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MuslimScreen: May 2009
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Monday, May 25, 2009. I watched Shane Acker's "9" short film on youtube.com. And thought it was genius. They are now making the short into a feature length movie with Tim Burton - more on that here. In an interview with Shane Acker. On AnimationTrip.com, if you scroll half way down -Acker starts talking the symbolism that is used in the short film. The part that stuck out to me when he was talking about why he chose the number 9 as the main character:. Saturday, May 23, 2009. Not a movie - but still an a...
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MuslimScreen: April 2009
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Sunday, April 19, 2009. Young Video Makers Try to Alter Islam’s Face - from the NYTimes. This article is from last year, but it encompasses a lot about what this website is about - which is Muslims taking the opportunity of the mediums of the time period of negative stereotypes and misconceptions to tell the world to give Muslims a voice. Http:/ www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/us/08video.html? Tuesday, April 14, 2009. Purchase Tickets for DeenTight Documentary! TICKETS ARE GOING FAST. EVENT NEAR CAPACITY.
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The “Before I Turn 30 List”. The inspiration behind this blog. This is The List. It’s what will hold me accountable for the next 12-months before I turn 30. Even though I do a list every year on my birthday, my gut tells me this will be the most significant. (It effing better be.). I have been 20-something for a long time now and it’s grown on me. This 30-ish business is unknown territory. Whatever it is, I want to be ready for it and make it a year of reinvention. This blog will track it all. I work out...
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MuslimScreen: Reflections on Bronx Princess
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009. Reflections on Bronx Princess. Eid Mubarak to everyone! Bronx Princess is an independent film that premiered last night on PBS at 10 pm If you missed it, you can watch it online. For a month starting today. Though I felt the movie transitioned too quickly between the events of Rocky's summer, filmmakers Yoni Brook and Musa Syeed did a great job telling her story and captured touching and intimate moments with her mother especially as well as with her father. Bronx Princess ...
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MuslimScreen: September 2009
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009. Reflections on Bronx Princess. Eid Mubarak to everyone! Bronx Princess is an independent film that premiered last night on PBS at 10 pm If you missed it, you can watch it online. For a month starting today. Though I felt the movie transitioned too quickly between the events of Rocky's summer, filmmakers Yoni Brook and Musa Syeed did a great job telling her story and captured touching and intimate moments with her mother especially as well as with her father. Bronx Princess ...
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MuslimScreen: February 2009
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Friday, February 27, 2009. Press Release: Ann Arbor Palestine Film Festival. Ann Arbor Palestine Film FestivalMarch 11, 2009 - March 14, 2009. On March 11, 2009 at 8 pm, the Ann Arbor Palestine Film Festival will make its debut at the world renowned Michigan Theatre in Ann Arbor, Michigan. As one of the few Palestine film festivals to take place in the Midwest, the Ann Arbor Palestine Film Festival will surely bring attention to the growing number of films made about and by Palestinians. In light of the ...
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MuslimScreen: July 2009
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Sunday, July 12, 2009. I recently attended a MYNA Leadership conference as a counselor and was able to meet an amazing sister, Sr. Faridha Karim, representing from Muslim Youth Helpline. Of the UK. Great organization, mashaAllah. The organization also has a website for youth, Muslimyouth.net. With campaigns to get Muslim youth in the UK active. One of their documentaries on Muslim youth involved gang violence, titled Second Chance. Labels: Film and Society. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Follow me on Twitter.
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MuslimScreen: Book recommendations
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009. Imam Malik used to put aside all his fiqh and hadith books during Ramadan and concentrate only on the Quran. We should definitely do the same. The first is " Man and the Universe: An Islamic Perspective" by Mostafa Badawi. I have yet to read it, but Shaykh Yahya Rhodus at Rihla said was a must-read. Mostafa Badawi's literary work is always comprehensive and well written (read his article on the hand of the Prophet (pbuh) here. Thankfully, the pages go by very quickly, and I&...
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MuslimScreen: March 2009
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Monday, March 30, 2009. Check out the interview by Mariam Sobh with Iman Zawahry, a Muslim Filmmaker! Labels: Film and Society. Wednesday, March 25, 2009. New Muslim Cool: Filmmaker's Statement. 8220;NEW MUSLIM COOL”. By Jennifer Maytorena Taylor. Tuesday, June 23, 2009 on PBS (Check local listings). Thinking of other seminal cultural and musical moments, I came up with a be-bop inspired title, New Muslim Cool; put together a team that includes my two amazing co-producers Kauthar Umar and Hana Siddiqi; r...
