Ayman Fadel Writes
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I blog at http://muslimmediareview.blogspot.com and http://aymplaying.wordpress.com. Using an automated service, I post a message with a link to my favorite posts on the same date & time each month. Mute notifications, read at your leisure.
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A depiction of USA Muslims without violence & with loving family relationships is refreshing. "Zahra and the Oil Man" has a twist & satisfying resolution & more than just representational value. https://bit.ly/2WMtvsV #film #RepresentationMatters #Newark #NewJersey #girlpower
Might "Lamya's Poem" from Unity Productions Foundation have been simpler to digest had it restricted itself to a more straightforward narrative & less avant-garde visuals? Perhaps, but shouldn't Muslim media productions go beyond mac & cheese to a more nuanced & subtle dish? https://bit.ly/3Zf7vVn
Forwarded from CSRA Peace Announcements
Vigil tomorrow - Nuclear weapons production hearings this week https://mailchi.mp/8c81e3d37615/202500526
من الحكام العرب على شعوبهم زجل قلته بمناسبة حضور الرئيس الأمريكي دانلد ترامب مؤتمر الرياض في المملكة العربية السعودية https://bit.ly/2HT3670
Before reading "Green Illusions" by Ozzie Zehner, I had never entertained serious doubts that humanity could continue to expand its energy production as long as it used "clean" & "renewable" energy such as solar, wind, tidal and (one day!) nuclear fusion https://bit.ly/3owjWen
My public #library in Columbia County, #Georgia removed Theresa Thorn's book "It Feels Good to Be Yourself" in response to the demands of people who hated that Noah Grigni drew the #transgender children too happy #bookbanning #censorship https://bit.ly/3FUX02K
Review: Carl Sagan: The Demon-Haunted World: #Science as a Candle in the Dark http://bit.ly/2abF2L0 #USA #History #Religion
The response in liberal industrialized nations to communism was some limited, positive internal reform. Response to Islamism has been regressive, atavistic nationalism. In that regard at least, Soviet communism, whatever its flaws, was better than Islamism https://bit.ly/33ovWpt
Read Greg Grandin's book "Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the United States & the Making of an Imperial Republic"! Here's a few quotes & thoughts. https://twitter.com/i/events/1478404034516045825 #history #imperialism #neoliberalism #colonialism #Caribbean #CentralAmerica #SouthAmerica #USA #Mexico