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Two 'Iraq war' Movies Compete for Awards

James Cameron's "Avatar" and Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" had battled for best film and best director at the BAFTA awards on Sunday.

Bigelow's so called Iraq war movie won best film and director awards. It also picked up gongs for original screenplay, cinematography, editing and sound.

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Added by Mamoon Alabbasi on February 25, 2010 at 1:52am — No Comments

You know you're doing the right thing...

... when you start getting hate mail.

Actually, I've had hate mail before. Most of it came from American religious-right nutjobs after my husband and I were interviewed for an article about choosing not to have children, specifically for reasons related to the environmental and climate change. But that was a couple of years ago.

The new batch is coming from Zionists, mainly in the USA (again - jeez, how many people over the pond have nothing better to do than send hostile email… Continue

Added by Sarah Irving on February 18, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Wanted: North-African Freelance Reporters

To the members of the North-African Media,

To serve our fast growing portfolio of international clients like KLM, Philips, Starbucks, Nestlé and Nike Africa Interactive is urgently looking for Freelance North-African reporters to do paid assignments.

We are looking for:

North-African cameramen/women
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Added by Bas Vlugt on February 14, 2010 at 5:30pm — No Comments

A lady’s desire: to be successful as a mother and career woman

By Weam Al Dakheel The Filly Became a Mouse by Layla Ba ’labakki is about a woman’s desire to be successful in several fields—motherhood and her dancing profession, ballet. This is a yearning which I personally believe is acceptable and just right for each individual in this world—to excel in his choice of career. From this written story, I will write an essay understanding it from Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Just after the basic and emotional needs of an individual is the esteem needs and las… Continue

Added by Weam Al Dakheel on January 27, 2010 at 9:52pm — No Comments

Salwa Bakr’s International Women’s Day

By Weam Al Dakheel Salwa Bakr is a renowned Egyptian woman literary writer. Born and based in Cairo, she had been a film critic for several Arabic language publications in Cyprus. With a degree in business management and literary criticism, she embarked in the field of journalism and literature and become one of Egypt’s most celebrated novelists and short essay writers. Bakr’s works had won not only national acclaim, but also international recognition. One of her most famous works was the story… Continue

Added by Weam Al Dakheel on January 27, 2010 at 9:50pm — No Comments

A COMPLEXION CHANGE, Fountainhead e-Letter, Berlin Germany

FOUNTAINHEAD® TANZ THEATRE e - LETTER . Berlin/Germany January 2010 www.fountainhead-tanz-theatre.de www.blackinternationalcinema.de www.black-international-cinema.com Please send replies to / Bitte senden Sie Antworten an bicdance@aol.com ******************************************************* THE COLLEGIUM TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLI… Continue

Added by Gayle McKinney Griffith on January 25, 2010 at 12:58pm — No Comments

Gaza's Untold Story – Book Review

My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story'. Ramzy Baroud. Pluto Press, London: 2010. One year on since Israel's criminally-insane war on Gaza, many are still unaware of the roots of the 'conflict' and the plight of the Palestinian people. Israel would like to have us believe that its latest onslaught was a direct response to resistance rockets or even Hamas's democratic accession to power, forgetting that both of which came into existence as a response to Israeli policies. Bu… Continue

Added by Mamoon Alabbasi on January 22, 2010 at 12:32am — No Comments

The Arab Women of Today

By Weam Al Dakheel Despite the economic prosperity and the modernity brought about by the discovery of oil in the Arab region, gender equality remains an uphill climb for many Arab women. They continue to suffer from discrimination in the workplace, schools and in the general public life. Access to education, especially higher education, remains far fetched for many Arab women. This is especially true for those living in poorer rural regions. Constraints in terms of accessing health services ar… Continue

Added by Weam Al Dakheel on January 18, 2010 at 11:10pm — No Comments

group travel

We are considering taking a group to the middle east to study ancient history. Would you guys recommend some sort of International Travel Insurance. Some in our group have Health Insurance, but I am not sure they will be covered while in the middle east. What do you guys know about the medical care and insurance situation in the Middle… Continue

Added by Cindy Fallsen on January 14, 2010 at 10:09pm — No Comments

Traveling to Saudi Arabia

I have an opportunity to visit Saudi in May. My company is sending me and said for me to find some good travel medical insurance since the medical insurance they provide us won't cover us. Tulsa Oklahoma is the furthest I've ever traveled away from home… Continue

Added by Pat Jewett on January 6, 2010 at 3:00am — No Comments

The Internet in post-Saddam Iraq

The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University. http://www.dayan.org/In_Iraq.pdf The status of the Internet in Iraq, regarding both governmental policies and usage, underwent a fundamental change following Saddam Husayn’s deposal in 2003. Still, as is true with so many other features of Iraqi life, Iraq does not constitute a single, homogenous unit with regard to the Internet. Along with b… Continue

Added by Tal Pavel on December 28, 2009 at 8:26pm — No Comments

The Metaverse in the Arab World

Published in Hebrew (InformationWeek.co.il) - http://www.itpics.co.il/ThePeoplePDF/infow-pdf/1350/79.pdf Virtual worlds are becoming more complex and more intertwined with the actual world. Hence, their influence on real matters is increasing. I am speaking about the programs and games in which users, represented by avatars of their choice, can create 3D environments and virtually forge any imaginable objec… Continue

Added by Tal Pavel on December 28, 2009 at 8:22pm — No Comments

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Added by Sam Jackson on December 26, 2009 at 2:50pm — No Comments

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Added by PLATANOTV on December 26, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Gaza book launch, 29th January

Finally, the details for the launch of my first book are sorted out. I say 'my' - really my role has been as a facilitator, editor and to a small extent contributor to my friend Sharyn's amazing and moving book. It's been a privilege. And here are the event details: Gaza: Beneath the Bombs by Sharyn Lock with Sarah Irving, Afterword by Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, published by Pluto Press. The launch event will be at the Green Room… Continue

Added by Sarah Irving on December 19, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Second investigation report of killing Somali journalist by SOJRA

How Hassan Mayow Hassan was killed? Late journalist Hassan Mayow Hassan, 35, was killed on January 2009 near his home town of Afgoye, 30km west of the capital Mogadishu while he was on duty as correspondent reproter of radio Shabelle based in Mogadishu. Which group is behinds the killing of the journalist, how it happened and why they kill him? Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) soldiers led by President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed was responsible the killing of the journalist Hassan May… Continue

Added by Daud Abdi Daud on December 17, 2009 at 10:41pm — No Comments

The Good Fight, Round II: The Retrial of Imam Mohammad Qatanani Aref Assaf, PhD November 6, 2009 …

The Good Fight, Round II: The Retrial of Imam Mohammad Qatanani Aref Assaf, PhD November 6, 2009 Since 1999, US. immigration authorities have, for a variety of reasons, denied Imam Qatanani's petition to become a permanent resident. The 47 year old Imam has since 1996 served as the spiritual leader of the tri-state’s largest Muslim mosque, the Islamic Center of Passaic County. Over a year ago, a Newark Federal Immigration, in a much publicized trial, ruled in favor of the Imam. In his… Continue

Added by Dr. Aref Assaf on November 15, 2009 at 7:27pm — No Comments

On being an American Muslim when tragedy strikes

Please Do Not Call Me! Being an American Muslim when tragedy strikes. Aref Assaf PhD November 6, 2009 I woke up last Friday morning, the day after an army doctor killed and wounded over forty people in Texas, to seven urgent messages on my voice mails. All were from news organizations anxious to quote the Muslim community's reaction to the recent heinous killings of Army Dr. Nidal Malik Hasan. They all wanted my reasons for what drove a 39-year-old Muslim to go on a killing spree. "Isn’t he a… Continue

Added by Dr. Aref Assaf on November 15, 2009 at 7:22pm — No Comments

On being an American Muslim when tragedy strikes

Added by Dr. Aref Assaf on November 15, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

A COMPLEXION CHANGE - International & Intercultural Diplomacy

FOUNTAINHEAD® TANZ THEATRE e – LETTER, Berlin/Germany November 2009 www.fountainhead-tanz-theatre.de www.blackinternationalcinema.de www.black-international-cinema.com Please send replies to / Bitte senden Sie Antworten an bicdance@aol.com ******************************************************* CALL FOR ENTRIES… Continue

Added by Gayle McKinney Griffith on November 15, 2009 at 2:30am — No Comments