BY: Clara Ana Ruplinger/Contributing writer This year, I decided to embark on a challenging journey: My first Ramadan. I am a 21-year-old woman, born to a Catholic family, but decided to explore faith through fasting. A culmination of all the learning that I have done about Islam in the past few years guided me in … Continued
BY: Eugene Smith/Contributing Writer The Tragedy: On Thursday evening, the Dallas Police presided over a peaceful demonstration held by the local Black Lives Matter movement protesting the recent shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. The deaths of the two young men weighed heavily on the frustrated crowd as they marched chanting “enough is enough.” In a sign … Continued
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer America witnessed two more fatal shootings of black men by police officers this week – Philando Castile in Minnesota and Alton Sterling in Louisiana. Cities across America, big and small, demonstrated on the streets Thursday night, demanding an end to the unnecessary deaths of black men by white cops. The level … Continued
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Bassem Youssef is well known as the “Jon Stewart of Egypt” for his comedy show, “Al Bernameg,” nicknamed “The Daily Show” of the Middle East. It was actually Jon Stewart himself who inspired Youssef to ditch his career as a heart surgeon to host his own comedy show in Egypt during the 2011 Arab Spring.
“Al Bernameg” became one of the most-watched shows in the Middle East, garnering an estimated 30 million weekly viewers. But in 2014, Youssef left it all behind, citing political pressure and safety concerns for his family. He has since moved to California and in his latest project he takes a jab at American politics in a 10-part web series for Fusion called “The Democracy Handbook.” The timing couldn’t have been more perfect.
“When I went out in the field and I spoke, for example, to Trump supporters, it kind of resonated with me because I heard the exact same things back home with empty, fake patriotism, demagogic speeches, empty rhetoric,” Youssef told “CBS This Morning” Thursday. “It’s as if we are talking in an echo chamber. It doesn’t make sense… but it does for them.”
While the idea of a Donald Trump presidency is troubling to some — including some members of his own party — Youssef said it’s “not the worst thing.”
“I’m not worried about Trump, I’m worried about what’s behind Trump,” Youssef said. “I mean, Trump is one person, but the support he has massed, what he’s coming from — I mean if Trump is saying racist, stupid stuff out of making a show, there are other people… in the Republican party who said this out of conviction. I mean the stuff that Marco Rubio, Ben Carson and Ted Cruz said about Arabs are even worse.”
In addition to the presidential election, “The Democracy Handbook” — which debuts Thursday, July 14 — also looks at a range of other topics, from guns to free speech. As a Muslim and Arab, Youssef aspires to bring new perspective for the American audience.
“I think what I want to achieve with this new show, first of all, is to have people think about topics in depth in a different way from a different perspective,” Youssef said. “And second, I’m an outsider. I’m a Middle Eastern with a very obvious accent. I hope people accept me to talk about their issues.”
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But this also comes at a time of heightened fears and anti-Muslim sentiments in the wake of recent terrorist attacks. For example, in one clip of the show, Youssef has a conversation with a gun shop employee, who makes several anti-Muslim remarks, oblivious to Youssef’s Muslim identity. But Youssef maintains his cool by letting “him hang himself with his own words.”
“He was saying all these horrible things about Arabs and Muslims,” Youssef said. ” I mean this is the thing that you do with hateful people — you just let them speak and expose themselves.”
“The Democracy Handbook” premieres Thursday July 14 on Fusion.net, followed by an hour-long television special Sunday, July 17 on Fusion’s cable network.
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© YouTube My One Thing | Marcelle Aleid with the hourglass she took with her from her native Damascus. by Charlotte BOITIAUX France24 Syrian filmmaker Marcelle Aleid has asked exiles from her country to tell her about the unique object they took – or would have liked to have taken – with them as they … Continued
Courtesy of Bashar Masri and Rawabi. Monica Wang Forbes.com A fine slab of carved stone stands out against the wild rocks and shrubs scattered about the mountainous Palestinian landscape. It is a sign that reads “Rawabi,” meaning hills in Arabic, and it points to a narrow path up the slope. As the paved road winds … Continued
Middle Eastern brewers look to expand their market as the region starts to get a taste for better beers. Beer and barley have a long history in the Middle East, but drinking culture is not popular as it was in the era before Islam. But in Lebanon and Jordan, microbreweries have experienced spikes in popularity … Continued
The Multi-Ethnic Star Orchestra Reaches for the Stars BY: Sami Asmar/Contributing Writer Traditional Arab music does not follow the strict format of a Western orchestra. Instead, ensembles of varying sizes and configurations suited to the nature of Arab style and instruments are commonplace. At least this used to be the case until the 1990s when … Continued
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BY: Habeeb Salloum/Contributing writer “Islam may have disappeared after 1249 but an Arabic dialect is still spoken by the mass of population… The staunchly Catholic Maltese are concerned to play down the Arab nature of this dialect, which since the 18th century has been written in the Latin script and called ‘Maltese’. Its origin is … Continued
By Leyal Khalife Stepfeed There’s nothing more entertaining than Arab weddings. We’ve all had our fair share of annoyances, that’s for sure. Getting asked when you’re going to be next is probably the worst of all. But, there is something about the weddings that really makes them stick out. These 10 things make Arab weddings … Continued
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Arabic is a wonderfully expressive, visual language. Many terms used throughout the Arab world would not make much sense out of context, or if translated into another language. Oftentimes, colloquialisms or even idioms are the hardest part of a language for a foreigner to understand, as they are so deeply rooted in the culture. Arabs, a traditionally desert people, have several words that describe particular kinds of desert winds, something very unique to the language, just like Eskimos in Alaska have several words to describe different types of snow and ice.
1) Na’eeman (نعيماً)
-A term used after someone gets a clean shave, a haircut or takes a shower. It’s kind of like blessing them and saying “Congrats on looking cleaner/fresher” and there is certainly no way of saying it in English. Oftentimes, after a man gets a fresh shave or hair cut, his pals will slap the back of his neck saying this term. The response is “Allah yena’am ‘alek”.
2) ‘Ala Rasi (على راسي)
-Literally translated into “On my head”, this is a saying commonly used when someone asks you for something or demands something. If a friend says “I need you to give me a ride later today,” the response could be “‘Ala Rasi”, kind of like saying “Anything for you”.
3) Kol Sana Wa Enta Salem/Enti Salmeh (كل سنة ونت سالم)
-A phrase said to someone on their birthday or on religious holidays like Easter, Ramadan and Eid, it translates to something akin to “With each year you’re safe/peaceful”. Of course in English there is nothing similar to this, but in Arabic it can be more common than saying Happy Birthday or Ramadan Kareem.
4) To’oborni (تقبرني)
-Used quite often in Lebanon, this term literally translates to “You bury me”, but means more like I love you so much I would rather die and you bury me before losing you. Again, probably not something you’d commonly say in English, but this term is used quite often from mothers to their children or to a friend or person you really adore. Though it sounds cryptic when translated, it’s used in a loving and upbeat way.
5) Wafaret/Wafarti (وفرت)
-Though this is an older term that is not commonly used these days, I recall many times my grandmother would say this word to me as she offered me food and I refused it. It translates to something like, “Fine, you don’t want it? That’s more for me, and it saves me the trouble anyway”. I used to laugh when she would say it to us before understanding it probably wasn’t meant sarcastically by any means.
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