BelAhdan, Arab American Artists and the issue of representation!!

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This video is about BelAhdan with Taous Khazem , Mizna and Dreamland Arts present “In Algeria They Know My Name.” Written and performed by Taous Khazem; directed and dramaturgy by Zaraawar Mistry.
In Algeria, they say you don’t marry one finger, you marry all ten. In this heartfelt and humorous one woman play, Minnesota-raised Taous Khazem travels to her father’s homeland to work as a theater artist, and unexpectedly falls in love with an Algerian clown. Caught in between traditions, religions and misconceptions, Taous struggles to find a sense of belonging in a foreign land, but ultimately discovers a fresh meaning of home, family, art and bicycle rides.

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Assafwah International Schools, come home to us!!

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Assafwah Private School Muscat, Oman is an upcoming BILINGUAL situated in the heart of Muscat. Assafwah Private School in Oman was started in the year 2000 with a strong objective in itself to provide a caring, secure and stimulating environment in which children, students and adults achieve their full potential knowledge through intellectual, cultural and sporting activities. In Pursuit of our Objective we aim to provide best quality of Education to our student, which enables them to move onto next phase of their educational life without any disadvantages. We are very proud of our heritage. We believe in traditional values & customs such as, courteous behavior and smart appearance. But we also seek new ways to prepare our students for a modern international world. We develop enthusiasm, tolerance, decency and a love of learning in our students. We promote the development of the whole individual within a dynamic, multicultural and responsible community.

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General Al-sisi, The real Egyptian Hijacker , Commentary

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“Our flight MS181 is officially hijacked. We’ll publish an official statement now.”, Egypt Air posted this tweet that was the beginning of the most bizarre hijacking incident in aviation history; the twisted love lust hijacking saga of a 59 year-old Egyptian, Seif Eldin Mustafa which captured the world’s attention for six hours. Apparently behind the daring adventure of Mr.  Mustafa was a Cyprus woman, -and five children- … The reports about what actually happened on that flight was sketchy and comical at best.

At first the paranoid Egyptian authorities which usually blame all the world’s illnesses on the Muslim Brotherhood, identified the hijacker as Ibrahim Samaha, describing him as a university professor on his way to a conference at the University of Atlanta. Mr. Samaha’s incensed wife had to contact Egyptian media to assure them that her husband was a passenger on his way to Cairo and “certainly not the hijacker” of the ill-fated plane. The twisted hijacking saga didn’t stop there, as the world is focusing on terrorism; an act of speculation was the usual reflexive reaction.

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