There’s the Man Booker Prize, the National Book Award, and the Nobel Prize for Literature. And now there’s the International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Associated with the UK’s Booker and funded by the Emirates Foundation, the award recognizes contemporary novelists who write in Arabic. Women escaping their pasts and the Arab-Israeli conflict are among the … Continued
Detroit Public Television (Channel 56) will broadcast, “Arab Detroit,” a new television program exploring the culture and diversity of Detroit’s Arab American community. The program will air on New Year’s weekend, Sunday, January 3, 2010 at 7:30pm. The program is co-produced by Detroit Public Television, Detroit’s public television station and Arab Detroit.com, a leading provider … Continued
Disney programming and movies will be available for free in the Middle East following a new deal between Disney’s parent company News Corporation and the Saudi Rotana Media Group. Disney movies and programs will be available to Middle East viewers on the Fox Movies and Fox Series channels through a deal between Fox and Rotana, … Continued
The nominations haven’t been announced yet, but Lebanese designers are already busy making dresses that will likely appear on celebrities during next year’s award season. “This is the time of year we start our [haute] couture collection for Paris fashion week in January,” says George Chakra, who designed Helen Mirren’s dress when she won the … Continued
Marking its 10th anniversary, the International Oud Festival has just finished on a crescendo of success. Since its inception, the budget has increased tenfold and the audience has grown to around 10,000 enjoying the cultural richness of the two-week programme in Jerusalem and Nazareth. The festival, whose crowning glory is the oud, symbol of Arabic … Continued
From Barbie Beach to Pilot Barbie to Hard Rock Barbie, the glamorous and iconic doll has undergone many makeovers since her creation 50 years ago, but none of her previous outfits has probably stirred as much buzz as her latest Islamic look. It’s Barbie in a burka, as it’s been dubbed by the yellow press. … Continued
When Bassem Souwaidan opened up Al Wissam clothing shop on West Vernor in Detroit, he never imagined that a small family-run business would catapult to success not only in Michigan, but far, far beyond. Today, the Al Wissam brand is sold in 30 different states, along with major cities in both Canada and Germany, and … Continued
Leading Arabic television provider, Talfazat proudly announces today the addition of OTV as the newest channel to join its diverse program line-up. Broadcasting from Lebanon, OTV gives viewers a balanced source of information offering programs that address modernism, freedom and democracy. OTV promotes the relations between Lebanese emigrants and their homeland, as the Lebanese Diaspora … Continued
The Twilight Theatre Company will produce a six-week Off-Broadway production of “Palestine”. This one-woman play, written and performed by Najla Saïd, will debut February 9, 2010 and play through March 21st at New York Theatre Workshop’s second stage, The Fourth Street Theatre. “Palestine” is a a compilation of Ms. Said’s humor, honesty, compassion, familial position, … Continued
After immense anticipation in the Arab world and the international community at large, “Fatenah”, Palestine’s first 3D animated feature film, has finally begun to grace the festival circuit. Introduced only in Boston thus far, Dearborn will be the second city to premiere the film in the United States. The 30 minute animation will make its … Continued
The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission [CRTC] has approved Al Jazeera English [AJE] for listing on its “Eligible Satellite Services,” the news network announced Thursday. AJE has already received multiple indications from Canadian distributors that want to include the Arabic news channel as part of their services. The move follows a 30-day period which saw … Continued
Peace Films is shooting a groundbreaking new film entitled Moozlum. Written by Detroit native Qasim Basir, it tells the story of a young Muslim and his struggle to find balance with his dean once he moves away to college. This film also shows the affects 9/11 had on our country from the American Muslim perspective … Continued
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