“We Will Not Go Down” Song for Gaza
"You can burn…our mosques and our homes and our schools. But our spirit will never die..." sings Michael Heart, an American songwriter, for Gaza reflecting on the horrific situation of the…
“Loose the Faith Within Me” Walou Song by Outlandish
Chorus:Â Mamma please I can explain everything don't cry had to protect my friend from his friends I swear - no lie see before we knew it, the cops came put…
“I Look I See” By Yusuf Islam
Formerly British pop star Cat Stevens converted to Islam in 1977 and came to be known as Yusuf Islam. Following his conversion, he retreated from the spotlights for a while.…
“The Taxi of Knowledge”- A Live Experience
The Egyptian capital is notorious for its traffic congestion that gets worse every year. Millions of Egyptians spend long hours every day groaning and wailing while they are stuck in…
The Key
Palestinian Key It waits at the bottom of a trunk At the bottom of a drawer, it waits. It grows old, it grows old Passing from hand to hand From…
Book Review: Islam’s Black Slaves
Author: Ronald Segal Pages: 240 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux The issue of slavery has always been a controversial one. In the hands of anti-Islamic elements it has become another…
A World Yet To Take Action
The deaths unjustified The children mortified The armies fortified And people here waiting Now a new year with parties and beer For now we live in a sphere Where these…
Mooz-Lum the Movie: the Benefit of Trial and Error
Title:Â Mooz-Lum Year: 2010 Director: Qasim Basir Stars:Â Danny Glover, Summer Bishil, Evan Ross, and Nia Long Language: English As part of the Cairo International Film Festival, among a total of 450…
The Da Vinci Code
Director: Ron Howard Leads: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, and Paul Bettany Producer: John Calley Budget: $125 million Language: English Length: 149 min. Much uproar has been…
Review: Time of Favor Gives Inside View of Israelis
A combination of religio-political conflict and love, first-time writer/director, Joseph Cedar's Time of Favor, received six Israeli Academy Awards. The film focuses on the discordance of values within the Jewish…
Movie Review: Left Behind: The Movie
Action/Adventure and Science Fiction/Fantasy Running Time: 1 hr. 35 min. Rated PG-13 for violence Based on the literary interpretation of the Bible's Book of Revelation, Left Behind presents a fictional adaptation of…
Father of the Nation – Gandhi My Father
Title: Gandhi My Father Year:Â 2007 Director:Â Feroz Abbas Khan Leads:Â Darshan Jhariwala, Akshaye Khanna, Bhumika Chawla, and Shefali Shah Producer:Â Anil Kapoor Language:Â Hindi A pioneer in promoting non-violent protest in the struggle for…
“Dear Assad…”- Poem – Creative Writings
Dear Assad, This special poem for you I wrote With tearful eyes and sore in my throat Last night in a dream I saw a boat In a sea of…
The Cultural Struggle In North Africa
In North Africa, the issue of Arabization - replacing French with Arabic in the areas of education and government - is still as controversial as it was when the countries…
The greatness of the Islamic arts
The difference between one art and another is civilizational. The arts are expressions of the sense of belonging to different civilizations. Roman art, for instance, was an expression of strength.…
Creativity: The Product of a Mind Whose Wonders Have No End
The relationship between freedom of thought and creativity is a relation between prelude and result, because freedom of thought ends in creativity. However, the meaning of "thought" in the Islamic…