BY: Habeeb Salloum/Contributing Writer It was back in the mid-1980s that I drove to Qal at el-Andles in search of the remains of the Spanish Muslims who had been forcefully evicted from the Iberian peninsula. Stopping our auto, I asked a passerby, `I want to speak to someone who knows the history of this village. … Continued
BY: Ameera David/Contributing Writer Just last week, the Arab American National Museum presented their first ever coffee exhibit titled “From Mocha to Latte: Coffee, the Arab World, and the $4 cup”. The showcase, which runs until August 2010, takes visitors on a journey through the history of coffee—from its origins in the Arab world to the … Continued
How do today’s young people view their families, friends and their neighborhoods? How can a camera help kids learn a new skill and see the community around them with a fresh perspective? How can the photographs of youths shatter stereotypes held by adults? Explore these topics and more by viewing photographs and a documentary built … Continued
In a church on the Westside, a symphony orchestra rehearses with instruments as diverse as its members.
The exhibition ‘Calligraphy – The Art of the Letter’ is a group show currently being hosted by Gallery Sarah at Bait Al Zubair. The exhibition brings together an eclectic mix of talented Arabic calligraphers and typographers who are pushing the boundaries of the art form into new directions. Calligraphy is the most highly regarded and … Continued
Samih al-Qasim, a Palestinian Druze poet known across the Arab world for his nationalist writing, died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer, a family friend said. He was 75. Qasim died in Safed hospital in northern Israel after suffering from cancer of the liver for the past three years, Issam Khuri, a novelist and … Continued
In the 1990s, as the war continued to escalate in southern Sudan, northern Sudanese activists arrived in conflict-affected areas in what was called a peace convoy. Initially the activists felt they were “mistrusted and no-one wanted to speak” to them, but after some days, this changed and people began to open up. Much the same … Continued
BY: Suzanne Manneh/Contributing Writer Nearly 2000 Palestinians have died in Gaza since the Israel Defense Forces began the current military campaign on July 8. Approximately 25 percent of those killed are children. The devastating violence and destruction affecting Gaza has led to severe power loss and water shortages of clean water. Among the damaged, if not … Continued
The New Museum in New York witnessed the opening of the first wide exhibition featuring contemporary art of more than 45 artists from over 15 Arab countries; including 10 artists from Lebanon. The exhibition which will be on view until September 28, features a variety of contemporary art that addresses through its various materials the … Continued
As Ramadan days wind down, we feel a renewed respect and reverence for the mystique and magic of our Arabian nights! A hypnotic spell descends on Muslims come sundown. They bask in an intangible, inexplicable mixture of the meta-physical and the pleasurable in a refined, rarified union that is singularly unique. Such is the enchantment … Continued
The Western media’s obsession with Middle Eastern conflict has made it easy for American audiences to mistake war and crisis as components of Arab identity. But if there’s anything that the New Museum’s newest exhibition, “Here and Elsewhere,” works to dispel, it’s the fallacy that any single portrayal can summarize the many cultural landscapes around … Continued
<center><iframe width=”450″ height=”253″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/2TUivH2oSAo” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe></center> The Cairene journalist and blogger Soraya Morayef, who has written extensively about the Egyptian revolution’s graffiti, has produced a series of new video reports on street art of the Arab world, as part of a series for MOCAtv, the YouTube channel of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. … Continued
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