You might have noticed that we have completely revamped one of our latest projects, Mideast Tunes, which showcases underground musicians throughout the Middle East and North Africa. We’re happy to say that since last week it’s been available as an …
Posted in Announcements, Art, Creativity, Culture, Entertainment, Media, Middle East, Music | Tagged Mideast Tunes, mideastunes, Music | Leave a commentGod as an old bearded men: For some devout Muslims, a film accused of blasphemy caused angry protests in Tunisia. The riots were directed against a television station that broadcast to the French-Iranian film “Persepolis.” ,and today they hit the …
Posted in Arabs, Art, Censorship, Comics, Creativity, Education, Entertainment, Film, Iran, Tunisia | Tagged Censorship, Tunisia | 3 CommentsIn an event that is considered a first of it’s kind in Saudi Arabian media, The morning Show “Sabah Al Saudia” broke the norm of what you’d expect from a governmentally funded, low rating, channel
Posted in Activism, Arabs, Assholes, Awareness, Censorship, Civil Rights, Entertainment, Freedom of Speech, Media, Saudi Arabia, Society | Leave a commentHere’s another piece for my art blog on Mideast Youth. It’s called ‘Blue, Badges, Burka’, oil and acrylic on board and 122 x 174 cm. See more here.
Posted in Art, Awareness, Civil Rights, Creativity, Culture, Entertainment, Gender, General, Humor, Interfaith, Islam, Islamophobia, Media, Photography, Politics, Satire, Sex, Society, Taboos, Women, Youth | 2 CommentsInterested in my work? Visit www.sarahmaple.com
Posted in Art, Creative Media, Culture, Entertainment, Freedom of Speech, Gender, Islam, Islamophobia, Photography, Religion, Satire, Taboos, Women | 3 Comments[...] I started a new segment titled “Fatwa of the Day” [on my blog]. Every couple days I submit a post that discusses a certain Fatwa by a certain religious scholar [...]
[...]Here are the Fatwa’s I’ve posted so far [...]
[ This is a series of 3 blogs that i wrote during the past week or so.. This part of the blog was written before seeing the full episode, reflecting on my initial reactions to it ] Recently, MTV Arabia …
Posted in Arabs, Culture, Culture and Society, Entertainment, Ethics, Events, Freedom of Speech, Gender, Islam, Media, Music, Regional Issues, Ridiculous, Saudi Arabia, Sexism, Society, Women, Youth | 1 CommentSome things must be written down, before they are forgotten, so that they are not forgotten, because they cannot be forgotten. Last week, many fans across the United States made a journey that they called their hajj to the Sundance …
Posted in Art, Culture, Entertainment, Film, Islam, USA | Tagged al thawra, filmstrip, Music, punk, sundance, taqwacore, the kominas | 2 CommentsWe’re pleased to announce a brand new competition and Facebook application for MEYArabic. The events that come along with MEYArabic first anniversary celebrations, in style. The new competition will put all the blogs of passing month, at the beginning of …
Posted in Announcements, Creativity, Entertainment, Fun Stuff, Mideast Youth | Tagged Competition, Facebook Application, MEYArabic | 2 CommentsMost of the time, I leave the cinema hall feeling disappointed, offended and ripped-off. Here I am, after wasting nearly two hours of my precious life, feeling slightly older and bitter that my intellect wasn’t stimulated in any way.
The question we need to ask here is not why such pathetic attempts at film-making are still being made, it’s simply: why is the public still interested in such films?
