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When Muslim Women “Need Development”


Posted by eren on 31 May 2016 / 0 Comments
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International development policies have been my bread and butter for the past two years, both academically and professionally. When I first entered this field, I wanted to understand why development programming was only guided towards non-white people. Didn’t the world overall need “development”? As I soon learned, the word “development” as it is used in […]

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Film

Dégradé: An Exaggerated Drama?


Posted by tasnim on 06 Jan 2016 / 0 Comments
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Crossposted on Arab Hyphen Dégradé, a film by Palestinian twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Abou Nasser, forces the viewer into a claustrophobic situation and cranks up the tension to an almost unbearable degree.  The title (which refers to a layered haircut but also evokes the word degradation) is an apt one, as the film uses the enclosed […]

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Culture/Society

Women in Gaza Underrepresented in Talent Shows


Posted by samya on 21 May 2014 / 0 Comments
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In recent years, there has been a flood of talent shows in the Arab world, with tens of thousands of young (and sometimes old) people showing their talents in different fields. These shows are Arabic editions of international shows that have witnessed continuous success among a universal audience. There are shows for singers, such as […]

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Hope from Whom and for Whom? Palestine as a Muslim Cause


Posted by muslimahmediawatch on 03 Feb 2009 / 0 Comments
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Israel’s war on the Palestinians may be over for now, but the conflict remains. About a week and a half ago, I received an email from a wonderful organization, Jewish Voice for Peace, asking me to sign onto a letter to President Obama asking him to create a just foreign policy regarding Israel and Palestine. […]

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