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When Arabs Experiment

Roxane Assaf | Posted 05.24.2013 | Arts
Read More: Pop Music, Experimental-Dance, Experimental-Art, Arab Art, Arabs, Experimental Music, Arabic Music, Middle Eastern Art, Middle Eastern, Arab American National Museum, Arab Americans, Video, Arts News
Roxane Assaf

Leyya Tawil and Mike Khoury are two avant-garde artists featured at DIWAN5 whose solo work is challenging conventions in dance and music, respectively. As kindred spirits in creative inquiry, their collaborations with each other beget a third realm of expression.

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Culture Over Conflict: Middle East Music Ensemble Plays It All

Roxane Assaf | Posted 04.22.2013 | Arts
Read More: Classical Music, Middle Eastern Music, Middle-Eastern-Music, Music, Classical Middle Eastern Music, Chicago Music, Middle Eastern Art, Middle Eastern, Chicago Musicians, Arts News
Roxane Assaf

In an age when cultural boycotts are searing weapons of mass rejection and historic flashpoints can be reignited with the faintest spark, institutions like the Middle East Music Ensemble at the University of Chicago provide safe haven from resentment.

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"Vhy you alvays terrorist?": Musing on the Lack of Middle-Eastern Role Models in Pop Culture

Maz Jobrani | Posted 12.04.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Amir Ohebsion, Maz Jobrani, Crowdfunding, Middle Eastern Descent, 24 Tv Show, 24, Jimmy-Vestvood, Maz Jobrani Comedy, Middle Eastern, Entertainment News
Maz Jobrani

I myself had the privilege of dying at Chuck's hands once in a movie (I know, you're jealous!) Later I was cast as a terrorist again on the TV show 24 though on this occasion my character changed his mind halfway through the mission. I called him the "ambivalent terrorist."

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Nobody Trusts the Iranian-American

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 12.19.2012 | San Francisco
Read More: Nobody Trusts Maz, Jimmy Vestvood, Comedy Tour, Iranian American, Middle Eastern, Comedy, Maz Jobrani, Sitcoms, Cbs Sitcom, San Francisco News
Shirin Sadeghi

You've seen his face before. But maybe you can't quite place his name. Maz Jobrani is setting out to change that, thanks to a script deal with CBS that was announced just last week.

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Canada Cuts Ties with Iran & Syria Despite Its Embarrassing Record on Defending Its Middle Eastern Immigrants

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 11.08.2012 | World
Read More: Embassy, Sanctions, Iranian, Canadian, Immigrants, Immigration, Iran, War on Iran, Omar Khadr, Canada, Diplomatic Relations, Zahra Kazemi, Syrian, Human Rights, Guantanamo Bay, Maher Arar, Middle Eastern, Syria, Extraordinary Rendition, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

Canada announced that it has cut ties with the governments of Iran and Syria, shutting down its embassy in Tehran and expelling diplomats from Canada. But Canada is notorious on the human rights of its Middle Eastern immigrants.

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Chilled Mint Yogurt Soup

Nik Sharma | Posted 09.25.2012 | Taste
Read More: Yogurt, Vegetarian, Soup, Chilled Soup, Dairy, Garlic, Vegetarian Recipes, Herbs, Middle Eastern, Mint, Summer-Soups, Taste News
Nik Sharma

With temperatures soaring this summer, I tend to move towards lighter and cooler menus. This is the perfect dish to cool you down on a hot and sweltering summer day.

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Passenger: I Was Strip-Searched Over My 'Appearance'

AP | JEFF KAROUB | Posted 11.13.2011 | Travel
Read More: Sept. 11, Passenger, 9/11, Global Pulse, Fbi, Racial Profiling, Wayne County, Plane, Terror, Frontier Airlines, Shoshana Hebshi, Detroit, Flight, Middle Eastern, Detained, Travel News

DETROIT — An Ohio woman said Tuesday that she endured nearly four hours in police custody that included being forced off an airplane in handcuff...

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What Does Joe the Plumber Want?

Hussain Abdul-Hussain | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Taxes, Gop, Joe the Plumber, First Amendment, Tea Party, Asian, Guantanamo, Democracy, Mccain, Obama, Libertarian, Natives, Second Amendment, Stem Cell Research, Liberty, Arizona Immigration, National Debt, November Elections, Palin, Freedom, Human Embryo, Middle Eastern, Healthcare, Hispanic, Pledge to America, Politics News
Hussain Abdul-Hussain

Amidst the Tea Party and GOP's purposeful vagueness, they have found it best to stick with the populist theme of Joe the Plumber, first invented by the McCain-Palin campaign in 2008.

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