Posted by BeautyandtheEast on 05-06-2010 | Comments | Share | Filed under: Entertainment, Comedy
Waseem MoeMoney is a Muslim Canadian, with Middle Eastern heritage. Canadian-Muslim-Arab equals some seriously funny comedy. Watch this hilarious clip:
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Posted by BeautyandtheEast on 05-03-2010 | Comments | Share | Filed under: Fashion-Eastas, Fashion
Check out a new line of Muslim swim suits:
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Posted by BeautyandtheEast on 05-02-2010 | Comments | Share | Filed under: Entertainment, Film/TV
Born in 1974, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali is an American Muslim Actor. He accepted Islam in his early 20’s during his studies in New York. An accomplished actor, Ali excels in his career while shedding a positive light on Islam. He has appeared as a lead actor in The 4400, and a supporting actor in numerous television shows and movies.
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Posted by BeautyandtheEast on 04-28-2010 | Comments | Share | Filed under: Entertainment, Leaders/Stories
Anousheh Ansari is an Iranian American business entrepreneur who made headlines several years ago by visiting the International Space Station as the first female, private space traveler. Ansari is an entrepreneur and co-founder/chairman of Prodea Systems. Prior to founding Prodea Systems, Anousheh served as co-founder, CEO and chairman of Telecom Technologies, Inc. She earned a bachelor’s degree in electronics and computer engineering from George Mason University, followed by a master’s degree in electrical engineering from George Washington University. She has an honorary doctorate from the International Space University and is currently working toward a master’s degree in astronomy from Swinburne University.
“In her memoir, “My Dream of Stars: From Daughter of Iran to Space Pioneer,” Ansari tells the story of her childhood in Iran and her family’s exodus to America after the Islamic Revolution. After settling down in Texas, Ansari built a computer technology firm from the ground up, which eventually realized a net worth of $750 million and ultimately allowed her to achieve her childhood dream of spaceflight. In her groundbreaking role as the first-ever female commercial spaceflight participant, her story became politicized and fraught with the prejudices and obstacles she had to overcome as an Iranian woman, culminating in a debate over whether she would be allowed to display both the American and Iranian flags on the sleeve of her spacesuit.
Watch her “Greetings from Space” video here:
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Posted by BeautyandtheEast on 04-22-2010 | Comments | Share | Filed under: Entertainment, Film/TV, Leaders/Stories
Anisa Wahab (Actress/Musician, Exile Theatre) was born in Kabul in 1957. She became a well-known child star in Afghan television/film and continued for many years prior the Taliban regime. She worked as an actress and commentator for Children’s Radio and TV programs, performed in many TV dramas, films and on stage at the Kabul Theater from 1973 to 1992. She was a children’s singing trainer at Pioneer’s Palace from 1973 to 1982, performed as an actress in Mazar Theater from 1992 to 1994, and in many BBC soap opera dramas. After immigrating to Peshawar, Pakistan, during the Taliban regime, she worked as an actress for the N.B.S.D project (a children’s rights awareness project) in Peshawar in 1999, and the BBC.
Ms. Wahab is a founding member of Exile Theatre and an actress and musician for the company. In 2005, she traveled to Japan and the USA (P-3 visa) with the premiere production of Beyond the Mirror, and served on panels on the Arts in Conflict Zones at several US universities during the company’s two-month tour in New York, Baltimore and Washington DC. She appeared in numerous short films, radio dramas, and TV soap opera dramas. She was also a skilled tambur and tabla percussionist in Afghan and Indian music, a rarity for Afghan women. One of the few women in the theatre field, she continues to be a well-known and widely loved theatre, film and TV personality in Afghanistan. She will be missed…
Watch clips from her performance in “Beyond the Mirror” in New York City:
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Posted by BeautyandtheEast on 04-22-2010 | Comments | Share | Filed under: Entertainment, Film/TV
When a Qatari company recently announced that it would launch into the movie business with a $150mn feature about the Prophet Mohammed, it reignited debate about the portrayal of Islam and Muslims in the film industry. In this episode of the Riz Khan show can Muslim producers can make Islam mainstream and acceptable on the big screen?
Tags: riz khan, islam in hollywood, al jazeera, kamran pasha
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Posted by BeautyandtheEast on 04-22-2010 | Comments | Share | Filed under: Entertainment, Film/TV
The central character in the recent film My Name is Khan is compelled to state again and again, “My name is Khan, and I am not a terrorist.” In this discussion, the relationship between cinematic cultures and religious actions and identity is analyzed. How do this film’s voices relate to concerns of personal expression, secularism, and political violence? How does the film engage the politics of religion and race? What is to be made of this film’s origins in India and its portrayal of American physical, social, and religious landscapes, especially in the context of global empire, past and contemporary.
The event is free and open to the public.
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Posted by BeautyandtheEast on 04-20-2010 | Comments | Share | Filed under: Entertainment, Film/TV, Art/Books
In the wake of 9/11, Naif al-Mutawa made what some might consider an unusual career move for a clinical psychologist. He created a comic book. Al-Mutawa, a Kuwaiti with multiple degrees from American universities, wanted a series that could counter the anti-Muslim backlash for Muslims and non-Muslims alike.
The 99, as al-Mutawa named his creation, has everything a good comic book needs—evil in the world and superheroes to fight it. Unlike most comics, however, its stories are told in an Islamic context. The superheroes are boys and girls from all over the world, each of whom finds one of 99 stones created after the destruction of an Iraqi library by Genghis Kahn’s descendants. The stones endow the heroes with superpowers based on Allah’s 99 virtues—such qualities as wisdom, healing, destruction, and love.
The comic books’ popularity has grown quickly, and al-Mutawa’s superheroes now have an international audience. On April 26th al-Mutwawa and his company Teshkeel, plan to announce its American debut of the animated series set for this Fall 2010!
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Posted by BeautyandtheEast on 04-18-2010 | Comments | Share | Filed under: Fashion-Eastas, Fashion
The dress of Muslim women walks a fine line between conservative and chic. In this video clip, Chechnya and Iran, politics affect how much skin one can show. Pakistani fashion designers rebel against Taliban influences while Afghan designer Rabia Z makes stylish clothes that is modest and chic.
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Posted by BeautyandtheEast on 04-15-2010 | Comments | Share | Filed under: Entertainment, Film/TV
Meet Faran Tahir, a Pakistani American actor you may recognize from such blockbuster films as Iron Man and Star Trek. Tahir is a third generation actor. He originally attended UC Berkeley with plans to get a business degree, but ended up creating his own major to pursue acting. He then received a graduate degree from Harvard. Tahir has guest starred on many television shows, including 24, Lost, Chuck, and most recently, Greys Anatomy.
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