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WMR: UN ‘Culture of Peace’ Video Clip

Your Name and Date:  Victoria Wilmarth 11/13/08
Title of Article:  UN ‘Culture of Peace’
Source of Article: video clip and interview from CNN.com http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/11/07/vo.australia.baby.hippo.cnn?iref=videosearch
Article Summary
Time: November 2008
Place: World
Key People:  UN, Asif Zardari (President of Pakistan), Dr. Eboo Patel, King Abdullah (Saudi Arabia)
Key Concepts: Clash of Civilizations, Interfaith Tolerance
Article Summary: UN Countries joined in a meeting aimed [...]

2008 11 14 Tori Wilmarth Arab World
Christianity
Islam
Islam and Politics
Islam and the West
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WMR2 - Photos of Jerusalem

Not too terribly long of a “media report,” but it was interesting and thus thought I would share.

October 18, 2008
•Title of Article/Editorial/Column (indicate which type):  “Le Monde 2”: Jérusalem en plans serrés par Didier Ben Loulou (photographic documentation)  

•Source of Article: Le Monde
http://www.lemonde.fr/le-monde-2/portfolio/2008/10/15/le-monde-2-jerusalem-en-plans-serres-par-didier-ben-loulou_1107252_1004868.html 

•Article Summary
 Time: Over the past 18 years
Place: Jerusalem
 Key People: Didier Ben Loulou, a French [...]

2008 10 22 Kaki Elgin Arab-Israeli Conflict
Art and Architecture
Israel
Judaism
Media
Middle East
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WMR 3 - “Is there something wrong with being a Muslim,” Powell asks

WMR – “Is there something wrong with being a Muslim, asks Powell”
 
Your name: Victoria Wilmarth 10/20/08
Title of Article:  “Is there something worn with being a Muslim, asks Powell”
Source of Article: Arab News (a news sources based in Saudi Arabia)
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=115621&d=21&m=10&y=2008
Place:  United States, Middle East
Key People:  Collin Powell
Vocabulary: none
Main Idea: An Arab Newspaper references [...]

2008 10 20 Tori Wilmarth Arab World
Islam
Islam and Politics
Islam and the West
Middle East
NMH-PA Media Reports Comments (0)

Orhan Pamuk Criticizes Turkish Government’s Treatment of Writers

Orhan Pamuk, speaking in Frankfurt, strongly criticized the Turkish government for the way it treats Turkish writers.  Turkey’s president, Abdullah Gul, was in the audience. 
Motoko Rich, “Turkish Novelist, at Event Honoring His Country, Says Government Abuses Writers,” New York Times, October 16, 2008
NMH Senior Seminar in Turkey

2008 10 16 Ted Thornton Pamuk
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Follow-up to “The Band’s Visit”

After watching “The Band’s Visit,” some were enthralled hearing what the actors and filmmakers had to say about their experience working one-on-one together as Arabs and Jews.  David Shipler in his book Arab and Jew (New York: Penguin Books, 1986) provides penetrating psychological portraits of the parties to the Arab-Israeli conflict and is highly recommended reading.  [...]

2008 10 15 Ted Thornton Arab-Israeli Conflict
Israel Comments (0)

Review of Current Show on Arabic Calligraphy

See:  Holland Cotter, “Copying the Koran, One Book at a Time,” New York Times, Oct. 10, 2008, C27

2008 10 10 Ted Thornton Art and Architecture
Islam Comments (0)

Turkish Singer Defiant in Court

Bulent Ersoy, a popular Turkish singer has been accused of making dangerous propaganda for the PKK. Last February Ersoy spoke about the military, saying that it was “the sacred duty” of every Turk, on national television. Her first hearing in took place in mid-June, but due to scheduling conflicts with her music career, she failed [...]

2008 10 01 Parker Cohn Kurds
NMH-PA Media Reports
Turkey Comments (1)

Review of Pamuk’s Memoir ISTANBUL

A review of Orhan Pamuk’s memoir Istanbul, written in 2005, offers another interesting glimpse into the life and work of the author we have been reading a lot of this semester.  The reviewer, Christopher De Bellaigue, writes:
“Pamuk’s achievement in ‘Istanbul’ is to show the human damage done by Ataturk’s revolution without succumbing to the benighted [...]

2008 09 27 Ted Thornton Islam and the West
Pamuk
Turkey Comments (0)

Arab Media Breaking New Ground

The Arab media are exploring new boundaries of what Arab consumers are willing to consume.
Robert F. Worth, “Arab TV Tests Societies’ Limits With Depictions of Sex and Equality,” New York Times, Sept. 27, 2008

2008 09 27 Ted Thornton Arab World
Media Comments (0)

Dubai: Trying to Bridge the Gap Between Secularism and Religion in the Arab World

In the seventh installment in their series “Generation Faithful,” the New York Times profiles life in fast paced Dubai, where an atmosphere of moderation and tolerance help Arab young people bridge the sometimes difficult tension between secular and religious ways of life. However, living in Dubai is still challenging for those foreign Arabs who are used [...]

2008 09 22 Ted Thornton Arab World
Islam
Middle East
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