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Go topBack by popular demand, Talfazat now gives viewers access to one of the Middle East’s premier channels – Palestine TV. Offering the best entertainment and news from Palestine, this channel has returned to Talfazat’s service featuring series, game shows, news and more. Palestine TV was a valued channel on Talfazat when the service first debuted … Continued
BY: Ameera David/Contributing Writer After debuting at Sundance Film Festival (2009), and later receiving the highly commendable critics’ prize at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes, it became clear ‘Amreeka’ would be a success. Since then, hundreds of people have written glowing reviews about the film, and thousands more have filled up the nation’s theatres with … Continued
A Lebanese-Australian designer, who claims to have created six years ago what is now known as the controversial burkini, says that despite the controversy she is designing a similar one for men. Ahiida Massoud Zanetti, 41, who owns a company that specializes in Islamic swimwear and sportswear, says she first designed the Islamic swim suit … Continued
Four Palestinian women have started a new kind of Intifada. But instead of stones, bullets, or bombs, they are using words, images and music to create films that tell their own stories and highlight the lives of ordinary Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, Israel and America. AMREEKA “Amreeka” which means America in Arabic tells … Continued
For Muslim women who feel they are violating Islam’s teachings by using skin creams with alcohol and pig residues, Layla Mandi has the answer: religiously-correct “halal” cosmetics. The Canadian makeup artist who converted to Islam is marketing cosmetics called OnePure, which she says have the luxury feel of international brands minus the elements banned under … Continued
Tony Shalhoub got hooked on acting when he was six years old, and his elder sister volunteered him to play an extra in her high school production of The King and I. His father, who had emigrated to the U.S. from Lebanon as an orphaned young boy, hoped that Tony and his nine siblings would … Continued
BY: Ameera David/Contributing Writer Arab American music producer Dawn Elder has a dream to build a cultural bridge between the Arab world and the West. For one night only this November, those who enjoy listening to the mesmerizing beats of Arabic music are in for a delightful treat. “Sahra” (meaning a musical evening in Arabic) … Continued
Adventurous live music audiences in metro Detroit already know Global Thursdays at the Arab American National Museum (AANM) as a showcase for the finest in world music and performance art. Starting this October, cinema fans can also enjoy this multicultural entertainment series, when Global Thursdays adds fascinating, rarely seen films into the mix, allowing audiences … Continued
Before the Persian Gulf War exploded in the early 1990s, Cherien Dabis and her family were popular, well-respected members of their adopted Ohio town. Her father, a physician, and mother were Palestinian immigrants from the West Bank and Jordan who’d moved to the United States shortly before Dabis’ birth. Dabis says she grew up wanting … Continued
ANERA (American Near East Refugee Aid) will welcome an award-winning Arab Youth Dance Troupe to Washington, DC October 2 to honor ANERA’s work to support Palestinian education. The eight dancers, aged 9 to 11, are students at Rawdat al Zuhur School in East Jerusalem. The elementary school was established in 1952 to rescue 25 young … Continued
A first-ever festival dedicated to the oud kicked off Thursday (August 27th) in Tunis, with the venerable stringed instrument’s notes woven into a wide array of musical textures. Tunisian oud player Ihssan Aribi opened the August 27th-September 4th festivities with a “Conversation of the Strings”, a set that spanned several pieces from Tunisia’s Arab and … Continued
Arabic television is counting on an explosion of Ramadan serials to restore losses from the global recession, but some concerned Muslims are scrambling to pull the faithful back to prayer during the holy month. Around 60 serials hit the screens on more than 400 channels this month as producers have used bloated budgets and big … Continued
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