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Native Informant

Mohammed Fairouz | Posted 04.22.2013 | Arts
Mohammed Fairouz

Much of the music on the Native Informant album speaks to my love for the Arab World, the beauty of its people, the generosity of its culture and my relationship with its artists and poets.

How Palestinians Can Engage the West

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 11.05.2012 | World
Daoud Kuttab

While Palestinians have suffered from their own negation by the other side, it is impossible to overcome that by attempting to present only one point of view. Such an opportunity was made available to Palestinians in Jerusalem recently through a documentary.

Food Truck Operation Denies Racism Charge (UPDATED)

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 05.23.2012 | DC

WASHINGTON -- The letter starts "Dear Idiots." That's the friendliest part. On Friday, disgruntled D.C. area resident Drew Franklin, posted an "Ope...

The U.S. and Iran Are Talking. Why Is the New York Times Peddling Iran Islamophobia?

Robert Naiman | Posted 06.19.2012 | Media
Robert Naiman

Last Saturday -- the same day the United States and Iran were having "constructive and useful" discussions on Iran's nuclear program in Istanbul -- the New York Times published a piece titled, "Seeking Nuclear Insight in Fog of the Ayatollah's Utterances."

Is the Teaching Profession Dead?

Shaun Johnson | Posted 05.13.2012 | Home
Shaun Johnson

In case you haven't noticed, teachers as a whole are not taken very seriously these days. Teaching as a respected profession has been on life support for quite some time.

What's St. Paul's Beef With Oxen? Animal Compassion In Light Of 1 Corinthians 9:9-10

Michael Gilmour | Posted 03.21.2012 | Religion
Michael Gilmour

My question is whether or not there is a way to read 1 Corinthians 9:9-10 that does justice to Paul while minimizing bias against nonhuman species among his readers?

To See Certain Things... Zoom

Eric J. Henderson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Eric J. Henderson

I'm not telling you to go click a "Like" button for Middle Eastern art. Rather, you should treat it simply as... art, putting culture in its proper place by avoiding the reflex of judging a work simply on the basis of origin.

Part 5: Colonizing the Mosque (Slideshow)

G. Roger Denson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
G. Roger Denson

With mosques functioning as the local centers of Islamic faith and the object of renewed Western suspicion, it is undeniable that mosques also help keep alive the memory of the divide of civilizations that once rent the world irreparably in two.

Christopher Hitchens: A Narcissistic Manchild

Ariel Gonzalez | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Ariel Gonzalez

Hitchens views the world bichromatically, in black and white. Hitchens thrives on certainty. But there have been notable instances when he has demonstrated wishy-washiness.

Mustafa Barghouti: Is there Room for Gandhi in Palestine? (AUDIO)

Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Christopher Lydon

Ask Palestinians why there is no Gandhi in their movement, and often the answer comes: but there are several, and Mustafa Barghouti should be recognized more widely as one of them.

Guest Blogger Adel Iskandar -- Roots of Profiling: Remembering Edward Said's Critique

Nadine Wahab | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Nadine Wahab

The word "Racial profiling" used to elicit strong negative impressions as it connotes selective prejudicial treatment based on external characteristic...

The Beastie Boys, Rush and Contrapuntal Thinking

Ajay Singh Chaudhary | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Ajay Singh Chaudhary

The most ambitious and more successful mash-ups often involve either a creative reimagining of one half of that equation or, perhaps even more ambitiously, of entire musical ideas from both sources.

Breaking News: Obama Met Palestinian Intellectuals Ten Years Ago

Jon Wiener | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Jon Wiener

Ten years ago, Barack Obama went to a lecture by Columbia Professor Edward Said, the prominent Palestinian intellectual. That rates Page One news today for the LA Times.