tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312981832012-02-02T18:50:17.486-05:00poems, paintings, drawings, & somber memoirs of a distant/painful war.Ibn Bint Jbeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15126724993250342515noreply@blogger.comBlogger1811100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31298183.post-40618642242143395742009-05-12T22:00:00.006-04:002009-05-13T18:42:05.541-04:00

An amazing, inspiring, revealing documentary by Adam Curtis.There are four episodes:Happiness MachinesThe Engineering of ConsentThere is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads: He Must Be DestroyedEight People Sipping Wine in KetteringI have embedded these Youtube recordings of the film below, in order.Episode 1:Happiness MachinesPart 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5Part 6Episode 2:The Engineering of

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Maymanah Farhat's articles, most recently an article on Gazan artists.Above,Maymanah with husband, painter Athir Shayota (1) (2), and new daughter Souha.

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listen to the audio here as a stooge of the Israeli Destruction Forces is PUNKED by a caller:http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10114.shtml

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artwork by Ben Heineclick to enlarge

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A blogger living in Gaza under fire. Click banner:(design by Ben Heine)

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(enlarge pictures for larger view)I've been asked countless times if I had a business card or calling card, and my answer has always been an awkward nay. So I set out to create one. I started with the first one below. I wanted to incorporate images from my paintings as well as my Arabic geometric design work. I included one of the most recent paintings from my Land Memory series, as well as a

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Who would like to try to solve a 7azzoora? In my ongoing quest to dissect, try to understand, and re-invent traditional Arabic geometric design through a digital medium, I have created here 12 versions of the same design motif. Here's the 7azzoora: Which two are identical?!?(click on image for larger view)© Ibn Bint Jbeil 2008

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On the occasion of this happy Eid, one cannot but look forward towards a hopeful tomorrow, when future generations of Arab-Americans will evolve into a more synthesized community of Arab + American, when they will become a truer hybrid (!) of the two cultures. Some presumed new elements of this new culture will be things like new hybrid foods, fashion, and language.While many of these phenomena

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This Ramadan does not feel complete. I am alone during this Ramadan, and it is not a good feeling. Some things are missing from deep inside me.Gracious Ramadan and Blessed Eidgraphics © Ibn Bint Jbeil 2008(click for larger images)::

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Mahmoud Darwish1941-2008In Loyal Memoryto the greatest Arab writer of our time(graphic by Ibn Bint Jbeil)Mahmoud Darwish passed away this weekend, and with him passes a grand epoch of our collective existence. For many of us, his poetry embodied our life struggle, our populist dreams and our humanist expressions, and the struggles and dreams and expressions of our mothers and fathers. His writing

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I guess my article about "Life in Lebanon: Between Shatara and Junoon" did not come. Instead, I came up with the poem below. Maybe the article will come in a week or a month or a year; but it will definitely come. Also, check out the pictures at the bottom of this post. (I have been slow in downloading and organizing the pictures I've taken. More to come later.)As I type this, I am sitting in

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I am still in shock.Actually, I have moved to a state of depression. (But am also still in shock.)For someone trying to settle his family in Lebanon, and thereby deal with everyday matters from the perspective of a resident of the country, not a happenstance tourist, Lebanon is certainly a very difficult place to be. It is utter chaos. I am sure there are some places elsewhere in the country that

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My family and I will be leaving for Lubnan in two days. I went to the studio yesterday and emptied my entire library of books into almost two dozen boxes, which I stuffed into our little car, which I am shipping to Lubnan (the whole car full of books) via a big sea ship across the Atlantic. I hope to revive my library somewhere in Lubnan. I have some book shelves, a drafting table, easle, and a

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. . . . my family and I will smell, see, touch and taste the lovely red soil of Lubnan.I promised my 9 year old son, who is infatuated with geography and nature, that we will visit the highest white peaks of the Lebanese Mountains, and explore the blue sea, and roam amongst the hills and valleys of the South, and swim in all kinds of rivers, and climb all the fig and olive trees._

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This is the latest of my paintings in the Land Memory Series (see here for previous paintings in this series.) This latest one is called Karm el-Meedan, and is actually a composite of 16 unstretched canvases, each 12 inches square. It is not just paintings, but mixed media composed of paintings and found objects, including ceramic shards, bullet casings and rusted barbed wire fragments.I found

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I like to imagine thatthe spirit of this painting glows radiantlywithin the breasts of the freedom seeking peopleof the world,but it's meaning is lost on those who grovelat the feet of money and empire.( image: Le domaine d'ArnheimRené Magritte, 1962 )

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Click onto Edward's angelic faceto penetrate the apartheid walland hear Mahmoud's cosmic voice.

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UPDATE: The poll closed at the end of May. There were a total of 40 votes. Kabar Mo Aba received 11 votes (27%), Noj CmMain received 12 votes (30%), and Ryhilla Tinclin came out on top with 17 votes (42%). Too bad she lost in real life. Ha Ha!(The poll question was: which candidate's campaign picture do you like most?)_

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Domination, enslavement, besiegement, starvation, terror, slaughter. This is daily life for the Palestinians of Gaza. The malicious, detestable, vicious, repulsive, contemptible world looks on. The cowardly, unscrupulous, gutless, deceitful, devious, disingenuous, snide Arab governments look away.click picture for slideshow of images

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I will be giving a gallery talk at the Arab American National Museum this coming Sunday, to coincide with their current retrospective exhibit of the art of Sari Khoury. The gallery talk is titled "Abstraction and the Personal Voice," and is open to the public. Everyone is invited to come, and participate in the discussion if you like.Date: Sunday, March 2nd, 2008.Time: 2:00-3:00 p.m.Place: Arab

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Some photographs of our world in recent weeks, taken from news sources. Click for larger images.Ramallah, PalestineGaza, PalestineDhaka, BangladeshAmman, JordanBeirut, LebanonBeirut, LebanonBaghdad, IraqBaqouba, IraqBeirut, LebanonBeirut, LebanonGaza, PalestineGaza, PalestineBethlehem, PalestineJerusalem, PalestineLahore, Pakistan_

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Our friend TRANSIENT has embarked on that ever elusive dream that many of us have had at one time or another, of a cafe where you serve something tasty and healthy, have art on the wall, and all your friends come to hang out! They've named it SIRAJ, a different kind of place from your usual Lebanese restaurant, specializing in fool, fatteh, hoummous, msabbaha, and other traditional Lebanese

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عن جريدة البلدquoteو تعليق_

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Indeed, Gaza has liberated Egypt, and all the Arabs (regimes,) from themselves, from their atrocious silence and inept cowardice. Common people who could no longer stand the suffocation of their giant concentration camp, broke free like a bird breaking free of a cage with the mere flesh of its bare breast. With this act, they've slapped the faces of these non-leaders, they've forced these Arab "

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Gaza, Palestine, the largest concentration camp on Earth, is today under the most brutal, inhumane, genocidal siege. May God protect and bless them. Check out this website from Rafah, Gaza, Palestine.UPDATE: EVERY WALL SHALL FALL!Artist: Ismail ShammoutArtist: Naji Al-AliArtist: Ben HeineMural in Gaza by Palestine Center for Human RightsArtist: LatuffArtist: UnknownArtist: BanksyArtist: Banksy

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LebRecord is an online arts magazine that is organized by Mr. Maroun Kassab and others, and which highlights and promotes Lebanese visual artists. I am the featured artist for the month of January 2008. Please visit, click on the "Featured Artist" section, and read the interview (click on "interview" above my picture).Click to go to LebRecord:_

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(Also listen to "Lebanese Politics Song" #1 - scroll down to my December 9 post)

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(click for larger image)For previous editions of my Arabic Geometry/Kufi Script graphics, click:أ ..... ب ..... جand a few more related graphics:د ..... ه ..... وall graphics copyright © Ibn Bint Jbeil 2006-07._

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I'm calling this song "The Lebanese Politics Song", just because!Well, actually, every aspect of the song reminds of Lebanese politics, Lebanese political players, and political grappling in general.Lyrics below the video.. just remember, it costs all of seven cents!(Music, singing, and animation by Bud Luckey, lyrics by Donald Hadley. 1971 Sesame Street.)One! Two! Three! Four! Five! Six! Seven!

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Our friend Lana, an artist who does some ceramics but is primarily a metalsmith, just initiated a blog to document and promote her work. I hope she keeps it up and it grows. Click on her picture to check out her blog.

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Graphic #1: How NOT to use you super-sophisticated extra large remote control. Graphic #2: ?? (something about global chemical suicide?) _

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We just received word that our friend Jackie Salloum's film SLINGSHOT HIP HOP has made it into Sundance!!!!! It's been a long time coming, but Jackie finally finished the film and made it into this very prestigious film festival!She's reworking her website as well as a new film trailer, but in the meantime check out the old trailer below, on which I assisted her with translation of the subtitles

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Help title these paintings! More accurately, offer a theme that each painting will specifically address.After my third Land Memory series, Land Memory Rebirth, I am now addressing Beirut as a subject for painting, through a psycho-emotional exploration of a series of identity issues, related to how we view Beirut as a place, a psyche, a dream, a history, etc..Before I begin discussing this

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Yes, for the 20th time (or so,) we saw Marcel in concert last night. He sang many (old & new) populist songs, but he & his two sons, percussionist Bashar and piano virtuoso Rami, also dabbled in improvisation throughout the concert, as expected, and appreciated. Beautiful as always. Watch short video below. _

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Saba is asking for your vote to be the next President of the Republic of Lebanon.Her campaign slogan:Fraternity, Dignity, AgricultureHer qualifications and ideas:She is a citizen of Lebanon.She is 10 years old.She has been lovingly taking care of a younger brother and sister for a long time.She is an excellent artist, and loves music.She has never hurt anyone.She dreams of a day when everyone in

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In 2005, we were asked to put on a group exhibit of Detroit area Arab artists. We decided to create a thematic multi-media show that would include painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, graphics, video and audio installations, and a mural that we created in situ in the gallery during the duration of the exhibit. We decided on a theme called "Journeys & Distances", focusing on the concept of

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Read about the "Shock Doctrine," Naomi Klein's new book about the methodology by which individuals and peoples en masse are shocked into submission and severe economic & political changes.CLICK HERE for Naomi's website & book.CLICK HERE for a number of interviews with Naomi Klein, many of which are on Amy Goodman's DEMOCRACY NOW (including a debate with Alan Greenspan.)Below is a short 6 minute

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After my last post and the discussion that ensued with POSHLEMON on certain topics of architectural types & details found in Lebanon and Palestine, and their probable socio-historical context, I asked her to look into a few more buildings, specifically located in my hometown of Bint Jbeil. This is not a light subject for me. My family was expelled from the town with the first Israeli invasion in

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In the photograph below, a Mu'eddin calls to prayer atop a minaret in Jerusalem. The architectural style of the minaret seems to me not that dissimilar from minarets found in many villages across Lebanon. (Maybe Poshlemon can elaborate on that topic and offer art history nutrition for those of us hungry for that dish of knowledge.)date of photograph: 1940, not that long ago.(click for larger

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graphic above © Ibn Bint Jbeil 2005On his blog, Moussa Bashir highlights the disturbing issue of the widespread abuse inflicted on foreign domestic workers in Lebanese households. It is something to be ashamed of. Any family that invites a young woman into their home as a live-in domestic worker should treat her as a sister or a daughter; anything less is expressive of that family's illness, as

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On the 25th Anniversary of the Sabra & Shatila Massacres by Izraeli & Phalangist thugs, we send prayers of peace and love, during this sacred month, to the innocent souls of our Palestinian brothers & sisters, may they reside in tranquility with their Creator, and my Allah connect between themselves and ourselves with goodwill and fraternity, and may He continuously frustrate the hands of their

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(Ramadan Mubarak not Husni Mubarak) Best Wishes for a Glorious Ramadan(click for large view)graphic © Ibn Bint Jbeil 2007_

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After reading my Sept 2 post, painter-photographer Doris Bittar sent me a few thoughts, as well as the pictures below.She told me about a trip to Narh el-Bared in 2002:"We stayed overnight in the camp and then traveled with our friends to Syria. Our friend Jamal is from San Diego but his parents remain in the camp. His mother had the most lovely kitchen and a roof top with a garden, a space to

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The victory of the Lebanese army over the thugs in the Nahr elBared Refugee camp is being celebrated as the most wonderful of victories, because it is seen as a victory that has united the Lebanese. It seems that this victory has brought to the Lebanese and to the Lebanese army a much need boost of confidence and pride. But at what price?The Devastation of Nahr elBared can only be described as "

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painting © 2006, Ibn Bint Jbeil & friends (collaborative work)Recently, I posted a very simple comment on THE ANGRY ARAB NEWS SERVICE, and an equally simple reply to it bothered me quite a bit.Here is the original post that As3ad Abu Khalil (The Angry Arab) posted:It still bothers me--but is quite indicative of something global--that my posts that have to do with sexism or gender discrimination

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Composed by Ziad Rahbani, featuring Joseph Saqr's sweet voice, with Ziad's rougher voice appearing in the intro and just before the end._

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Graphic © Ibn Bint Jbeil 2006_

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ٍٍSung by Sheikh ImamLyrics by Ahmad Fou'ad Najmالفول واللحمةغنا الشيخ إمام عيسىشعر أحمد فؤاد نجمAfter reading hilal's post about the history of foul mdammas (boiled fava beans in oil & lemon), i was inspired to post the song below as an added feature of the cultural history of foul.BUT I NEED HELP! the lyrics in red below I'm not so sure about; I cannot quite understand what he is saying in

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When you vote, are you voting your mind?When you vote, are all options given to you?When you vote, what do you get?When you vote, what do they get?When you vote, who wins?_

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ومش كلآب(wall image in this post is courtesy of Amal's Meiroun Blog)

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I've always been fascinated with the modernesque simplicity of political symbols/logos, which serve the purpose of rounding up the masses, especially logos that are extremely simple and abstract, such as the Kataeb (Lebanese Phalanges Party) tree, for example.Here is the modified hierarchy of the New Kataeb Tree (which was very hierarchal in its symbolism to begin with, anyway.)(click on the New

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Last year, during Izrael's war of destruction and failure against the triumphant Lebanese people, many artists and young people got together at the studios of OTHER: Arab Artists Collective in Detroit to paint large banners for a mass protest that took place on August 5th, 2006.Below: Our banners at the protest, along with other pictures on that day..._

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الذكرى العشرين لاستشهاد شهيد القلم،شهيد الفقراء، شهيد الحقيقةالفنان الاستاذ ناجي العليTwenty years ago today, the great artist Naji al-Ali was gunned down in cold blood in the streets of London, on orders of the fascist Israeli mossad, and in collaboration with the corrupt leadership of the PLO, and with the pleasure of the despotic Arab regimes & their masters, all of whom where targets of his

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In the Wilderness of North America: Reality and Allegorydedicated to Jamal and ImadI just finished reading the Autobiography of Malcolm X, as Told to Alex Haley. It is an extraordinary account of an extraordinary man. No one should ever do themselves the disservice of judging this man before reading his autobiography in its entirety. In fact, no one should do themselves the disservice of

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في نهر النار، نهر الدمار، نهرالتشريد المجددفي كل أرض وفي كل وقت،يبقى حنظلة شاهداً على التاريخ،يبقى أصدق الشاهدينشاهداً على أعمال بني البشررغم كل أكاذيب الساسيين والأنظمة.من هو حنظلة؟حنظلة منبوذي الأرضحنظلة السيدة هاجرحنظلة السيدة مريمحنظلة اليسوع عيسىحنظلة بلالحنظلة فاطمةحنظلة الحسينحنظلة زينبحنظلة غانديحنظلة محمود درويشحنظلة حسّان شرارةحنظلة بلال فحصحنظلة محمد الدرّةحنظلة أنتحنظلة أناFrom

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powered by ODEOالأغنية: "قوم فوت نام"،من مسرحية "فيلم أميركي طويل" لزياد الرحباني، 1980Song: "Oum Fout Nam",from Ziad Rahbani's Farcical Play "A Very Long American Motion Picture", 1980._

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powered by ODEOموسيقى: "أسكلاي" للموسيقار النوبي الكبير حمزة الدينMusic: "Escalay" by Nubian composer & oud master Hamza el-Din.رسم: جنى طرابلسي، جريدة الأخبار، لبنانDrawing: Jana Trabolsi, Al-Akhbar daily newspaper, Lebanon.drawing upper left: "Baghdad"drawing upper right: "Gaza"drawing lower left: "Nahr-el-Bared"

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powered by ODEO"Composite Skins" by Ibn Bint Jbeil, acrylic on canvas, 2002ما دامها لا حرباً صحيحة،ما زالو لا سلمك سلاموإذا هيدا سلمك يا سلام،سلمي على سلمك سلام ..على كلٍّ وينك، فتحلي عينك،بستصعب إفهم بالكلام من أغنية "عالنظام" لزياد الرحباني، ألبوم "أنا مش كافر"، 1985TRANSLATION OF LYRICS:And as long as this war is not a normal war,Your peace shall never be a true peaceAnd as long as this is how

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powered by ODEOالأغنية: "يا زمان الطائفية"،من مسرحية "فيلم أميركي طويل" لزياد الرحباني، 1980Song: "Ya Zaman el-Ta'ifiyeh",from Ziad Rahbani's Farcical Play "A long American Motion Picture", 1980.

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powered by ODEO(click map for clearer understanding)I borrowed the embedded song above, "Tousbihouna Ala Watan" by Marcel Khalife, from Hilal's podcast.

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In 2003 I painted this series of 4 paintings called "Steadfast." It was a time of growing political and military intimidation. Among the people of the world, fear and terror was taking over. It still prevails today, all over the world.We are living in deeply terrible times. People killing strangers. People killing their brethren. People supporting or justifying such actions of others. People

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today is a refuge from tomorrowa hiding place from the inevitablea deceit onto ourselvesan inner clamor towards the unknowna sinking into distractiontonight is a flight into our memoriesa longing for the anonymousa weeping for deeper rainsa voiceless songa slipping into intangiblesthis moment is a look into our own facesthe patterns of walls and lost dayssingling out that one non-essentialthat

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in Palestine,in Iraq,in Lebanon ..they are killing each other - - they are killing themselves,over nothing.The cartoons of Naji al-Ali are more truthful than ever.translation: freedom to the political prisoners in israeli jails and jails throughout the arab world.translation: "the south" (a reference to the south of lebanon.)translation: the cast and sling together spell the word "NO."

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Why should you attend the Allied Media Conference this year?Many reasons:ART,CULTUREACTIVISM,CAMARADERIE,FRATERNITY,IT'S IN DETROIT THIS YEAR,A SENSE OF FREEDOM,ACCEPTANCE,LOVE,OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN,OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH,OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE,MEET PEOPLE FROM FAR AND WIDE,REJUVINATE YOUR SPIRITS,AND SO MUCH MORE.BUT THE PRIMARY REASON you should come is to check out the BUMPER STICKERS in the

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What would I like to see in an Americna film? More than enough of the characters played by actors like these. Like a dozen of them. What do you call them? neurotics? method actors? theatrical types? I don't know, I'm no expert.Ergo, can someone please cast these six together in a film? (I understand that a couple of them may be dead, but I don't see why that should be a problem.)Below: Jerry

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Instructions - -One Arabic poem combined with one English song: either the Neil Young song that soars above the poem or the Bob Dylan song that slithers beneath the it.Question is, which song belongs?ميكانيكية السياسة وعنفوان الناسلبن شؤم ظن جبنخوف خون جهل لؤمكره كيد طمع فقدشتم سقط ضرب مقترذل مكر لهب فخرعنف كبر شرس عهرزور حسد دجل طردبطش غضب ضد نكدسلب غصب ضمئ جشعكذب نهب صخط فجعفسد سرق حقد يأسحرم

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Last month (yes, this post is a little late,) we went to see Marcel Khalife in concert......We met him in the lobby after the performance....I brought along my copy of "Ghina'iyat Ahmad Al-Arabi", an album that he recorded maybe 30 years ago......It comes with a great book that features essays about Marcel's music and Mahmoud Darwish's poetry, photos, drawings, lyrics.Marcel signed the book, and

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. . . the air feels historic, but in a dreadful, brutal way.الله يحمينا من الشر المخبأGod save Lebanon,God save Palestine,and Iraq,and all the people . . .drawing . . . Naji Al-Ali

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Thanks to all those who helped with the Arabic: Khawta and Layal and Transient and Hassan. Thanks Khawta and Layal for typing, Transient thank you for the Arabic editing url.Here is the transcript to the video interview of the last post, in Arabic and English.IBJ: Do artists, musicians, painters, writers, have a societal role to play in addition to presenting the aesthetic beautiful work?

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Who's got the Arabic keys?!!!!!!!!!!!! To all Arabic language bloggers: HELP!! I wanted to transcribe and post this interview (video below) but I have no idea how to go about using a standard English keyboard and computer to type in Arabic. Anyone want to type it and send it to me, so that I can post it????????? If you choose to volunteer for this worthwhile task, please email me at ibnbintjbeil

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(click on picture for a larger view)A in the first picture above shows Wast-el-Balad, or "Center of Town" in Bint Jbeil, the village of my family and my ancestors. This is the highest hill in the village, and is the oldest part of town. The oldest architecture of Bint Jbeil is there, hundreds of years old, including beautiful yellow-stone arched homes and some beautiful old doors and windows. the

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I had a dream last night, and I remember it. It is a rare occurrence that I would remember that I actually dreamt, let alone remember the dream. Yet this once was important enough that I remembered it.We were looking at something, my father and I, along with some other people. I don't remember what exactly, a book, a poem, pictures, a film, a song. I know we were closely looking into some old

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The Post below is from 6 months ago. I re-post it here in honor of Marcel's Detroit concert tonight. A group of 16 of us bought tickets and are going together. Although I have attended a dozen or so of his concert since the 80's, this is the first time he will perform in Detroit's posh Max Fisher Center, home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. I'm taking with me an old vinyl copy of his "

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choose 1:[A] is more preposterous than {B}{B} is more preposterous than [A]description of choices:[A]Moments after new U.N. chief Ban Ki-Moon, performing at a press conference, announced that he would be bolstering U.N. staff in Iraq because the security situation was improving, a rocket exploded right outside the building and he ducked behind his podium in a most insecure manner.{B}Iraqi prime

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Arabic Design is about harmony, unity, perpetuity. It is, as my late professor Dr. Gordon Bugbee would say, "A Unity that is Subdivided." Yet it is also about a certain innate, naturalist beauty that is ironically communicated through a delicate, measured geometric aesthetic.Historically, it stems from the Islamic tradition of avoiding the depiction of human or animal figures in Muslim religious

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Two years ago my professor, Dr. Jim Brown, took us on a field visit to the studios of Detroit artist Gilda Snowden, and asked us to write a "phenomenological" critique of two works of art that we observed there. I don't know how "phenomenological" I got in my writing. For the past two years I had completely forgotten about this essay, until I found it a few moments ago. Upon rereading it now, I

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The General Union of Palestine Students at San Francisco State University has been working on getting a mural approved for their university campus; the mural pays tribute to the late Dr. Edward Said and to Palestinian culture. The proposal went through committee and student government and university board and received support, but just before the final step of approval, university president

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How do you pronounce Detroit? For that matter, how do you pronoune the or people?I think the variant ways people speak are all beautiful, especially accents that derive from different ethno-geographic and socio-economic backgrounds. When I was a kid, I noticed that Palestinians pronounced the word people: bee'-bohl. That is fading away fast, and it's a shame.A man in my family, (you might say

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I do not know the history of this song. Was it part of a play? It sounds very much like many of Fairuz's songs which were originally part of epic musical plays, numerous plays that the Rahbani brothers wrote and produced. But I have never heard of a play about Zanobia. I am familiar, however, with the musical play Petra, which carries many of the themes that this song Zanobia carries. Anyway,

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( . . . . I'd like to suggest renaming it "End Israeli Apartheid Week".)This group that is organizing "Israeli Apartheid Week" is active in Toronto, Montreal, Oxford, Cambridge, London, and New York City.Click the picture above for their website.The black spots on the maps are the cantons created within both South Africa and Palestine by both Apartheid regimes, also similar to 19th Century

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_WOMEN in BLACKSaturday, February 10, 2006promptly at NOONFEBRUARY: W.I.B-Detroit will conduct their monthly silent march in the City of Hamtramck.Their silent and famously dramatic method of marching against war and violence, in single file, all dressed in black, with only the sound of one large drum, will begin in Pope Park, at the corner Jos Campau & Belmont Streets, at Noon.Women, men,

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"A Poem and a Painting"or"Painting with Coffee Grinds"Yes, I painted with coffee grinds, from a rakwa. (I dipped my brush directly into the rakwa.) As I was painting, I soon realized that although the coffee will stain the paper with a faint translucent affect, the majority of the grinds will not be permanent once the coffee dries, but will easily flake off. So I took a picture of the painting

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taking a respitefrom the blogosphereuntil about mid-februaryBelle Isle Arboretumwatercolor, 1997© Ibn Bint Jbeil_

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"Ya Tayr" by Our Beloved Fairuzwith translationيا طير يا طاير على اطراف الدنيya tayr ya tayir 3ala traf e-diniO' travelling bird, flying unto the edges of the Earthلو فيك تحكي للحبايب شو بني يا طيرlaw feek ti7ki lel-habayib shou bini ya tayrIf only you could relate to my loved ones my worryروح اسألهم عن اللي وليفه مش معهrou7 is2alhon 3an li walifoo mish ma3ooGo and ask about he who is without

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بيروت، بغدادhatred billowspermeating through windowsreaching your sitto’s صاج morninginscribing tracks of corrosion,warm, brown unassuming script,pricking that old iron dome of حنينa grey raven gives cries about his persecutionits beak pushes aside that mental جدارليفصل مساحة بين شرائط التلفونit looks up, upwardsunto the white blue sanctity aboveand pierces scissor-sharp notchingsin that oldest

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_Happy New Year and all.I posted about the execution yesterday but it is still such a prevalent aura. The Americans insisted to their Iraqi government that they will execute on Eid. Nice and tasteful. Right on, King George. Kind of leaves a taste in one's mouth reminiscent of the days when Sad-dam was the U.S.'s lackey for waging war. Now he has switched roles with his ex-victims, and the

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As my old friend Jack Magnum once said:"They make 'em &they break 'em."So be careful: If you let them make you, too,the day may come when they will break you.(Art: El Universal Newspaper, Mexico)________________::

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Ad7a wa Milad Majidayn(blessed Eid Adha & Christmas)(Click for larger images)for more information on Kufic script,go to my Oct 22 post here::

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