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A Week in Art & Culture
(02/03/2006 -
09/03/2006)
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By The IOL Art & Culture Team
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Mar.
09, 2006
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Russell Davies celebrates the traditional British cafe in his blog
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It's
Galloway AM
09/03/2006
Fresh
from his stint on Celebrity Big Brother, George Galloway has landed a new job -
as a radio phone-in host…
Source:
The Guardian
Palestinian
Plea to Floyd's Waters
09/03/2006
Palestinian
artists have appealed to Roger Waters, the Pink Floyd songwriter who wrote the
band's final hit, Another Brick in the Wall, to call off a concert in Tel
Aviv…
Source:
The Guardian
Sebta
Muslims Demand Apology for Derogatory Song
08/03/2006
A
song insulting Muslims, which won the top award of a local festival recently
held in the Spanish colony of Sebta, has sparked an outcry from the Muslim
majority,…
Source:
Islam Online
Blogging
Book Competition Hots Up
08/03/2006
Dubbed
the Blooker Prize, the contest is for those bloggers who have turned their
episodic journals into something more substantial…
Source:
BBC News
Oscars
Highlights US Liberal-Conservative Divide
07/03/2006
The
divide between conservative and liberal America was on full display at this
year's Oscars awards, with conservatives seething that their point of view was
not represented…
Source:
Islam Online
Taking
Expression Into Uncharted Territory
07/03/2006
What
is the function of theater with respect to religion, culture, politics and
society? Is it only to distract and entertain the public?...
Source:
The Daily Star
German
Festival Snubs Rock Band For Lampooning God
06/03/2006
A
Berlin festival scheduled for Thursday, March 16, will shun the country's top
rock band over a song lampooning God, a decision linked by the German press to
the controversy triggered by the publication of cartoons…
Source:
Islam Online
European
Muslim Women Clear Misconceptions
04/03/2006
Holding
a maiden meeting in the Belgian capital Brussels on Saturday, March 4, more than
90 European Muslim woman activists are seeking to wash away Western
misconceptions about the role of women in Islam…
Source:
Islam Online
Athens
Muslims Dream of City's First Mosque
03/03/2006
The
Muslim minority in Athens has long waited for the city's first mosque to see the
light but the dream never comes true over opposition from the powerful Orthodox
Church and the public…
Source:
Islam Online
Vatican
Magazine Urges West to Defend Its Principles
03/03/2006
A
Vatican-controlled magazine urged Muslims to fight "extremism" and
called for the West to firmly defend its principles following the row sparked by
the publication of cartoons lampooning Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing be
upon him)…
Source:
Islam Online
Exile
and the Kingdom
02/03/2006
In
1966 the Moroccan intellectual Abdellatif Laabi launched a cultural revolution
in the form of a magazine. A bilingual quarterly, Souffles (Breaths)
featured the work of leading figures of the North African literary and political
avant-garde,…
Source:
The Nation
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