Palestine already exists on film
"The filmmakers of the new wave have succeeded in constructing a Palestinian national identity that transcends the fragmented diaspora; they have made cinema a key medium for the documentation and preservation of the history of their struggle. Crucially, they preserve the Palestinian Arabic dialect - not easy, considering the geographic dispersion of the community. The American-Arab journalist Nana Asfour says: "What binds Palestinian films together are the language - Palestinian Arabic - the subject - Palestinian lives - and the desire of each director to portray his own take on what being Palestinian means""
ei: Pushing the boundaries of identity: an interview with Jennifer Jajeh
"Jennifer Jajeh: I grew up with a split life, half Palestinian and half American --where the two identities were very separate -- to becoming an adult and combining the two. It wasn't until I went to Palestine that I really figured out what it meant for me to be Palestinian on a personal level and what part of that identity felt vital for me. As far as becoming radicalized, it first had to do with pure anger at what I experienced on the ground in Palestine, but now it's about challenging the status quo both externally and within the Palestinian community about what it means to be Palestinian and raising the difficult questions. It was also really important for me to claim my space as a Palestinian woman and look into what it means to be a woman in my community and what the role of women is in the struggle inside and outside that space. So, part of becoming radicalized was also about being a Palestinian woman who openly challenges my own community's ideas about women's roles, sexual mores and religious affiliations and divides. This has been really liberating."
Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies
Check out this new journal: "Pakistaniaat is a refereed, multidisciplinary, open access academic journal offering a forum for scholarly and creative engagement with various aspects of Pakistani history, culture, literature, and politics. Published online as well as in print, Pakistaniaat is supported by the American Institute of Pakistan Studies. All sales of our Print Version support our online open access mission."
Racial Privilege or Persecution for Arab Americans | KABOBfest
"Considering that Sudan is grouped as a part of "North Africa," this would render Lomong and other nationals from Sudan white, while the famous Cuban below, could receive minority protection for her nonwhite federal classification ... Now, based on this compact lesson on legal categorizations of race, who is the benefactor of minority privileges in the US? Yes, that would be the "white" looking Cameron Diaz. It might seem counterintuitive to what we know as "race" and "racial privilege" that a "white" woman would accrue more privilege for "disadvantage"(the language used in the Small Business Act's Section 8(a)) than the "black" man/" But it is the very "privilege" of our "white" categorization that has precluded us from basic civil protection. "
ei: "Palestinian cinema is a cause": an interview with Hany Abu-Assad
"Hany Abu-Assad: Since 1948 we are a resistance movement and keeping the case alive is a form of resistance. Making these films is like unconsciously making documents that can be kept in history and keep your case alive. It's a way of resistance. "
Poll: Half of Israeli high schoolers oppose equal rights for Arabs - Haaretz - Israel News
"Nearly half of Israel's high school students do not believe that Israeli-Arabs are entitled to the same rights as Jews in Israel, according to the results of a new survey released yesterday. The same poll revealed that more than half the students would deny Arabs the right to be elected to the Knesset. "
E.E.O.C. Sees Bias in Almontaser Ouster at Khalil Gibran School - NYTimes.com
"A federal commission has determined that New York City’s Department of Education discriminated against the founding principal of an Arabic-language public school by forcing her to resign in 2007 following a storm of controversy driven by opponents of the school. "
(Neo)Orientalism with an Attitude: In the Footsteps (and Beyond) of Richard Burton « P U L S E
"Did the Editor of The New York Times not know the price difference between the ticket to the IMAX theatre plus membership to a local library and the cost of Dowd’s lavish travels to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia? The Neo-Orientalist fantasy to tread in the footsteps of Sir Richard Burton is accelerated with privilege and precisely because of this privilege skips and misses its target even more widely."
Irene Monroe: Black Motherhood Lost at the Oscars
"Some African American woman told me they saw the character Precious as our culture's new "Hottentot Venus." Hottentot Venus was Saartjie "Sarah" Baartman from South Africa, who was forced to reveal her huge buttocks and labia to curious Europeans in a traveling human circus show. The "Hottentot Venus" has become the iconic image for portraying black female bodies as subhuman, and this image is still very much part and parcel of our culture's social discourse."
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