34th Year Anniversary for the Disappearance of Imam Musa Al-Sadr (الذكرى ال 34 لتغييب الامام السيد موسى الصدر)

Across Lebanon today, many will partake in commemorating the remembrance of the great leader, Imam Musa Al-Sadr (“Imam”). He was born to a highly regarded and prestigious family in the year 1928 in Qom, Iran. His father was the great Sayed Sadr al-Din Sadr (صدر الدين الصدر). Imam Musa Al-Sadr became the leader of the Shi’i Muslim community in […]

Photos that Bear Witness to Modern Slavery

Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think

The Healing Power of Music

Revolutionary Rap in Tahrir Square, Cairo

Awards for Artists who Help Coexistence

Pink Floyd – Song for Palestine

I AM NOT MOVING – Short Film – Occupy Wall Street

Carl Sagan – Pale Blue Dot

WELCOME TO SHELBYVILLE FILM

 June 17, Fri  7:30 p.m. Film: Welcome to Shelbyville. Arab American National Museum, 13624 Michigan Ave., Dearborn, 48126.  The program includes a screening of the 2009 documentary Welcome to Shelbyville, directed by award-winning filmmaker Kim A. Snyder. The film introduces a cast of straight-talking people in rural Tennessee who are taking immigration into their own […]

Standing Up for Freedom

Prague based world-renowned international motion art production company Eallin has produced a beautiful animated video for Amnesty International to celebrate its 50th anniversary of working to protect human rights. Directed by Carlos Lascano, this emotive piece of work takes us on a metaphorical journey showing mankind’s struggle for freedom over the last half century.  Music […]

The Music Instinct: Science and Song

The Music Instinct: Science and Songprovides a ground-breaking exploration into how and why the human organism and the whole ebb and flow of the cosmos is moved by the undeniable effect of music. This follows visionary researchers and accomplished musicians to the crossroads of science and culture in search of answers to music s deep […]

Vittorio Arrigoni … A Hero for Palestinian Cause

Vittorio Arrigoni (4 February 1975 – 15 April 2011) was an Italian reporter, writer, pacifist and activist.[1][2] Arrigoni worked with the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in the Gaza Strip, from 2008 until his death. Arrigoni maintained a website, Guerrilla Radio, and published a book of his experiences in Gaza during the 2008–09 Gaza War between Hamas and Israel. He was killed by suspected members of a Palestinian Salafist group in Gaza. The killing was condemned by various Palestinian factions.

Are You Ready For the Future? It is one invention away, and it is here: Glass Technology Corning

Secrets of the Koran

The Koran is one of the most important works ever written. For almost one billion people worldwide, it is the Holy Scripture, the word of God and his prophet. For others, it is a historical artifact that has left an indelible imprint on the world. Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran probes the heart […]

Restrepo … The Heavy Toll of War

Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington’s year dug in with the Second Platoon in one of Afghanistan’s most strategically crucial valleys reveals extraordinary insight into the surreal combination of back breaking labor, deadly firefights, and camaraderie as the soldiers painfully push back the Taliban. The film follows the 2nd Platoon of Battle Company on a 15-month […]

IRSHAD PLANS ON HOSTING THE RESPONSE AGAIN IN DETROIT FOR A SECOND SHOWING

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Palestinian refugees making high fashion

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/05/18/palestinian.refugees.fashion/index.html By Catriona Davies, for CNN May 18, 2011 11:54 a.m. EDT STORY HIGHLIGHTS Palestyle and Inaash both sell traditional embroidery made by women in refugee camps 27-year-old Zeina Abou Chaaban started Palestyle as a social business two years ago It sells in high-end department stores and boutiques (CNN) — Women living in refugee camps […]

Selections from the 2011/5771 Jewish Voice for Peace Haggadah

Freedom In remembrance of the 2011 protests in Tunisia, Egypt, Gabon, Bahrain, Libya, and elsewhere.

Urban Farming – New York Farm City