Mideast Tunes is a multifaceted platform for underground musicians in the Middle East and North Africa who use music as a tool for social change. Today, we’re extremely pleased to finally unveil the new site and its features. These include: …
Posted in Creativity, Culture, Media, Middle East, Music | Tagged Culture, mideastunes, Music | 2 CommentsKurdistan brushes my hair, gently singing I am your mother, I ease your burden Kurdistan kisses my eyelids, gently singing I am your mother, I let you see no evil Kurdistan caresses my hands, gently singing I am your mother, …
Posted in Kurdistan, Poetry | Tagged Kurdistan, Kurds, wan | 2 CommentsI’ve been thinking a lot about democracy in the Middle East. That is why I’ve been exploring the most sustainable way that democracy could happen for countries like Iran. I believe that one of the most important prerequisites is understanding …
Posted in Culture, Democracy, Education, Iran, Videos | Tagged Iran | Leave a commentThe popular revolutionary grassroots news organization Shaam News Network has launched a virtual campaign as impressive as the network itself. With the Syrian revolutions entering their ninth month, protesters on the ground have left no building, animal, or art form …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Civil Rights, Creative Media, Freedom of Speech, Syria | Tagged Syria | Leave a commentThose who were known dead, Are still alive, Those who are known alive, Were gone dead, But who knows, Our brains molded in such a way, As someone smoke and butt in ash tray, We have got diseases sow in …
Posted in Culture and Society, Issues and Causes, News and Politics, Poetry, Religion | Tagged hidden faces, lies, path to hell, slave, Zionism | Leave a commentI was finally released. Israeli soldiers abducted me while filming an attack on villagers of Al-Walaja. The attack started with dynamiting their village lands near their houses, a process that already shook and cracked houses and injured some residents before. …
Posted in Activism, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, Palestine/Israel, Photos, Videos | Tagged Gaza, Palestine | 2 CommentsIts amazing how random a chance meeting in Tweed Heads (Northern NSW east coast of Australia) can end you up in a 5 star hotel in Egypt on the banks of the Nile. This’ll be my first departure from Australia …
Posted in Activism, Arabs, Countries/Regions, Creative Media, Culture, Culture and Society, Current Events, Demonstrations, Egypt, Film, Fun and Recreation, Fun Stuff, History, Humor, Interviews, News and Politics, Philosophy, Photos, Politics, Regional Issues, Society, Videos | Leave a commentWe at Migrant-Rights.org have just released a new video in an effort to continue to spread awareness about the dire situation of migrant/expat workers throughout the Middle East. We have yet to subtitle it to English, but the message remains …
Posted in Activism, Announcements, Awareness, Civil Rights, Creativity, Media, Migrant Workers, Racism | Tagged migrant rights, Migrant Workers, Racism | 1 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 CommentsTo some people, November 11th, 2011 is yet another regular day that may pass as much as the next one, aside from the funny coincidence that it carries 6 (ones) in it. Well, I beg to differ; for this day …
Posted in Afghanistan, Creativity, Events, Film, Iraq, Youth | Tagged events, Youth | Leave a comment