Palestinian scarf takes fashion by storm
Young people in her neighborhood, Harlem, were wearing a checker-patterned cloth with tassels around their necks, like a bandana pulled down off the face. A few...Muslim youth try humor to rout stereotypes
NEW YORK (IPS) — "There are almost 1.2 billion Muslim people in the world. And at least 15 of us are not terrorists. It could even be more than that. Maybe even a...Fashion students at university design abayas
RICHMOND, Va. — The assignment for Virginia Commonwealth University fashion students: design an abaya, an enveloping cloak worn by Muslim women, that is stylish yet......
Don’t miss Sunday’s PBS special
Just in time for the long Memorial Day weekend, PBS Detroit will air "On a Wing and a Prayer," about an American Muslim taking flying lessons, on Sunday afternoon,...The myth of an Islamic state
The yearning for an Islamic state has been bloody and fruitless. This is a major theme of Tarek Fatah’s heavily researched yet easily read book. He goes......
From Ugarit to the world
Perhaps it was inevitable that Syrian composer and pianist Malek Jandali would one day find himself in Ugarit, Syria, creating new music for the world out...Harold and Kumar offers cheap laughs, light politics, and little else
Just as the movie "Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" hit theaters across the country, the reviled American prison camps were in the headlines once......
The man behind the Mahdi Army
An excellent work, "Muqtada" ends off right where current events pick up with the recent Iraqi army attacks ordered by Nuri al-Maliki in southern Iraq, Basra in...What, if anything, is Arab American poetry?
To what extent is "Arab American" a title that can be defined concisely rather than atmospherically? Does it carry any weight if it is externally and involuntarily......
Dabke appeals to Westerners, Arabs alike
May 3rd, 20080 TUSCON — Hani Ghaziz has a loud stomp. The dabke instructor stomps his feet forcefully on the ground, kicks his heels forward and pushes them back down on the floor,...The Visitor: Redeeming images of Arabs
Actor Haaz Sleiman, a Detroit native and co-star of "The Visitor," after a screening of the film in Bloomfield Hills on April 7. Photo: Khalil......
Michigan International Women’s Show opens May 1
NOVI – The 13th annual Michigan International Women's Show rounds up some popular women's favorites at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi Thursday, May 1...The fight that calls for something other than a war
Terrorists are not all the same. A gripping account of the talks that brought peace to Northern Ireland, published on the 10th anniversary of the Belfast agreement,......
Democracy is future of Middle East
Not many people know about the appeal that Akbar Ganji and Abdel Karim Sourouj hold for millions of Iranians who are eager to see change in their political system....Play explores Pakistani culture
In Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner," Baba enthusiastically encourages his son Amir to fly kites and to defend the record he set as a child for cutting down the......
Nothing to laugh at here
Four comedians recently came together in Houston, Texas "to promote peace through comedy" under the banner of the Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour. However, rather...Guantanamo’s child is America’s and Canada’s shame
"For me, Omar's age has always been the greatest factor." Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen, was 15 at the time of his capture in Afghanistan in 2002. That's the......
A useful guide to racist Hollywood
April 4th, 20080 As any Muslim will tell you, one of our biggest enemies is the image makers of Hollywood, who for years have advanced bad policies and encouraged stereotypes and...Cross-over music good, but lacks anger
One of the most unfortunate drawbacks of the 1979 Iranian Revolution was the suppression of creativity and artistic freedom in the name of Islamic purity, as......
Journey of an anti-Zionist Jew
This mishmash of a book contains a powerful denunciation of Zionism. The attack is both historical and logical. However, the argument is scattered...‘Awraat Exposed’
Rain from F-16 the merciless rocketsU.S. made on Gaza and Deir Al-BalahDates are ripe-day six, on tripsHow many I make to palm treeBring a'saf en-nakhel in green to......
The eye of the beholder
"Art is in the eye of the beholder," as the saying goes. What is deep and profound to one is just a meaningless mess of images to another; or in some cases,...‘The Band’s Visit’ serves no useful purpose
Arab culture is notorious for its hospitality and emphasis on good manners, among other things. Israeli culture is equally known for its rudeness and bad manners,......
