It is outrageous that MOCHA , the Oakland Museum of Children’s Art has cancelled an exhibit of Palestinian children because they say the material is not appropriate for children!!!!! This is … [Keep reading >>]
Alhaam, a movie shot in Iraq in 2004 — during the full catastrophe of the US invasion and related Iraqi insurgencies– is the rawest, hardest to watch movie of war … [Keep reading >>]
I’ve been immersing myself in translated Arabic writing these past months, from novels, to movies, to short story and poetry collections. The latest is Emerging Arab Voices and is, in … [Keep reading >>]
Joshua Landis, the go-to writer for events in Syria on his blog Syria Comment, has a list of recommended books to read about the Middle East. [Yes, I know and he knows, ... [Keep reading >>]
Egyptian security forces and protesters clashed for a second successive day in central Cairo on Wednesday in scenes not seen since the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak in February.
Riot … [Keep reading >>]
Jack Healy of the NY Times, along with Yasir Ghazi and Duraid Adnan, provided a short look at young artists in Iraq, after the horrors of Saddam and the invasion/occupation … [Keep reading >>]
Surprise!
…American drilling companies stand to make tens of billions of dollars from the new petroleum activity in Iraq long before any of the oil producers start seeing any returns on … [Keep reading >>]
Immigration is big in the news these days – mostly the opposition to it– around the world. It is absolutely the case that most people welcome immigrants when … [Keep reading >>]
Though this defection was claimed two weeks ago it was then disputed: No, no! Said Brother Leader, he’s on a trade mission. Well, yes, I guess so. He’s trading countries; … [Keep reading >>]
I’ve come across a very lively publisher of Arabic, Farsi and Turkish translations to English, histories of the region, biographies, cookbooks [The Axis of Evil Cookbook!], with a strong emphasis … [Keep reading >>]
From Zuhair Al-Jezairy’s “The Devil You Don’t Know: Going Back to Iraq,” chapter 4: Iraq Breathes Again.
Official orders came down to us that we should open out address with some … [Keep reading >>]
Saudi Arabia, whose very existence is due to an 18th century alliance between Abdul Wahab (founder of Wahabism) and Mohammed Ibn Saud ( a minor tribal chieftain near Dariayah), and … [Keep reading >>]
