Online Cultural Briefings, no. 3, 2008/2009
Compiled by Al Jadid Magazine Staff
Arab Americans On and Off the Big Screen
Cultural Briefings
". . . Bemoan a Wound" Kuwaiti Writers Convicted
In Kuwait, two writers were given suspended two-month prison sentences in January after one was convicted of blasphemy and the other of indecency, and their books were ordered to be removed from the market.
Lebanon Redeems a Tradition of Freedom Court Exonerates Khalife of All Charge
Lebanon Redeems a Tradition of Freedom
Court Exhonerates Khalife of All Charges
Said’s Memoir Takes Its Place Amid Attempts to Discredit Compiled and edited
Few books are as keenly awaited as Edward Said’s latest work, which began stirring up fierce debate weeks before it was published. “Out of Place,” a memoir of youth, first came to the international spotlight with the appearance of an article that attempted to discredit the Palestinian-American writer and literature professor.
Topics covered in Vol. 13, nos.58/59
ESSAYS AND FEATURES
The Season of Tayeb Salih – Crossing the Boundaries, By Lynne Rogers
Lebanese Immigrants in Australia: Growing Up in a Culture of Taxi Driving
Topics Covered in Vol. 12, nos. 56/57
ESSAYS & FEATURES
Online Cultural Briefings, no. 1, 2007
Ban Lifted on ‘Controversial’ Lebanese Play
Online Cultural Briefings, no. 2, 2008
'Fallujah': Journalism as Theatre
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE
The Photo Op Seen Around the World
Director Errol Morris’ chilling documentary “Standard Operating Procedure” opened to mixed reviews, ruffling some feathers along the way. Though not the first film about Abu Ghraib, it is the first to fixate on the notorious photographs that exposed the prison’s torture regimen.
Phil Donahue Goes to War
With visions of tracking down Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan, 22-year-old Tomas Young of Kansas City, Missouri, enlisted in the army on September 13, 2001. The attacks had kindled in him, as in many, a fierce patriotism and newfound sense of purpose. But he never made it to Afghanistan. After completing basic training at Fort Hood, Texas, Young was shipped to Iraq, where he was shot through the spinal cord a mere five days into his tour. He is now paralyzed from the waist down.
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