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Aasif Mandvi's new web series 'Halal in the Family' seeks to combat Islamophobia with comedy

Apr 13, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC: Aasif Mandvi’s new web series, “Halal in the Family,” is a parody of the classic American sitcom “All(...)

Arab American Author Moustafa Bayoumi to be commencement speaker at Southern Vermont College

Apr 13, 2015

Southern Vermont College (SVC) will award the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters to author Moustafa M. Bayoumi and(...)

Should Iraq's Archaeological Treasures Stay In the West?

Apr 13, 2015

"When I was a boy," the Iraqi diplomat said, "My parents took me to the Louvre and I saw Hammurabi's(...)

The Notorious Banned FOX 9-11-2001 News Footage Israeli/Mossad Links

Apr 13, 2015

This was aired then immediately banned and removed from the Fox archives right after 9-11, a lot have people still(...)

Marriage ISIS-Style: Love in the Time of Caliphates

Apr 12, 2015

Despite the restrictions under extremist rule and a very uncertain future, locals in Mosul are still getting married. Rumor has(...)

Palestinian solidarity group un-Happy about Pharrell-Woolies colab

Apr 12, 2015

JOHANNESBURG – Palestinian solidarity organisation Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) on Thursday called on American singer-songwriter Pharrell Williams to cancel(...)

Graphic novels about Palestine reveal the exceptional everyday demands of exile

Apr 12, 2015

Baddawi (2015) is a coming-of-age graphic novel by Chicago-based artist Leila Abdelrazaq about a boy raised in a refugee camp(...)

Borders Undone: The Middle East Now Festival in Florence

Apr 12, 2015

Tolerance. Unconditional love. Understanding. Peace. Those are words that seem on a trajectory to certain extinction soon. War, hatred and(...)

Under boycott pressure, Veolia dumps most Israel businesses

Apr 12, 2015

Palestinian campaigners have chalked up an important win as the French municipal services conglomerate Veolia has sold off most of(...)

Egypt's Film Clinic Recruits Daniel Ziskind as Euro Rep

Apr 12, 2015

Film Clinic, the Cairo-based production company behind some of the freshest, boundary-pushing, Arab movies made recently, has hired Paris-based producer(...)

Why Orthodox Christian Easter Is Later than the Catholic One

Apr 12, 2015

As Catholics and most of the western world celebrate Easter today, we asked a Greek-Orthodox priest to explain why the(...)

University of Michigan won't cancel 'American Sniper'

Apr 12, 2015

The University of Michigan has decided to proceed with a screening of the film "American Sniper" despite objections from some(...)