Three films that break ground in the Middle East
An op-ed from Graham Fuller of the International Herald Tribune. As wrenching and bloody events across the Middle East proceed apace, three new films suggest signs of a turning point in the entrenched black-and-white perceptions of the combatants.
The films are “Paradise Now” by the Palestinian film director Hany Abu Assad, “Syriana” by Stephen Gaghan and [...]
The New Anti-Semitism, cartoon division
Here’s an interesting piece on the Cartoon Controvosy written by Bradley Burston, a columnist of Haaretz.
One thing that all journalists know is how to hurt people.
The good ones know how to avoid it, and do, refraining from racism, steering clear of character assassinations of private individuals.
The bad ones hurt people inadvertently, through breaches of professional [...]
…Online!
Salafism, and Islamic neofundamentalism in general, share a love-hate relationship with the Internet. The contradiction is not that difficult to come by. On the one hand, Saudi Arabia puts into place the
largest Internet filtering systems in the world, and on the other hand, when searching for "Islam" or "sharia", search engines often return
Salafist sites among [...]
The mysterious flag flying over Beirut
I doubt that I am the only one to notice this, but in an AFP news article (Danish embassies torched as Muslim protests grow), there are several photographs showing a crowd of Islamists celebrating the fiery demise of the Danish embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. The fourth photograph down the page is the most interesting. Anybody [...]
Cartoon controvosy
The Danish publication of caricatures of Prophet Muhammad has been in the news lately, and blogs have written about the topic to death. The cartoons are almost unanimously condemned by Muslims, with the Western world being split on the issue. The newspapers of European countries have reprinted the cartoons on the pretext of upholding freedom of [...]
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