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Throwing Shoes and the Limits of Symbolic Action
By Abed Zahzah and Will Of course, we were delighted to see shoes flying at George Bush’s head in the Green Zone. They shattered his arrogance and undermined delusions about the Iraqi public’s feelings towards the Bush administration. We cannot question the reactions of support from people all over the world, not just in the [...]
Mubarak: for the Record
In the wake of Britney Spears’ new documentary other public figures whose image needs a bit of burnishing are doing the same. Airing on Fox Dec. 14th: Mubarak: For the Record. The candid, no holds barred, interview covered just about every topic imaginable. Here are some of the juiciest parts: Mubarak on 25 Years of ‘Emergency Law”: “I [...]
Casey Kasem to QuiQui: Get Off Your Ass and Vote!
Actually his message was to Arab-Americans, but I imagine him getting potty-mouthed with our resident vote-suppressor (just to single one out). [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFx7ukmgKGU] If only he did it in the Shaggy voice, I’d be camping out at the polls. Kasem, by the way, backed Nader in 2000 and 2004, and Kucinich, more recently. [tarboush tip: AAI]
The Kim Kardashian Effect On Arab and Middle Eastern Women
Has Kim Kardashian’s popularity been the Jennifer Lopez to the Middle Eastern community in America? When I moved back to Los Angeles (from a two residency in New York City) a couple of weeks back, I noticed something off, a little strange about my environment. White men were not only staring at me, but they [...]
Bardot the Bigot Could Be Fined For “Race Hatred Remarks Towards Muslims”
According to the Hollywood Reporter, in 2006, revered French actress Brigette Bardot wrote a letter to now president of France, Sarkozy, protesting that the Muslim method for slaying sheep for Eid Al-Kabeer. However, more problematic were the sentences that followed: “We’re fed up with being led around by this whole population which is destroying us, [...]
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