Animated film on Sabra and Shatila massacre- Waltz With Bashir
Israeli film at Cannes explores 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre
A daring new animated documentary follows Israeli director Ari Folman as he tries to piece together memories of the 1982 massacre of Palestinians in Beirut’s Sabra and Shatila camps.
One of the most surprising aspects of the film was the parallel a psychiatrist drew between the Sabra [...]
Academic flogged for sipping coffee with woman
Saudi prof faces flogging for having coffee with woman
Muhammad Ali Abu Raziza, a psychology lecturer at the university of Mecca, has been sentenced to 150 lashes and eight months in jail after the religious police caught him with a woman in a coffee shop…
Enchanting music from Nass Marrakech
I really, really like the music that the Morroccon group Nass Marrakech dishes out. This is a song from their excellent album “Bouderbala“, entitled L_Ham. You need an updated version of Flash to view the widget below.
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Nass Marrakech represents a new generation of musicians dedicated to keeping the Gnawa tradition alive and [...]
A human rights crime in Gaza
Jimmy Carter: A Human Rights Crime In Gaza
The world is witnessing a terrible human rights crime in Gaza, where a million and a half human beings are being imprisoned with almost no access to the outside world by sea, air, or land. An entire population is being brutally punished.
This gross mistreatment of the Palestinians in [...]
Podcast: Imam Zaid Shakir
Question Time! Part I | With Imam Zaid Shakir
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