http://majaazi.wordpress.com Fri, 23 May 2008 13:12:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Friday night, The New Israel Fund hosted a shabbat dinner with Israeli-Arab journalist and writer Sayed Kashua. A few months ago I went to a screening of Kashua's television show Avoda Aravit or 'Arab Labor' in English. It was an event hosted by The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan for their ... http://majaazi.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/an-evening-with-sayed-kashua/ The short film, WEST BANK STORY, may not solve the Israeli-Palestinian issue but it will make you laugh, which is more than most can say for Olmert and Abbas. West Bank Story first came into the limelight when it walked away from the 2006 Academy Awards as the winner of "The Best ... http://majaazi.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/west-bank-story-love-amidst-dualing-falafel-stands/ Part commemoration, part celebration, Rachel Corrie's book release gathering at Cooper Union's Wollman Auditorium on Friday night was a testament to a wonderful person taken from this earth too soon. Rachel's collection of poems, LET ME STAND ALONE, recently published by Norton, meticulously selected with loving care by her family and passionate editor, reveal ... http://majaazi.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/rachel-corrie-in-her-own-words/ It's not the usual news coming out of Palestine, nor the usual voice your hear. Slingshot Hip Hop is a film by New York based artist and filmmaker Jackie Reem Salloum. Jackie wasn't always a filmmaker though. 4 1/2 years ago she was just a girl going to visit her ... http://majaazi.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/palestinian-hip-hop-documentary/ The other night I saw Steve Coll discuss his latest book, The Bin Ladens (Penguin Press; April 2008). The New York Times ran a great review of the book, saying:   "...by focusing on Mr. bin Laden’s conflicted relationship with his family and that family’s complicated relationship with the West, Mr. Coll, ... http://majaazi.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/journalist-steve-coll/ I recently saw Haifa Zangana speak about her book City Widows: An Iraqi Woman’s Account of War and Resistance (Seven Stories Press; November 15, 2007; $20). She discussed women in Iraqi society throughout the 20th century, from the 1920's until the present day occupation of her country. She mentioned women owned ... http://majaazi.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/iraqi-journalist-haifa-zangana/