Art & Culture

Disappointing architecture, stunning Islamic arts

Many reviewers have hailed the Institute of Contemporary Art's (ICA) new $51 million building on the Boston Harbor waterfront as all but a divine gift to architecture. Writing in The Boston Globe, Robert Campbell called the building "the most inventive, most interesting piece of local architecture since the Hancock Tower of a generation...
Art & Culture

Belly headlines Detroit Hip-Hop Summit on finance

DETROIT - When Ahmad Balshe was seven years old, he fled war-torn Palestine with his family and settled in Ottawa, Canada. At age 10, his passion for hip-hop music surfaced and was enhanced by a love of poetry and creative writing. Today, at age 22, Balshe is referred to as "Belly" and is considered to be a "heavy-weight" in rap music....
Film on Islam tied to pro-Israel groups Art & Culture

Film on Islam tied to pro-Israel groups

April 4th, 20070 WASHINGTON (IPS) — A controversial documentary on the threat of radical Islam, promoted by the two most-watched U.S. cable news networks, was marketed and supported in part by self-described "pro-Israel" groups, according to an IPS investigation. Abbreviated versions and segments of "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West"...
Arab comedians wow Ann Arbor crowd Art & Culture

Arab comedians wow Ann Arbor crowd

March 17th, 20070 Comedian Dean Obeidallah has only been an Arab for five years, but he's pretty good at it. "I went to bed on September 10 (2001) a white guy, and I woke up on September 11 an Arab," said Obeidallah, of New York, who's performed around the country and on Comedy Central as part of the Axis of Evil Comedy tour.  New York...
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