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KIRKUK, Iraq Even by the skewed standards of a country where millions are homeless or in exile, the squalor of the Kirkuk soccer stadium is a startling sight.
What rankles the stadiums impoverished Kurds most is that while they remain in a foul-smelling limbo, on the other side of town some of the Arabs who were forcibly moved here by Saddam Hussein still live in comfortable suburbs, a legacy of the dictators notorious 1980s Anfal campaign to depopulate Kurdish areas and Arabize Tamim.
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Reel Bad Arabs is a groundbreaking book that dissects a slanderous cinematic history. The films examined here date from cinema's earliest days to contemporary Hollywood blockbusters that feature machine-gun wielding, bomb-exploding "evil" Arabs.Reel Bad Arabs is a groundbreaking book that dissects a slanderous cinematic history.... more
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MTV Arabia was launched over the weekend, giving young Arabs a tailored and sanitized taste of the hip-hop-pop-reality tv channel. MTV Arabia is to feature 60% international music and local adaptations of the popular non-music shows (The Real World, Dubai?)
"But MTV, which is known for airing provocative videos featuring scantily clad women, says the Arab version of the pop-culture channel will show less bare skin and profanity."
MTV is moving in as big competition for a market dominated by locally produced music video channels. Do you think MTV should be expanding its world domination? Or do you think this is going to have a negative effect on Arab music culture?MTV Arabia was launched over the weekend, giving young Arabs a tailored and sanitized... more
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Dubai rocks -- you just don't know it yet. Check out the richest city in the world and the surging hip, progressive youth faction that inhabits it. Dubai rocks -- you just don't know it yet. Check out the richest city in the... more
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