18 May 2013

Dubai, a city known for its glamour, soaring skyscrapers and magnificent malls, plays host to over a thousand shopping tourists every month. The Middle East, in general, has a strong...


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First established in the 1940s to accommodate refugees from the Lake Huleh area of northern Palestine, the 19-hectare Nahr el-Bared refugee camp was almost entirely destroyed during the 2007 conflict...


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In Star Wars (or Episode IV if you want to be like that), Luke Skywalker spends the first 15 minutes whining about his misfortune for having been born on Tatooine...Lucas...


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Madinat El Salam [Salam City], a remote city an hour outside Cairo was built by the Egyptian army after an earthquake left over 50,000 homeless in 1992. Twenty years later,...


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If Facebook is the ultimate popularity test, then the most famous art institute on the planet is not in Paris, New York or London. It's a tiny gallery hidden on the...


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“History has a way of finding itself in the voice of heroes. Not so much for the heroines,” we noted (index.php?option=com_content view=article id=21179 catid=17 Itemid=754) in March. “Women, often the...


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Making Fashion Saucy: UAE’s S*uce Boutique Helps Local Talent Shine

Reconstruction of Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp

A Photographer Rediscovers The Crumbling Remains Of Tatooine

'Mahraganat': New Hybrid Music Wave Sweeps Egypt

More 'Likes' than the Louvre: Tiny Museum Shows Rise of Saudi Art

The Muslima Monologues: Women, Art and the Power of a Collectively Diverse Voice

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A Response to Yair Shamir

A Response to Yair Shamir

I describe myself, in the byline of this column and elsewhere online in my social media profiles, etc., as a “hasbara buster.” Hasbara is a special kind of propaganda used by the government of Israel ...

Of Conspiracy Theories and Rumors

Of Conspiracy Theories and Rumors

Two years ago, when I came across the reality show, Googoosh Academy of Music (http://www.youtube.com/channel/HCvRE80ccGy_E), I was immediately hooked. The Iranian icon of pop music Googoosh (http://e...

The Silence and The Roar of the Syrian Civil War

The Silence and The Roar of the Syrian Civil War

“The roar produced by the chants and the megaphones eliminates thought. Thought is retribution, a crime, treason against the Leader,” reflects Fathi Sheen. “Silence is wisdom when talk is praise for t...

Only Talk; No Action

Only Talk; No Action

In the wake of Spring and President Obama’s Persian New Year message to Iranians, I took my boyfriend to Canada for a weekend of celebration with relatives. It was his first Nourooz party and I was wo...

Mideast Arts & Culture

One of These Things is Actually Like the Others

One of These Things is Actually Like the Others

What Past Great Performances Can Teach Us In Dealing with Present-Day Events Muslim-Americans. A 1950s American opera best described as “Shakespearean tragedy meets McCarthy-Era Tennessee.” The Boston Marathon. Before you begin...

Reflecting the Times: Fashion Fighting Famine 2013

Reflecting the Times: Fashion Fighting Famine 2013

Last month, fashion bloggers, designers, and “it” girls from all over the world graced the front row of the 6th annual Fashion Fighting Famine fashion show, held on March 31st...

Fashion ComPassion Making Style a Conscious Effort

Fashion ComPassion Making Style a Conscious Effort

If you’ve been to your local H M store recently, you would have noticed the promotions for EDUN (http://www.edun.com) founded by Bono and his wife Ali Hewson to sustain long-term...

Argo Reviews Reveal Generational Divide Amongst Iranians

Argo Reviews Reveal Generational Divide Amongst Iranians

Ben Affleck's 2012 political thriller "Argo," about the 1979-1981 Iran hostage crisis, reached the streets of Tehran, Iran via the black market soon after its theatrical release in the US....

Eye Level in Iraq: Bringing the Plight of Iraqi Civilians into Sharp Focus

Eye Level in Iraq: Bringing the Plight of Iraqi Civilians into Sharp Focus

Though most Americans have distanced themselves from any association with the Iraq War, March 19, 2013 marks the tenth anniversary of the United States-led invasion. Perhaps the occasion provides the...

Same Faith, Different Narrative: Online “Muslima” Exhibition Gives Muslim Women Voice Through Art

Same Faith, Different Narrative: Online “Muslima” Exhibition Gives Muslim Women Voice Through Art

History has a way of finding itself in the voice of heroes. Not so much for the heroines. Women, often the backbone of revolutions, almost always find themselves relegated to...

TODAY'S NEWS

Want to Thank Someone for Obama's Immigration Move? Thank Marco Rubio

Authors: Politics from The AtlanticThe Florida senator has been a leader in pushing the GOP to a more open stance, and pioneered the plan the president announced today.

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