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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 →
Lina Matta’s endeavor to showcase representations of the Middle East by people who are actually from the Middle East almost seems like the most obvious thing in the world, but is unfortunately something that it is relatively revolutionary. Her first-of-its-kind film festival of… Continue Reading →
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 →
(Note about picture – I really hate it when shalwar kameez are taken up by non-south asian people and made to look more like a tacky bed sheet than anything else) When I heard Red Baarat was coming to AD,… 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 →
Today’s discussion in class on Sufi poetry and its branches in revered Sufi temples across South Asia made me dig deeper into the written trails of Bulleh Shah and the message he preached centuries before I was born. The short… Continue Reading →
Marie Gisele (featured in the below video) is the image of subversion in today’s music scene. A Brazilian Christian woman who converted to Islam seven years ago, Gisele is a thrash metal guitarist…who performs in a full niqab. Naturally, her… 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 →