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Why The Palestinian State of Mind Matters
- Published on Wednesday, 31 October 2012 05:00
- Category: Featured Partner: Palestine Note
Politics is inextricably bound up with everyday life in Palestine. This sentence at first sounds so obvious that it seems trite. Why bring it up now? The answer is simple: to highlight a largely ignored issue, Palestinian mental health, an issue that cannot be separated from the fact of Israeli military occupation and colonization.
Aha! Moments From Oprah, Pastor Rick Warren and the Qur'an
- Published on Wednesday, 24 October 2012 05:54
- Category: Featured Partner: Altmuslimah
I’ll admit it. I have always been a big fan of Oprah Winfrey. Growing up, I remember faithfully watching her show every day after school (after my cartoons ended, of course) and admiring the compassion she showed her guests and the personal struggles she candidly shared with her loyal viewers. So when the opportunity came to attend a taping of her “Lifeclass” show in Houston, I snagged it. The icing on the cake? Pastor Rick Warren was her guest.
Vertical Road Reviewed
- Published on Wednesday, 17 October 2012 04:24
- Category: Featured Partner: Levantine Cultural Center
The celebrated choreographer Akram Khan (London-born, Bangladeshi-bred) brought his penultimate production, Vertical Road, to UCLA's Royce Hall in October. Featuring eight dancers and extremely minimal production design, the piece is inspired by Rumi's worldview, particularly the following passage (which appears in the press materials):
Men Step Up To Fight Sexual Harassment in Egypt
- Published on Sunday, 14 October 2012 05:21
- Category: Featured Partner: Altmuslimah
Reports of sexual harassment in Egypt have risen drastically in the past few months. The problem, while not new to Egypt, has become an epidemic seriously affecting the lives of millions of women in the country. Whether incidents of sexual harassment have risen or whether more women are choosing to report the incidents after the revolution is hard to verify. Nonetheless, there has been a noticeable increase in discussions about sexual harassment in the media, within academic circles and among Egyptians of varying socio-economic backgrounds.
Jasmine and Fire: A Bittersweet Year in Beirut
- Published on Monday, 08 October 2012 03:39
- Category: Featured Partner: Levantine Cultural Center
The motif of home and more specifically "the Return" (Al-Awda in Arabic) recurs throughout world literature. Home as a place (as opposed to a state of mind or of being) comprises the central conflict in Salma Abdelnour's memoir, Jasmine and Fire, a Bittersweet Year in Beirut. Abdelnour was born in the United States of Lebanese parents, but returned to Lebanon when she was two, the summer before the 15-year Lebanese civil war ignited. After six years of war, the family decided to move back to America. However, Abdelnour's conscious memories of childhood, her sense of home, remained in Beirut.
The Mercy of the Prophet Muhammad
- Published on Sunday, 07 October 2012 05:04
- Category: Featured Partner: Altmuslimah
Ever since I was a child growing up in Brooklyn in the 1970s, the predominant image of Islam I have seen in the media has been that of a religion steeped in violence and misogyny. It is an image that is utterly alien to the Islam of love and gentleness I have experienced and lived my whole life. Watching the news is like peering into a bizarro world, where another Islam exists that seems to be the polar opposite of the one that flows in my heart and blood.