Category Politics of Representation
As those of you who attended Lina Matta’s presentation are aware, Lina Matta is the definition of a film aficionado. Working in television media management and coordinating film festivals for the “well-read, well-traveled” population of Westchester, New York (read: 10th… Continue Reading →
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. Your quote on the current state of Muslim popular culture, to generalize for a brief moment, glued itself to my thoughts and… Continue Reading →
I recently came across an article by Hissa Hilal from 2011 on a particular idea of Islam that has come to dominate society. Hissa Hilal may not be famous outside of the Gulf region, however she is the first female… Continue Reading →
Aside from the really touching moment at the end of the skype call in which Riz assured us that the place we are meant to be is where we are most uncomfortable, I think the most memorable and striking insight… Continue Reading →
I cannot say I fundamentally disagree with Riz Ahmed on the politics of representation of Muslims in the Western world, but I am quite confident when I say that our arguments intermingle like two planets that, perhaps, are not even… Continue Reading →
The discussion in class today on cross-cultural dialogue and the politics of representation, both intimately interwoven into location-specific gender narratives, made me think of a binary approach to popular culture and art by some Muslim artists who are of the community they… Continue Reading →