Thursday, June 25, 2015
a turn
Weird day, virtually speaking. I will try to find the silver lining... e.g. more time to read Quran, work on myself, work on the novel, more time to get my thoughts down here.
Monday, June 15, 2015
Friday, May 15, 2015
somos sur (again)
I had links to this song before but this is video of Ana Tijoux's Somos Sur (featuring Shadia Mansour):
Lyrics: Somos Sur
Democracy Now!: Chilean Musician Ana Tijoux on Politics, Feminism, Motherhood & Hip-Hop as "a Land for the Landless"
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Friday, April 17, 2015
don't cashcrop my cornrows
Amandla Stenberg, who played Rue in the film Hunger Games, shares some incisive thoughts on cultural appropriation and hip-hop.
Amandla, we salute you.
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Saturday, February 14, 2015
first thoughts on chapel hill
New Idea: Instead of calling people "Islamophobic" we should say that they are "serious about their parking space".
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Monday, September 15, 2014
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
happy muslims around the world
YouTube Playlist: Pharrell Williams Happy Muslims, Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, and Muslim World by Megan Reif covers alot of the same ground I have with my various blog posts of Muslims doing "Happy" videos. I think I've gotten a few she missed and vice-versa.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
dear white people... (hopefully coming out this october)
Initial Trailer:
Longer Trailer:
Dear White People Concept Trailer from Justin Simien on Vimeo.
Democracy Now! on Dear White People:Sunday, June 15, 2014
kemal amin kasem - inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un
The voice of Robin on the Super-friends, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers in the Scooby-Doo franchise, and most famously the long-time host of American Top 40 and related/similar shows. (see Wikipedia)
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Sunday, June 08, 2014
wow, another syrian happy video
From the video:
"Back in March 2014, Maiko went to Iraq as a Volunteer to help Syrian refugees.
She thought it would be wonderful and powerful if she could make a Happy song with syrian refugees living in the camp.
The life in the camp is of course, not easy, everyone has lots of burdens and have lost many things back home in Syria
But they are not only grieving
They celebrate their birthdays, or new born babies, or someone's wedding in the community
They always try to have something to have fun with. they are really living their lives.
She told them about this idea of a Happy clip,
They were so thrilled that they made one.. ;o)
I helped them remotely by doing the editing.
You can see that they are happy even though they are living a tough situation.
Thanks Maiko for your volunteering and your great help.
Good luck to all those Syrian refugees !!!!
Stay happy, whatever the circumstances."
Friday, June 06, 2014
"somos sur" - ana tijoux (featuring shadia mansour)
Third world solidarity by sisters rapping in Spanish and Arabic.
maps for language and religion
There have been some interesting maps circulating on the internet recently.
Here is one:
Gizmodo: The Most Common Languages Spoken in the U.S. After English and Spanish
and here is another:
Washington Post: The second-largest religion in each state (and county)
In the first link I was surprised at the appearance of Hmong, Vietnamese and Navajo on the map. While on the second I was surprised by the number of states where the second largest religion was either Islam or Buddhism (I suppose I just expected Jews to appear as the number two religion in more states... I mean, even in Florida, the second largest religion was Islam) I was also surprised that the Bahai Faith was actually the second largest religion in any of the states (they got South Carolina).
Thursday, June 05, 2014
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
syria (restore) happy?
Published on May 26, 2014
Despite the heavy toll of the ongoing Syrian conflict on the lives of Syria's most vulnerable population, its children remain resilient. (RESTORE)Happy contains footage from Zaatari refugee camp and a Syrian refugee school inside Jordan. We traveled to Jordan in April of 2014 equipped with coloring books, crayons, soccer balls, hula hops, jump ropes, and toys and "Happy" by Pharrell Williams blaring on portable speakers...
We made this video with hopes to encourage people to support Education and Mental Health programs that work with Syrian refugees and internally displaced Syrian children.
Please visit: www.love4syria.com to find an organization to support.
Produced by:
Hazami Barmada
Omar Al-Chaar
Rameen Aminzadeh
A project of: Beats, Rhymes & Relief: www.beatsrhymesandrelief.org
Join us in the Fall of 2014 One World Syria, A Celebrity Benefit Concert for Syria. Learn more: www.oneworldsyria.com
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
50 facts about muslims
50 Actual Facts That Challenge What You've Been Told About Muslims is a nice little round-up of information, some of which I actually didn't know myself.
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Wednesday, May 07, 2014
Tuesday, May 06, 2014
Monday, May 05, 2014
Saturday, May 03, 2014
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Monday, April 21, 2014
Saturday, April 19, 2014
happier without women?
This is the "halal" version of the British Muslim "Happy" video (without instrumental music or "provocative" images of women dancing). I like the fact that they did an acapella cover, but it is somewhat disturbing that apparently some people seem unable to distinguish between smiling hijabi girls walking happily down the street and porn.
Friday, April 18, 2014
fbi uncovers plot to just sit back and enjoy collapse of united states
Given the last entry, this story is more sad than funny...
The Onion: FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
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