07 July 2013 Mohamed H., 27, is the latest casualty in the list of Ceuta’s citizens that participated and died in the Syrian war. The Spanish authorities do not know exactly how many Muslims have gone to the Middle East or how many, for sure, have died since April 2012. According to the estimates…
RNS) Al-Jazeera and America, two name brands often at odds since 9/11, were wed as one on Tuesday (Aug. 20) when the Qatar-based media network began broadcasting its U.S. news channel Al-Jazeera America from New York. This is not the first time Al-Jazeera has tried to find a home on American TV. Al-Jazeera English debuted with…
August 12, 2013 Posted on the web is a video of an interview of a Jordanian Imam named Riyadh Al Bustanji, in Arabic. The interview took place on 22 June 2012 on Al-Aqsa TV, the official television station of Hamas. The video, subtitled in English, was posted and translated by MEMRI Tv, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4PfzUZzoRs) MEMRI (The…
July 7, 2013 The series Ben & Izzy produced by the Jordanian production company Rubicon enlivens the summer schedules dedicated to children. The channel launches on Planet Kids starting July 22. The cartoon in CGI, was produced in 2006 in English language with the purpose of being distributed internationally, in 2008 it was dubbed…
A local newspaper in Georgia recently published a column ostensibly about U.S. Middle East policy but which took a hard right turn into birtherism and racism, highlighting the Islamophobia problem at the local-level. In its June 19 edition, the Advance — local newspaper for Vidalia, GA — published a “Plain Talk” column from author Gerry…
