Category Politics of Representation
Religious female Muslim athletes trying to find a way of dressing modestly while still competing in high-level sporting events like the Olympics are getting a new and surprising ally: Nike. The American sportswear giant announced the “Pro Hijab,” a head covering… Continue Reading →
Warning: this became a jumbled thought-experiment, and therefore may not prove coherent. Apologies. In class last Monday, we spent a good portion of our Tangier discussion (led wonderfully by Kai, hats off) speaking about ideals of tourism and representation. Focusing on… Continue Reading →
One Thousand and One Nights: Re-orienting the greatest story ever told In the words of Syed Jamil Ahmed, the collection of One Thousand and One Nights or the Arabian Nights is the most famous example of Arabic literature globally…. Continue Reading →
Maziyar “Maz” Jobrani is an Iranian-American comedian and actor who is part of the “Axis of Evil” comedy group. The group appeared on a comedy special on Comedy Central. Jobrani has also appeared in numerous films, television shows, including… Continue Reading →
The last time I was in Iraq, my uncle just learned that his wife is pregnant with twins. This last week, I visited to find these twins to be grown 15 year old teenagers. It’s been 15 years since I… Continue Reading →
Malaysia: The cave that almost echoed Sufism This spring break I visited incredible Malaysia and this blogpost makes a small window into some of my experiences that I wanted to connect with our class material. One particular excursion… Continue Reading →
In 2001, a song entitled ‘I Hate Israel’ rocked airwaves across the Arab world. Set to popular Egyptian folk beats, ‘I Hate Israel’ was penned in response to the Second Intifada or Uprising of Palestinians in the Occupied Territories in… Continue Reading →
In order to unpack the culture and power of costumes that I saw in Ms. Marvel, I had to go back to Riz Ahmed’s article in The Guardian on being “Typecast as a Terrorist”. I was quite drawn to costume… Continue Reading →
On Feb 17th, I got a chance to interact with Mr. Rizwan “Riz” Ahmed, or Riz MC, a British/Pakistani actor and rapper. His parents moved from Karachi, Pakistan to England during the 1970s. In 1982, they gave birth to… Continue Reading →
Here is a speech Riz gave recently to the British parliament about a topic we’ve all been discussing in our course: the politics of representation. Take a look at the speech, and see if anything he says inspires you to… Continue Reading →