February 13, 2009 – 8:52 pm
RENNES (AFP) — Formal funding is practically non-existent, film-making is difficult, and there’s only one decent cinema for almost four million people — yet against all odds Palestinian filmmakers struggle on.
“Our films say we are here and we exist. Israel was built on the phrase ‘a land without people for a people without a land.’ [...]
December 9, 2008 – 12:02 pm
IRAQI MC The Narcicyst has jumped into the storm surrounding Busta Rhymes’ controversial new single “Arab Money.” The rapper has released a stinging response to the song, hitting back at what he calls straight out racism.
The Narcicyst says he was stunned when he first heard the track—and has been flooded with calls from the Arab [...]
August 21, 2008 – 1:15 pm
via Reuters
A fire burns at the Shoura Council near the Egyptian Parliament in Cairo August 19, 2008. A massive fire broke out at Egypt’s upper house of parliament on Tuesday, injuring six people, police and fire department officials said. State-run television said in a brief statement that the cause was probably a short circuit.
REUTERS/Amr Dalsh
August 15, 2008 – 8:48 am
Beirut: [Yet another] blackout has descended upon Bourj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp this night. It makes your efforts to find the Palestinian Arab Center that much more atmospheric and inspires vague hopes that perhaps you won’t miss the first minutes of Jackie Salloum’s “Slingshot Hip Hop” after all.
You find the hall’s exterior bathed in generator-driven [...]
