June 2009
18 posts
“Search on for missing McCleary girl
By Callie White
The Daily World
Sunday,...”
– The Daily World
“The idea of women empowering themselves by becoming sexual objects is backward....”
– I am what I am: Kim Gordon - Times Online
“RIP Swells: seething no more The late, legendary NME writer, Steven Wells,...”
– Tribute to the late, great NME writer Steven Wells | Tim Jonze | Music | guardian.co.uk
“For Zahedi, filmmaking “is about process as much as the final product. I’m...”
– E X P E R I M E N T A L _ F I L M C L U B: PROJECTION 14:
IT recognized as nation’s best - South Sound - The... →
“President Obama’s recent speech to the Muslim World failed to address...”
– Israel’s Crimes, America’s Silence
An interview with Egpyt’s dissident writer Nawal... →
“Shirin Ebadi, the Nobel prize-winning lawyer, is someone whose faith in Islam...”
– Al Jazeera English - Middle East - Iranian writer on poll result
Al Jazeera English - Middle East - Iranian writer... →
You’ve talked about and write about the importance of literature and culture in the fight for human rights and liberty in Iran and around the world. But is art, culture, literature ever going to be more powerful than religion? Is it enough to start a revolution? If you look at it in the long term - yes it is. I never forget when Paul Ricoer, the philosopher, came to speak in Iran. He was an...
“The homogeneous picture of extreme belief where the majority of people believe...”
– Al Jazeera English - Middle East - Iranian writer on poll result
“One-quarter of the people in the graduating class were the first in their...”
– 1,200 set out from Evergreen - Local Highlight Story - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
Same-sex couple, kids denied family rate at pool -... →
Addressing the Muslim World, President Obama... →
Addressing the Muslim World, President Obama Reached Well Beyond the Arab Dignitaries by Shazia Z. Rafi Yet the author wonders if his pre-speech visit to a kingdom where women are oppressed weakens his appeal on behalf of women’s rights.
Op-Ed Contributors - The Economy Is Still at the... →
“A Muslim Woman’s Perspective on Obama’s Speech
Feminists are dissing him....”
– A Muslim Woman’s Perspective on Obama’s Cairo Speech
“WEDAD LOOTAH does not look like a sexual activist. A Muslim and a native...”
– The Saturday Profile - Challenging Sex Taboos, With Help From the Koran - Biography - NYTimes.com
yep you read that right, the NY Times said Arabs are being urged to “transcend the(ir) backward traditions”…this time sex=liberation!!!!!
What Not to Wear, Baghdad-Style - Fashion Rules... →
This article is lacking context. How did women dress before the U.S. occupation of Iraq?
“Alberto Pizango, another indigenous leader, said the protests had been peaceful...”
– BBC NEWS | Americas | Peruvian police captives killed 