutions, most artists fill their repetitive lyrics with elementary [...]

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