“How Ecumenical Was Early Islam?” is the title of a lecture by Fred M. Donner, Professor of Near Eastern History, University of Chicago, in celebration of Roy P. Mottahedeh, Gurney Professor of History, Harvard University, at Harvard’s conference entitlted”Law, Loyalty and Leadership: Roy P. Mottahedeh’s Contribution to Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at Harvard.” The lecture is available for viewing online at http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/node/3252
The election circus is over for another four years; at least it is less a rhetorical political cliff than a slippery slope. But I recently came across a C-Span Youtube video of Representative Ron Paul (who is sure to run again for the GOP nod) speaking in congress in 2009 against a resolution to support Israel’s invasion into Gaza (which is why he will never win). It is well worth viewing again, politics aside. You can see it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Yb3vF6Vcjr0#!
For those of us who grew up getting our history from Mr. Peabody and his sidekick Sherman, politics was more than fractured fairy tales and a talking Moose (that had obviously escaped the helicopter hunt of Sarah Palin). So if you want to know why the Middle East is so messed up today, forget about Romney’s comic speech on Monday; here is a cartoon that explains it all. Get in your Youtube Not-So-Wayback Machine and enjoy Mr. Peabody’s view on what really happened.
Zahed Sultan Releases ‘Revolutionary’ New Song & Music Video
Watch Zahed Sultan’s new ‘Like This (ha-ka-tha)’ music video on www.youtube.com/zahedsultan
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Zahed Sultan announces the release of his new song & music video entitled “Like This (ha-ka-tha).†The song pays tribute to the social frustrations that have plagued the MENA region prior to the Arab Spring. In classical spoken-word Arabic, Zahed calls upon the Arab people to stand in unity, against tyranny, with a sense of civic pride.
In his music video, Zahed gives a gripping account of the revolutions as they sequentially unfold in each Arab country through use of raw-footage (shot by protestors with cell-phones) and stop-motion animation.
Be an active part of the change happening around you and share Zahed’s latest song & music video with your network!
About The Artist
Zahed is a music producer and social entrepreneur from Kuwait. He released his debut album “Hi Fear, Lo Love” on April 1st 2011and attained success with his 2nd single “I Want Her But I Don’t Want Her.†Parisian Dj, Stephane Pompougnac, featured the single on the internationally acclaimed Hotel Costes 15 compilation, which was released on Sept. 26th 2011. Continue reading Hakadha (Thus Spake Zahed Sultan)
For a moving dhikr performed by Muslim women of the sufi fraternity of Kunta-Hadjee Kisshieva, there is a Youtube video posted in 2008 and well worth listening to.
Among the architectural marvels of highland Yemen is the breathtaking bridge at Shahara. For more pictures of the bridge, click here and here.
Here is a short, but informative, video in Arabic on the use of qât (Catha edulis) in Yemen, via the Arabic service of Russia Today.
