December 2011
35 posts
Dec 28th
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It’s likely that “Gender jihad”, “Queer jihad”, etc. will soon make it to my #phrasesIhate list
Dec 28th
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Dec 28th
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ListenGhadan Yawmon Afdal by Mashrou3 Leila - a...
Dec 26th
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Dec 25th
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 21st
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Dec 20th
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Dec 19th
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Dec 18th
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“We live in a world of rights and in a world where the female and/or queer...”
– Maya Mikdashi
Dec 18th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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“Now, I might have forgotten a little detail about me that I think gives people a...”
– By Abdo, the “Exotic Veiled Muslim Woman”
Dec 12th
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rollingbulb: مناظر #١٥ عن جون جوزيف - ٣/٩/٢٠١١ Manazer #15 by John Joseph - 3/09/2011
Dec 12th
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Dec 11th
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Kuwait: Nine men get hair shaved for harassing... →
I can’t help feeling uneasy with shaving being meted out as punishment for sexual harassment. Shaving has a long history of being used to punish those accused of sexual transgressions or breaking codes of honour. Which begs the question: were the men punished for committing an act of violence against women, or for violating their ‘honour’? I’m leaning towards the latter
Dec 11th
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Dec 10th
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“This is why the question of the veil is complex. It raises questions...”
– The veil: a declaration of independence “The Veil: Meaningfully Meaningless or Meaninglessly Meaningful” - Someone should write that book
Dec 10th
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Lost in Colonization: Al kaffiyeh l’3arabiyeh, The... →
It’s not an article, but rather a presentation that accompanied a workshop. It’s pretty self-explanatory though
Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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“You get the idea about the response to this article, and that response is not to...”
– Cucumber “fatwa” seems to be only shoddy reporting Bikya Masr’s source for the ‘cucumber fatwa’ story was apparently the Jordianian news site Al-Sawsana News (not el-Senousa). Al-Sawsana’s tone while reporting was overwhelmingly mocking; Bikya Masr translated it as factual...
Dec 9th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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Quiet Crossings, Kinship, and intimacy in Lebanon...
hummussexual: George Awde, Solo Show at the Korn Gallery, Curated by Rebecca Soderholm, September 7 – October 14 George Awde’s first US solo exhibition offered an arresting and intimate look at the production of masculinity and kinship at the interstices between Syria and Lebanon. Awde, an American-born artist of Lebanese descent, is a photographer and educator who works in the US and Beirut....
Dec 7th
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Dec 5th
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Dec 5th
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Dec 4th
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 2nd
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“The power of our bodies is unleashed in occupying a space. Bodies that dance,...”
– “These Bodies”
Dec 2nd
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