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FEN FIVE – March 2011
We hope spring has sprung wherever you are, we’re still on the lookout for it in NYC. We had to kick off this month’s playlist with Omar Offendum’s “Mother’s Day” for all the Arab Mamas and Mama’s...
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Mohammed Fairouz’s Opera Sumeida’s Song
On Wednesday, April 13, 2011 the Mimesis Orchestra presents the world premiere of acclaimed composer Mohammed Fairouz’s first-ever opera, Sumeida’s Song, at the Ethical Culture Society in New York...
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“Spring Also Falls” by Suheir Hammad
spring also falls future without shoulder without shade there is impossible of absence ghosts in basin of belly there is din of nation rush of sea the unborn of the dead still there is an old knowing...
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NYC EVENT: Lyrical Evolution
project palestine presents LYRICAL EVOLUTION During the past century, the tone and rhythm of Palestinian song have mirrored the public’s response to colonialism, occupation, hope and resistance....
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6Qs with Comedian Ahmed Ahmed
World famous Egyptian-American comedian and actor Ahmed Ahmed doesn’t need a long introduction, but we’ll give him one anyway. An actor and comedian who has appeared in Iron Man, You Don’t Mess With...
View ArticleVIDEO: Triumph67 Trailer
Identity, memory, family, and elegy — these notions among others impact the lives of two Palestinian-American brothers, as they face startling events hurtling at them, delivering the brothers to states...
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6Qs with Comedian Maria Shehata
Egyptian-American comedian Maria Shehata’s sharp and original stand-up, combined with her quick-wit and crowd pleasing conversational delivery has brought her appearances on Comedy Central’s “The Watch...
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FUNATICAL: Taking Comedy to the Extreme
Egyptian-American Muslim comedian and actor Ahmed Ahmed headlines FUNATICAL: Taking Comedy to the Extreme’s “We Come in Peace Tour” on Thursday, April 14 at Arlington Cinema and Saturday, April 16 at...
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(FEN)SIDER: Actor Tahar Rahim in NYTimes Feature
Le Nouveau Pacino… Actor Tahar Rahim, who won both best actor and most promising actor last year at the Césars for his his role as Malik, a young criminal caught between the rival ethnic gangs that...
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(FEN)SIDER: Photographer Yumna Al-Arashi in Forbes Magazine
Arab Money: Redefined… 22-year-old Yumna Al-Arashi says she never thought she would see her name in Forbes Magazine. But that’s exactly what happened on June 6, 2011. Yumna was listed among an elite...
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(FEN)SIDER: Guernica features Arab-American Literature, Guest Editor Randa...
Necessary Summer Reading… Randa Jarrar takes over as guest editor of June’s Guernica Magazine. In her introduction, titled “From Alienation to Belonging,” she writes, “Arab-American literature is...
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FEN FIVE – April 2011
It isn’t often we find one piece that’s worthy of occupying all five spots on our FEN FIVE — but when we met Karim Sultan in NYC recently and had our first listen of “Three Sketches” — it was a done...
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Uprising: Paint + Piano
Press play and let your imagination fly with this beautiful collaboration… Uprising is a mixed-media painting by Sundus Abdul Hadi in collaboration with her sister, photographer Tamara Abdul Hadi,...
View ArticleVIDEO: ‘into egypt’ by Waleed Zaiter and Suheir Hammad
This vivid video, based on Suheir Hammad‘s poem ‘into egypt‘ was directed by Waleed Zaiter. He took some time out to tell FEN about his vision for the video… “Suheir’s work resonates on so many levels...
View ArticleFEN FIVE – May 2011 (Video Edition)
To wrap up spring, we’ve got a special video edition of the FEN Five that’s exactly how we love it — a journey of styles. Outlandish kicks it off with “TriumF” — a fun dance tune with that...
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6Qs with Hanni El Khatib
The 50s are back with a musical vengeance. A movement that has been slowly surfacing in the music scene with many artists dabbling in these nostalgic sounds for quite some time. At the helm of this...
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6Qs with Playwright-Actress Jennifer Jajeh
“Tragicomedy” is the word Jennifer Jajeh uses to describe her 90-minute solo performance in “I Heart Hamas,” in which she shares her experience of briefly living in Palestine, and the awkward moments...
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“Through Their Eyes” D.C. Photo Exhibition
In a small art gallery, in a peaceful courtyard off 31st Street in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., vivid and sometimes heartbreaking images of the uprisings in Yemen and Syria are on...
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Spotlight on the Arab Film Festival: 6Qs with Camille Alick and Michel Shehadeh
Film is a profoundly transformational medium. Rarely are we challenged and humbled, provoked and ameliorated, disheartened and inspired all in the span of 90 to 120 minutes, and rarely are such...
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Contributing Writer Lana Daoud reps FEN on KPFK!
Listen to LA-based Contributing Writer Lana Daoud repping FEN Magazine on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles / 98.7 FM Santa Barbara radio >>
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