Maz Jobrani | (Video skit) | – – “Donald Trump has said that if he wins he will do EXTREME VETTING of all immigrants. He hasn’t said how that would work, but maybe it would go a little something like this?” Maz Jobrani, “Donald Trump EXTREME VETTING
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Mr. Robot’s Rami Malek: First Minority Awardee for Best Actor in a Drama in 18 Years
TeleSur | – – It took nearly two decades, but the the first [minority] actor to win an Emmy for the role of Best Actor in a Drama has just been named. Egyptian-American Rami Malek swooped the award Sunday night, for his demiurgic role as Elliott Alderson in the drama-thriller television series, Mr. Robot. Malek […]
The Green Current: A Superhero
By Juan Cole | Informed Comment | (Graphic Novel) | – – Ali Saleh was an ordinary American teenager at Dearborn High. His father, Dr. Mahmoud Saleh, who had been born in Egypt, was a photovoltaic engineer. He made an epochal discovery that would make solar panels highly efficient and almost free. A coworker in […]
A Nomad Between Worlds: Badawi
By Erdağ Göknar | (Los Angeles Review of Books) | – – MOHED ALTRAD’S DEBUT NOVEL Badawi begins in the Cold War–era Middle East, where the Bedouin tradition of a nomadic life struggles against modernity. Maïouf, whose mother was cast out of her marriage and later buried in an unmarked grave, finds himself discriminated against […]
Sarah Silverman to Bernie or Bust folks at DNC 2016: You are being ridiculous
NJ.com | (News Video Clip) | – – “Comedian and Bernie Sanders supporter Sarah Silverman took the stage along side of Al Franken to tell the crowd to unite and support Hillary Clinton during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.” NJ.com: “Sarah Silverman to Bernie or Bust folks at DNC 2016: […]
GOP Convention Roundup: Jon Stewart Resurfaces on Colbert’s Late Show
Jon Stewart/ Stephen Colbert | (The Late Show video Clip) | – – “Some stories, like the ouster of Fox News chairman Roger Ailes, are too big for one late night host to tackle alone.” The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: ” Jon Stewart Takes Over Colbert’s Late Show Desk”
Goodbye to Abbas Kiarostami, a Filmmaking Legend Whose Vision ‘Transversed His Persian Roots’
By Mahsa Alimardani | ( Global Voices) | – – News trickled out of a Paris hospital on the evening of 4 July that Iranian cinematic auteur Abbas Kiarostami lost his battle against cancer at the age of 76. Kiarostami had been admitted to Tehran's Arad Hospital in mid-June, where he had undergone an operation […]
Erdogan loses appeal against German media re: Comedian who Satirized him
By EurActiv.com with AFP Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan lost a German court battle against a top media boss when his appeal in a bitter row over free speech was thrown out. Erdoğan had sought a court order to stop the Axel Springer media group’s chief Mathias Doepfner from repeating support for a TV satirist […]
Tired of living in fear of the Muslims next door? Easy Breathalyzer Fix (Bassem Youssef Satire)
Dr. Bassem Youssef | (Fusion Comedy Satire Video) | – – “Tired of living in fear of the Muslims next door? Bassem Youssef has a solution! SUBSCRIBE for more Democracy Handbook (Bassem’s new docu-series) –coming to Fusion in July! Episodes will be available in their entirety on Thursday, July 14 at FUSION.net as well as […]
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