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A Sri Lankan maid whose Saudi employer allegedly hammered 23 nails into her arms, legs and forehead is set to undergo surgery Friday, while government officials meet with Saudi diplomats in Colombo over the… »

Mr. Adrian Fireworks of Taybeh, in the West Bank, just released his breakout single: “Don’t Mess With Me!” He’s the hottest MC out there right now.

Those old school heads will recognize he’s bringing off-beat, non-rhymey styles back. Mr. Adrian Fireworks is just the answer we need to today’s wack sing-songey, lewd… »

“TruthSearch” is a short film by Hena Ashraf.

In only ten minutes, it shows two divergent time-places that share the same place on the map, but are completely different representations or constructs. In between Iraq 2003 and Iraq 2008 is a grueling American occupation, and by the latter we hear an Iraqi narrative… »

By now, you’ve likely read about the young Israeli soldier who posted on Facebook photos from her time in the Israel Defense Forces. She was shown gloating and frolicking among cuffed and blindfolded Palestinians, some of whom appeared old enough to be her grandfather.

To help out Israel’s beleaguered spokespeople, I offer the following spin talking… »

Ynet summed it up perfectly:

Prof. Donna Shalala, Clinton’s secretary of health, arrives in Israel in order to fight academic boycott against Israel, claims she was held at Ben-Gurion Airport just because she has [an] Arab last name…. »

I can’t be the only one who notices this, but so often keyword-linked advertising — whatever the technical term may be — produces very funny incongruences and juxtapositions.

Online ads usually also involve confusing visual messaging by way of bad graphic design.

Here is one example from the LA Times…. »

The assertion “the Quran preaches violence against non-Muslims” seems to have become unquestionable in American society and media. When some pundits try to defend Islam in response to that accusation, they contend that: “all religions have violent language” and begin quoting verses from the Old Testament, like the ones in Samuel 15:3 in which God… »

Among the amazing TED talks on video posted online, this interview with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is particularly timely given the recent mega-leak of hundreds of thousands documents pertaining to the war in Afghanistan.

Many debate the novelty of the information revealed — some, like President Obama, argue it says nothing new, others content it… »

The Sufi Music Festival organized by Pakistani Peace Builders (PPB) in Union Square was the closest I’ve gotten to Lahore in three years. And boy, was it a treat. Think Food Street, Salt N’ Pepper, faludas, kulfis, funny but poignant commentaries on rickshaws, Naani force feeding you, freshly picked jaaman, all thrown in one. Then,… »

All signs indicate that Israel is starting to take seriously the threat of Palestine solidarity activists, the types of people brushed off for so long by media and policymakers as marginal and irrelevant.

Now, Israel is moving towards the criminal prosecution of those who advocate Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) as tools to press Israeli compliance… »