- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 16, 2012
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Propaganda hits social media like a mortar shell
How Jennifer Egan's New Yorker story presaged the insidious Gaza PR war being waged over social media
- You Are Here, Chicagoans, Nov 1, 2012
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This week's Chicagoan: Howard Cort, septuagenarian and activist
"I and a Moroccan fellow and an Iraqi Jew from Israel, we shared an apartment on Rittenhouse Square."
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 9, 2011
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The Middle East Uprisings Release Their First Mix Tape
"Khalas Mixtape Volume One" includes the influential "President, Your People Are Dying" from Tunisia's El General and similarly politicized rap from Egypt, Libya, and Algeria.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 12, 2010
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American Arab
Usama Alshaibi screens clips from his in-progress documentary "American Arab" and joins a panel discussion for Arab American Heritage Month, tonight at Columbia College.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 2, 2009
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Soulico Brings Its International Flavor to the Empty Bottle Tonight
Israeli club hip-hop crew Soulico makes its Chicago debut at the Empty Bottle with special guest MC Zulu.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 13, 2009
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Veiled Voices
Brigid Maher's documentary "Veiled Voices," premiering 9/13 on Link TV, follows three women leaders in the Middle East.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 24, 2007
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Why beat up on the old guy?
Jimmy Carter runs afoul of the thought police.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 13, 2006
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Map mania
Middle East empires, CIA torture flights, flickr's sources, and more.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 27, 2006
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World's best whiskey bar
The last word on the Cheney administration's foreign policy: "Manichaeism is not a plan."
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 13, 2006
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Linkin' & lookin'
Look, don't read.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 5, 2006
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Last Word on Our Pathetic Excuse for a Middle East Policy
Any common-sense mom could make a better president.
