[This article first appeared on our other site, Mideast Tunes.] I kinda lucked out with this one. A friend happened to get me into personal contact with Busac of Smouldering In Forgotten for an interview via email. As people know, …
Posted in Bahrain, Creativity, Culture, Music, Youth | Tagged Bahrain, band, Interview, metal, Music | Leave a commentHailed as the only gathering of its kind in the United States, the third Kurdish Youth Festival is scheduled to, once again, deliver an unforgettable experience. The upcoming 2012 festival will take place in the Nation’s Capital, Washington, DC, on …
Posted in Announcements, Culture, Events, Kurdistan, Kurds, Youth | Tagged kurdish youth festival, Kurdistan, Kurds | Leave a commentWe are pleased to announce that Mideast Tunes has officially entered a partnership with Blazetrak, a New York based company that provides direct video access to the world’s top professionals. Bands and artists from the Middle East and Africa are …
Posted in Announcements, Creativity, Culture, Media, Music | Tagged band, hip hop, Mideast Tunes, Music, musician | Leave a commentRead Write Web, a popular tech blog, published a great write-up about our growing project, Mideast Tunes. Here’s an except: As popular uprisings have unfolded across the Middle East this year, much attention has been paid to the both underlying …
Posted in Announcements, Culture, Media, Music | Tagged mideastunes, Music | Leave a commentWe are excited to announce the launch of AssyrianRights.org. We are a cross-cultural group of activists, students, and professionals that are concerned for and supportive of Assyrian human rights in addition to the conservation of Assyrian culture, language and history. …
Posted in Assyrians, Awareness, Culture, Human Rights, Iraq | 1 CommentThe introduction of Facebook questions has made my faith in humanity plummet. The latest in a string of inanities asks, “What is the most suitable way to curb sexual harassment?” Is it a) Men should control themselves, or b) Women …
Posted in Awareness, Culture, Gender, Sexism, Women | 1 CommentThe contested-concept Globalization is an old used term; first used in 1897 and later in 1952, then it became a widespread term in 1960s. “Globalization refers to a multidimensional set of social process that create, multiply, stretch, and intensify worldwide social interdependencies and exchanges while at the same time fostering in people a growing awareness of deepening connection between the local and the distant “(Steger, 2003)
Posted in Culture, Economy, Politics | 2 CommentsSyrian rap song “Biyan Raqam Wahid”, translated as “Communiqué No. 1” or “Statement No. 1”, was released online amid demonstrations and violent government crackdowns in southern Syrian cities like Deraa and Douma. The spirit of protest grew from these marginal …
Posted in Activism, Culture, Music, Syria, Youth | 1 CommentFor over 50 years, over 300,000 Kurds in Syria were labeled foreigners in a 1963-census that was carried out in an arbitrary manner which restricted the “foreigner” Kurds acquiring employment, education, health, property, or even marriage. The government has banned …
Posted in Activism, Arabs, Civil Rights, Culture, Culture and Society, Democracy, Demonstrations, Education, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Kurdistan, Kurds, Middle East, Syria | 2 CommentsBefore the status of women in Islam can be determined, the religion itself must first be analyzed separately from the cultures and practices in “Islamic” countries—most notably, those in the Middle East.
Posted in Afghanistan, Culture, Culture and Society, Gender, Human Rights, Iran, Islam, News and Politics, Religion, Saudi Arabia, Society, Women | 2 Comments