Arts organizations across the nation are suffering the effects of the global economic crisis. Here in metro Detroit, the loss of philanthropic support, particularly from automakers, is making headlines and headaches for the arts. Despite these challenges, the Arab American National Museum, New Detroit, Inc., Detroit Symphony Orchestra and ACCESS – the presenting partners of … Continued
Dubai-based broadcasting company MBC Group announced it has signed a major new deal with giant Warner Bros to show all its US TV shows for the next two years. The agreement inked with Warner Bros International Television Distribution (WBITD) will now make MBC the first-run Middle East home to new television series distributed by US … Continued
Arab Fild Distribution has released an new DVD, “Beirut Diaries and “33 Days.” “Beirut Diaries” focuses on the experiences of 25-year-old Nadine Zaidan, who was one of the thousands of activists who gathered in Beirut’s Martyrs Square in the chaotic days immediately following the assassination of Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in February of 2005, Beirut … Continued
‘We Arabs export two major things, oil and ouds,” says a laughing Najib Shaheen, this city’s most respected oud maker, restorer and dealer. The oud is a stringed Arab instrument that, after it was brought to Andalusian Spain in the eighth century, spawned the European lute, guitar and mandolin. Today’s ouds are usually walnut or … Continued
One only has to turn on the news or pick up a paper and read of horrific outbreaks of violence. Explosions of rage and killing from youngsters, among family members, in schools and in places of worship. Maybe the war is not overseas? Maybe it rages in the hearts of our young people, raised in … Continued
Arab in America, a short film that parodies the real-life experiences of American filmmaker Nabil Abou-Harb, 24, whose name has posed challenges for him when seeking jobs, is the grand prize winner of this year’s “One Nation, Many Voices” online short film contest. Nearly 26,000 votes were cast for the 150 four- to five-minute-long entries … Continued
The New York Arab American Comedy Festival is seeking actors/actresses of Arab descent for a variety of roles. All candidates will be sent information on their time slot and how to view and print materials for the audition. Please submit by Tuesday March 10th. Auditions will be held in the evenings of Monday March 16 … Continued
Ausable Press of New York has just published Arab American poet’s Khaled Mattawa’s new volume of poems, Amorisco. Amorisco is a word coined by the poet that combines the Spanish words “amor” (love) and “Morisco.” Moriscos were Iberian Muslims (Moors) who in the 15th to the 17th centuries were given the choice to convert to … Continued
On March 11, 2009 at 8 pm, the Ann Arbor Palestine Film Festival will make its debut at the world renowned Michigan Theatre in Ann Arbor, Michigan. As one of the few Palestine film festivals to take place in the Midwest, the Ann Arbor Palestine Film Festival will surely bring attention to the growing number … Continued
University Music Society (UMS) presents “Aswat” (Voices) on Thursday, March 12th at Hill Auditorium. The period from the 1920s to the 1950s is considered the “golden age” of Egyptian cinema, but it was also a golden age of song in many parts of the Arab world — in particular, Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria. Many of … Continued
Initial reaction to the surprising failure of the Israeli film Waltz with Bashir to win this year’s Academy Award for best foreign-language picture has suggested that it confronts harsh truths and painful realities, especially about Israel, too unflinchingly for the Hollywood mainstream to embrace. As a columnist for the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz put it, this … Continued
As the Christian population dwindles in the Middle East, members of the community from around the world are gathering in Southfield this weekend to discuss how to improve their plight and stabilize their presence. Though born in the Middle East, Christianity there finds itself under siege from religious extremism, war and political instability. Conference organizers … Continued
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