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Salon.com
September 24, 2001
Janelle Brown |
Terror's first victims When fanatics like the Taliban seize control of Islamic countries, women are the first to suffer...   |
Salon.com
October 22, 2001
Max Garrone |
Fundamental problems Religious writer Karen Armstrong explains why Muslim nations have difficulty with democracy and the qualities that all forms of fundamentalism share... |
Parameters
Summer 2007
Gawdat Bahgat |
Iran and the United States: The Emerging Security Paradigm in the Middle East It is time that those responsible for crafting the policies and strategies for the region understand that US and Iranian interests are not by definition mutually exclusive. |
Parameters
Autumn 2006
Raymond L. Bingham |
Bridging the Religious Divide Academicians, east and west, hotly debate the fundaments of the war on terror. In our nation's capital, decision-makers and renowned scholars meet regularly to posit the pros and cons of U.S. foreign policy. |
Salon.com
October 9, 2001
Stephanie Zacharek |
"Baran" Iranian boy meets Afghan girl in a Middle Eastern film that might make it out of the art house... |
Parameters
Autumn 2005
Chris Zambelis |
The Strategic Implications of Political Liberalization and Democratization in the Middle East Promoting democracy in the Middle East will mark a positive shift in American foreign policy if and when Washington decides to back up its rhetoric with action. |
Salon.com
December 4, 2002
Laura McClure |
What would Mohammed do? Geraldine Brooks, an expert on the role of women in Islam, says the "haters of beauty" behind the Miss World riots misrepresent what is a "pro-sexuality" religion. |
ifeminists
March 25, 2003
Wendy McElroy |
Laying Down 'the White Woman's Burden' The most recent stereotype to bombard the American psyche is of the Muslim woman who lives veiled and in fear of all men who, by virtue of their maleness, are her oppressors. But is it true in general of Arab-Muslim women who have become the focus of world attention? |
Salon.com
February 16, 2001
Ben Barber |
Colin Powell rolls up his sleeves On his trip to the Middle East next week, Bush's secretary of state will face an escalating conflict that he never intended to mediate. |
Reason
October 2007
Michael J. Totten |
The Next Iranian Revolution How armed exiles are working to topple Tehran's Islamic Government. |
Reason
June 2006 |
Three Views on Iraq, Three Years Later In May 2003 George W. Bush declared "mission accomplished" in Iraq. A trio of analysts debates the current state of the region: Why I Supported the Iraq War... You Can't Bring Order to the Middle East... Six Facts About Iraq... |
Salon.com
December 12, 2001
Norah Vincent |
It's not just Hamas It's time for America to stop coddling the Palestinians -- they're bloodthirsty bigots who would have exterminated the Jews if they were in charge... |
Parameters
November 2004
Philip Seib |
The News Media and the "Clash of Civilizations" "For the first time in history, global politics is both multipolar and multicivilizational." As the balance of power among civilizations shifts, the relative influence of the West is declining. |
Salon.com
May 13, 2002
Laura Miller |
Death rattle? Sept. 11 may have been the last gasp of militant Islam -- but while it's dying, it could strike again and again... |
Salon.com
September 25, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
The media's Islamic blind spot News reports are obsessing on how the terrorist attacks happened, but not why... |
Salon.com
August 20, 2002
Uju Asika |
Black to the future Director Isaac Julien talks about "BaadAsssss Cinema," his Independent Film Channel tribute to the outrageous fashions, foot-high Afros and subversive politics of '70s blaxploitation movies. |
Salon.com
October 30, 2001
Suzy Hansen |
A Jew in the mosque A self-described "average Israeli" talks about his daring journey to pray with the Holy Land's Muslims and Christians -- and why Arafat cannot head a Palestinian state... |
BusinessWeek
January 15, 2007 |
They're Muslims, And Yankees, Too A book examines the duality of Muslim-American life. |
Salon.com
December 14, 2001
Andrew O'Hehir |
"Kandahar" A stark and beautiful film traces a Afghan woman's journey across a landscape we may never understand... |
Smithsonian
April 2006
Afshin Molavi |
Young and Restless Saudi Arabia's baby boomers, born after the 1973 oil embargo, are redefining the kingdom's relationship with the modern world. |
Reason
February 2006
Michael Young |
Persian Letters Three personal accounts of modern Iran: Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America and American in Iran, by Azadeh Moaveni... Even After All This Time: A Story of Love, Revolution, and Leaving Iran, by Afschineh Latifi... etc. |
Salon.com
October 18, 2001
M. A. Muqtedar Khan |
A memo to American Muslims It's time for us to search our souls. How can the message of Muhammad become a source of horror and fear? How can Islam inspire thousands of youth to dedicate their lives to killing others? |
Mother Jones
May/Jun 2001
Camelia Entekhabi-Fard |
Behind the Veil Westerners see Iran's mandatory veil as a symbol of repression. But under cover of the hejab, Islamic women have gained more freedom than they -- or the fundamentalists -- could have imagined... |
Salon.com
November 25, 2002
Sarah Coleman |
The 9/11 movie Hollywood won't let you see The "stridently anti-American" anthology film "11'09"01" is sometimes arty, sometimes preachy and sometimes brilliant. In Bush's America, it's also commercially untouchable. |
Salon.com
October 8, 2001
Gary Kamiya |
War and peace Our fight against terrorism gives the U.S. a historic opportunity to become a kinder, gentler force in the world... |
Salon.com
September 11, 2001
Eric Boehlert, Suzy Hansen & Jeff Stark |
"Our fight is for Jerusalem, not New York" Arab-Americans worry about their loved ones in New York and fear retribution... |
Lucire
February 24, 2013 |
Lights on Park City Sundance is a great opportunity for many independent filmmakers to receive recognition for their artistic ideas on the silver screen. |
Reason
December 2007
Jesse Walker |
Let the Viewer Decide Indy documentarian Frederick Wiseman on free speech, complexity, and the trouble with Michael Moore. |
Salon.com
January 11, 2001
Ben Barber |
Shutting down the Tehran Spring How religious hard-liners sabotaged reforms in Iran and earned the spite of their people... |
Salon.com
October 1, 2002
Charles Taylor |
"Not with anger ..." An international director stands up for Abbas Kiarostami, the Iranian master denied a visa for the New York Film Festival. |
Salon.com
March 20, 2002
Suzy Hansen |
"Jerusalem Calling" by Joel Schalit A disillusioned young Israeli living in the U.S. warns the American left that it's too reluctant to criticize religious fundamentalists -- including George Bush... |
Fast Company
November 2011 |
Martin Scorsese On John Cassavetes John Cassavetes wiped away the old vocabulary of doing films. |
Salon.com
October 12, 2001
Katharine Mieszkowski |
A thousand and one e-mails The Taliban has declared the Internet un-Islamic, but elsewhere in the Muslim world, going online is one way to avoid the censors... |
Salon.com
September 28, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Friends like these Why did so many of the Sept. 11 hijackers have ties to Saudi Arabia? Why can't the U.S. use Saudi bases to fight the war on terrorism? What Americans don't know about their best Muslim ally... |
Information Today
August 16, 2012 |
Alexander Street Press Expands Its Film Collections Alexander Street Press expanded its visual arts offerings with the release of two streaming video collections, Silent Film Online and New World Cinema: Independent Features and Shorts, 1990-Present. |
Financial Advisor
February 2010
Eric Rasmussen |
Movie Mania A new company called IndieVest hopes it can make independent films turn a profit for investors. Will the model work? |
Fast Company
November 21, 2011
Rick Tetzeli |
Martin Scorsese On Vision In Hollywood How Marty Scorsese risked it all and lived to risk again in Hollywood. |
Fast Company
KC Ifeanyi |
You've Seen "Boyhood"--Now It's Time For The Must-Watch "Girlhood" French writer and director Celine Sciamma's new powerhouse film Girlhood is in no way riffing off of Richard Linklater's Oscar-nominated, 12-year saga Boyhood -- and it's not simply a difference in gender. |
Salon.com
December 12, 2001
Janelle Brown |
Hopeless in Jerusalem "Promises," a documentary about children growing up in the middle of the Arab-Israeli conflict, reveals early lessons in hatred and a grim absence of optimism... |
Salon.com
June 12, 2002
Suzy Hansen |
Six days that shook the world An Israeli historian talks about the weeklong war that shaped the modern Middle East and still fuels the Arab-Israeli conflict. |
Parameters
Autumn 2004
Richard L. Russell |
Iran in Iraq's Shadow: Dealing with Tehran's Nuclear Weapons Bid The Iraq war is the backdrop for the evolving policy debate on Iran. Tehran might be tempted to harness the threat of nuclear weapons for leverage in the political-military struggle against the United States for power and influence in the Persian Gulf. |
Salon.com
September 21, 2001
Paul Wachter |
The view from Beirut An American in Lebanon warns that despite Bush's efforts, Arabs will likely view an attack on terrorism as a war on Islam... |
Salon.com
May 22, 2001
Ben Barber |
Is Powell's peace plan a pipe dream? With the abandonment of settlement construction and calls for a "total end of violence" at its core, the U.S. roadmap to Mideast peace may be doomed from Day 1... |
Reason
December 2002
Cathy Young |
Ecumenical Intolerance The sin of extremism is neither common to all Muslims nor limited to Islam. |
Lucire
March 15, 2014 |
Star-struck at Sundance Lola Saab looks back at this year's Sundance Film Festival, from the premieres to the celebrity lounges and parties |
Parameters
Autumn 2007
Christopher Hemmer |
Responding to a Nuclear Iran What should American foreign policy be if current efforts to discourage Iran from developing nuclear weapons fail? |
CRM
December 2011
Eric Barkin |
The Monday Morning Numbers on Movie Marketing How international growth, social media, and a decline in DVD sales are changing the film industry's marketing strategies. |
Salon.com
October 9, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Suspicious minds Many Arab rulers would like to support the Western war on Osama bin Laden. But their subjects disagree, and have a laundry list of reasons why... |
Inc.
July 2006
Darren Dahl |
Mideast Boom This year, U.S. exports to the Middle East are expected to increase 56 percent, to $40 billion. Below, the top 15 importers. |
Salon.com
June 6, 2001
Flore de Preneuf |
Brinkmanship of blood Pushed to the edge by rage and revenge, Palestinians and Israelis stare into the abyss of war... |
