It is going to be a long hot summer following the wintry start of the Arab spring. Here is a little comic relief from Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqJDuZIcQ34&NR=1
Category Archives: YouTube Watch
Muslim World Music
Muslim World Music Day is an online effort to identify and catalog all the recordings of Muslim music in the world. It will remain active as an online resource to make this culturally significant body of work readily available to people around the globe for study and enjoyment.
Yemen behind the Protests
With all the scenes of angry crowds protesting President Salih’s 32-year reign, it is useful to remember who the Yemeni people are. Here is a delightful montage online.
How to protest peacefully
Protests in Sanaa on Friday; if only everyone could follow the dove
The past few days has witnessed a turn to violence in the ongoing protests in Yemen. An altercation between President Salih’s forces and the major Hashid tribal family of al-Ahmar left scores dead and threatened to accelerate into a civil war. It appears that Salih would like nothing better as once again he could find an excuse to hold on to power. But as the young Husayn al-Ahmar said yesterday:
ØµØ§Ù„Ø Ù‚Ø§Ù„ اليمن ليست مصر ولا ليبياوأناأقول له إن صنعاء ليست طرابلس ومهلة الضمانات انتهت.
“Salih said that Yemen isn’t Egypt nor Libya, but I say to him that Sanaa is not Tripoli and the time for making a decision about guarantees has passed.”
Sadiq al-Ahmar, left; Husayn al-Ahmar, right
Shake the dust
The protests continue in Yemen. Will Ali Abdullah Salih step down or not? What next? Well, check this video out and see a side of Yemen not shown in the media these days.
Salafi vs. Wahhabi
So who is the best Muslim? Here is a debate between a Salafi and a Wahhabi. Guess who wins and guess who loses. (In a way we all lose in this kind of debate.)
Deaf not dumb
Here is a fascinating video with the audio disabled for a purpose. Check it out here. It is produced at the British Film Institute.
Bloggerheads on Yemen
Yemen’s embattled President Ali Abdullah Salih
There is an interesting discussion between political scientists Charles Schmitz of Towson University (and President of the American Institute for Yemeni Studies) and Gregory Johnsen, moderator of the blog Waq al-Waq, on the context of the current protests in Yemen, especially on the role of President Ali Abdullah Salih. It is well worth looking at the video which can be viewed here: http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/35377.