“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 Palestinian people.As stated on his website, Heart said, “I would like to request that after downloading the song from this page, you kindly donate directly …
Chorus: 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 an end to it with these handcuffs took me down to the damn cell ’cause I’m not a minor anymore tough !!! Mamma please I …
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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. In 1985, Yusuf Islam decided to go back to the public spotlight but in different style. He chose perform songs derived from the essence and …
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 gridlocks. Everyone blames the government on it, but no one thought of utilizing it. Alef bookstores in Egypt have started a new project of …
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 gnarled hands that unfold Faded cloth to unveil history To destined hands of grandchildren, The generation in between lost Lies waiting Under the earth. Different …
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 tool by which to defame Islam. There have been a number of writers and activists that have accused Muslims of condoning and even practicing slavery …
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 horrors disappear But in reality they’re waiting My peers think of fun and games Different ways to rise to fame While our innocence sits in …
Title: Mooz-Lum Year: 2010 Director: Qasim Basir Stars: Danny Glover, Summer Bishil, Evan Ross, and Nia Long Language: English As part of the Cairo International Film Festival, among a total of 450 films from 71 countries, and under digital feature films, Mooz-Lum the movie was shown in Cairo before its release in the US theatres in February 2011. The …
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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 made in the media about the religious controversy surrounding director Ron Howard’s The Da Vinci Code. The massive publicity campaign alone, leading up to the …
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 community – between the orthodox nationalists and the military and between idealists and realists. An Israeli film concentrating on politics and religion, Time of Favor …
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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 rapture (the end of times). Rapture is a fundamentalist Christian belief that true believing Christians will be suddenly lifted up from the earth before the …
Title: Gandhi My Father Year: 2007 Director: Feroz Abbas Khan Leads: Darshan Jhariwala, Akshaye Khanna, Bhumika Chawla, and Shefali Shah Producer: Anil Kapoor Language: Hindi A pioneer in promoting non-violent protest in the struggle for Indian independence, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is a figure that has inspired many real-life, as well as reel-life, figures. In 1982, Sir Richard Attenborough introduced Mahatma’s …
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 blood where bodies float Yesterday my heart has again bled Seeing those innocent children dead What was their sin, what was the threat? Their bodies …
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 of the region gained their independence 40 years ago.When France colonized North Africa, it was not merely economic exploitation or political domination, but a comprehensive …
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. It represented the role of the “strong arm” in building that civilization. In the case of the Greek civilization, we find that philosophy, which was …
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 perspective should be defined first. Thought means a conscious movement of the mind towards Islamic text, i.e. the Holy Quran, and its explanation, i.e. the …
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