Arts/Entertainment

Just days after it was first discovered, the ‘Bomb Gaza’ Android game has been taken down by Google. (It’s still on Facebook.) The controversial game requires players to steer a fighter jet with Israeli markings as it bombs cartoon depictions of Hamas militants. Almost as soon as it became live the game was hit with … Continued

Hollywood is a sucker for a story about ancient Egypt. Movies like The Ten Commandments, Cleopatra, and even The Mummy prove it. Upcoming movies like Exodus and Gods of Egypt all but confirm it. Unfortunately though, those films have something in common aside from being about ancient Egypt — they show that Hollywood, tends to … Continued

Vanessa Redgrave received death threats after denouncing the Israeli government for its treatment of Palestine in 1978, but today American celebrities tweeting about Gaza get little more than sharp retorts. To 74-year-old Abraham Foxman, the head of the Anti-Defamation League and a Holocaust survivor, Jon Stewart “is a hero to so many of us.” But … Continued

From a small, isolated village in the foothills of Morocco’s Rif Mountains, the sounds of an ancient musical tradition reverberate worldwide. With a lineage tracing back several centuries, The Master Musicians of Jajouka carry on a family legacy to create ritualistic music imbued with healing powers that is central to village life. Beginning in the … Continued

After the success of last year’s event, the United Nations of Comedy showcase returns with more laughs from some of the Arab world’s leading comics. On the bill this year are “Lebanon’s King of Comedy” Nemr Abou Nassar, the Australian-­Egyptian Khaled Khalafalla, the ­Palestinian-American Aron Kader, the ­Kuwait-born American Mo Amer, the Iranian Amir K … Continued

Gazan singer Mohammed Assaf released his latest song “Raise Your Head High” on Thursday in solidarity with his home country of Palestine while it is under attack. The song had almost half a million views on YouTube only two days after its release. Amid the ongoing Israeli attack on Gaza, Palestinian singer and 2013 Arab … Continued

The Islamic observance of Ramadan began on the evening of Saturday, June 28, and goes on for a month. During that time, Muslims all over the world, including those here in Michigan, will fast until sundown and then feast with family and friends. Non-Muslims generally know little about Ramadan, and many don’t care. But this … Continued