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Tag: Muslims

7 November, 2022 • Mireille Rebeiz

Orientalism and the Erasure of Middle Easterners in Black Adam

Mireille Rebeiz takes issue with the dismal portrayal of Arabs and other Middle Easterners in a Hollywood superhero movie.

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24 October, 2022 • I. Rida Mahmood

Fragile Freedom, Fragile States in the Muslim World

I. Rida Mahmood observes that while people in Iran and Arab countries are roiling for more equality and freedom, they are not taking any cues from the west.

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7 March, 2022 • Rana Asfour

A Miscarriage of Justice in the Case of Mahmood Hussain Mattan

Rana Asfour reviews the Booker Prize-nominated novel by Nadifa Mohamed based on the true story of a wrongly-convicted Somali in 1950s Cardiff.

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15 December, 2021 • Hadani Ditmars

An Arab and a Jew Walk into a Bar…

Our columnist compares Arab/Muslim and Jewish humor and finds more in common than one might expect.

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28 March, 2021 • Joyce Zonana

Being Jewish and Muslim Together: Remembering Our Legacy

Joyce Zonana reviews two recent titles that reveal Jewish-Muslim connections and communities of the Arab world.

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21 February, 2021 • Rana Haddad

The Hidden World of Istanbul’s Rums

Rana Haddad interviews Istanbullu novelist Nektaria Anastasiadou about the little-known Rum community of Istanbul featured in her new novel.

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24 November, 2020 • TMR

Arabs and Muslims on Stage: Can We Unpack Our Baggage?

Egyptian American playwright Yussef El Guindi argues it's time for American theatre to go beyond bombs and burkas when it comes to Arab/Muslim characters and storylines.

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15 November, 2020 • TMR

Are Iranians—Restricted by the Trump Era Muslim-Country Ban—White?

With The Limits of Whiteness sociologist Neda Maghbouleh makes the case for the new, radical idea that a white American immigrant group can (and ought to) have the transformative power to become brown.

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1 October, 2018 • TMR

They Came for Muslims and Immigrants, Then They Came for Me

When a repressive government moves against the most despised in society, if left unchecked, no one is safe and it will move against its own citizens.

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6 September, 2018 • TMR

Islamophobic? How Does it Feel to be a Problem?

Politicians, not terrorists, are the chief instigators of Islamophobic prejudice, and with election it gets worse.

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6 July, 2015 • TMR

Historian and Women’s Rights Advocate Reveals Women of Iran

Iranian American delves beneath the surface of stereotypes about women in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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