Photo by: El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe

Now this is the most disgusting piece of news I’ve read today:

OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. - Officials in Old Saybrook have canceled performances by a Palestinian dance troupe after getting a complaint that it is offensive to Jews and Israel.

The decision involves planned performances at the town’s elementary and middle [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot about Nadia’s post about sexual violence and historical trauma. In the post, Nadia states:

Reading this article makes me think about the types of historical trauma we as Palestinians, and Arabs in general, are carrying around with us. When Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart speaks about sobbing uncontrollably after viewing a [...]

I’m not going to compare religions here, everyone has his own sh*t.

Have you heard of “Israel’s modesty buses”? In case you didn’t, this is not a good story for those who care about women’s right.

When on the bus, I tried to buck the system, moving my way towards the driver but was pushed back towards [...]

Palestinian-American poet and political activist Suheir Hammad.

She –author of three books, two-time winner of the Audre Lord Writing Award, and co-recipient of the 2005 Sister of Fire Award– is what you would call a “political poet.” This longtime Brooklyn resident sees her poetry as news, containing the power to influence and illuminate the world. She [...]

Like Christians worldwide, the Nassar family is preparing for Easter this week. And like most of their neighbors, this year they will celebrate only once.

Go ahead and see the great Palestinian food recipes included and pass them around to your friends.

[Via: altmuslim.com - by Zahed Amanullah] Eleven year old Asmahan Mansour was ejected from a soccer game in Quebec for wearing a hijab, despite being allowed everywhere else she played. In Gurinder Chadha’s 2002 film Bend it Like Beckham, the young, female, British Indian protagonist fought against the prejudice of her well-intentioned family to pursue [...]

Be aware, this sin will get you a ticket to hell: Egypt’s Grand Mufti, Shaikh Ali Gomaa, has issued a fatwa against the display of statues in private homes. Many Egyptians have small knock offs of busts of Ramses and other mementos of ancient Egyptian culture.

Just add it to the list of stupid FATWA’S!

Yesterday I was reading “Bloggers: an army of irregulars” by Paul Reynolds from the BBC. He talks about what big business and the mainstream media can learn from blogs :

For many in the “mainstream media”, as bloggers call us, weblogs are at best a nuisance and at worst dangerous.

They are seen as the rantings and [...]

Jan from Denmark asked:

1. Is there anything that can be said or done at this point about the story of the infamous cartoons, which might make the muslims of the works pause, think and perhaps have second thoughts about their personal reaction to the whole issue?

2. Why is it that the Muslims of the world [...]

Iran Mullah’s to Hang Teenage Girl Attacked by Rapists:

Iran Focus - An Iranian court has sentenced a teenage rape victim to death by hanging after she weepingly confessed that she had unintentionally killed a man who had tried to rape both her and her niece.

The state-run daily Etemaad reported on Saturday that 18-year-old Nazanin confessed [...]