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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The counterinsurgency's main purpose was 2 deny a political identity to Algerians, & torture, which represents greatest level of control of 1 human being over another, allowed French quickest, most efficacious justification of French control of Algeria. https://bit.ly/3cAGFk4
Mohja Kahf's 2006 novel "The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf" features a protagonist who matures in stages & experiences people & places which transform her in different ways and allow her to better articulate her own personhood. #Muslims #USA #fiction #Islam https://bit.ly/3rbS9DK
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
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