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- Film, Small Screen Jul 23, 2020
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We love TV: Ramy
Two television addicts chat about the Hulu comedy.
- Music, Concert Preview Jan 10, 2020
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Yuna sings and lives by her own bold rules
- News & Politics, Feature Jul 3, 2019
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‘A place I can call home’
Chicago has one of the largest Rohingya refugee populations in the country. This is one survivor’s story.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review May 1, 2019
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In Language Rooms, an Egyptian American interrogator struggles to prove his loyalty to the U.S.A.
“Unless your being innocent is as interesting to them as being guilty, you will not be believed.”
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 15, 2018
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Muslim blogger Hoda Katebi says WGN ‘didn’t trust her’ to do a follow-up interview
Iranian-American Muslim fashion blogger Hoda Katebi says WGN News offered her a second interview to make amends for an Islamophobic gaffe, then withdrew the opportunity.
- Music, In Rotation Aug 22, 2017
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Cheer-Accident mastermind Thymme Jones on the upside of Herb Alpert’s nervous breakdown
Plus: Top 40 encyclopedia Tony Young on whether Linkin Park outcharted the Beatles, Reader music editor Philip Montoro on century-old 78s from a survivor of the Armenian genocide, and more
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 1, 2017
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The New York Times: There are ‘some signs of hope’ in ‘Chicago's crisis of violence,’ and other news
Also, an anti-Muslim group is organizing the Chicago March Against Sharia.
- News & Politics, Feature Apr 20, 2017
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After Trump's air strikes, a Syrian asylum seeker remembers revolution and imprisonment in Damascus
Abu Shadi, who survived torture by the Assad regime, says he feels torn between Trump and an apathetic world.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 6, 2017
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An Iraqi-American professor remembers his complicated midwestern youth
DePaul’s Laith Saud describes his American life during a seemingly endless war.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 6, 2017
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Chicago-born Muslim Indian soul singer Zeshan B calls for black and brown unity
This week Zeshan B celebrates his debut solo album, Vetted, which blends Indo-Pakistani music and American soul.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 16, 2017
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Muslim, Latina, and attacked from all sides
Chicago-area resident Diana Cruz on living in Trump’s America
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 29, 2017
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‘We won today—we'll see what happens tomorrow’: Protesters and volunteer lawyers brace for long fight after detainees are freed from O’Hare
Thousands of people flocked to O'Hare Saturday afternoon to defy Trump's immigration and travel ban.
- News & Politics, Chicagoans Dec 12, 2016
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‘I'm way more than just my hijab’
Chicago Muslim Eman Hassaballa Aly describes experiencing fear, anxiety, and casual prejudice.
- Columns & Opinion, Identity & Culture Nov 16, 2016
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We don't need ‘unity’ after Trump's election. We need resistance.
He's #NotMyPresident.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 10, 2016
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The Reader wants your music stories against Trumpism
This publication is committed to telling stories that refute Trump's bigotry, sexism, and hate—and that goes for the music section too.
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature May 10, 2013
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The house Theaster Gates built
The artist's 12 Ballads for Huguenot House goes on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 7, 2011
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Filmmaker Usama Alshaibi Says He Was Beaten in Anti-Arab attack
Usama Alshaibi, director of the in-progress documentary "American Arab," claims he was beaten March 6 in Fairfield, Iowa in an anti-Arab attack.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 24, 2011
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Living for 32
Kevin Breslin's short documentary "Living for 32," about Colin Goddard, antigun activist and Virginia Tech shooting survivor, screens Friday 2/25 in the Peace on Earth Film Festival, which runs through Sunday 2/27 at the Chicago Cultural Center.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 18, 2010
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The Calling
Danny Alpert's documentary miniseries "The Calling" explores the way young religious leaders, including Northwestern's rare Muslim woman chaplain Tahera Ahmad, reconcile the traditions of their faiths with the pressures of secular society.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 5, 2010
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I'll Spare You the Paul Simon Reference
Shorts from a host of local filmmakers commissioned by Chicago FIlmmakers and Kodak screen Friday in Super-8 Rides Again!
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 11, 2010
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New Muslim Cool
Jennifer Maytorena Taylor's documentary "New Muslim Cool" about Muslim rapper Hamza Pérez screens today at the DuSable Museum of African American History.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 15, 2009
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Nice Bombs
Usama Alshaibi celebrates the DVD release of his personal Iraq documentary "Nice Bombs" with two free screenings Friday 10/16 at the Portage Theater.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 8, 2009
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Team Taliban
Benjamin Kegan's documentary "Team Taliban," about the reflections of a Muslim pro wrestler, screens Saturday 10/10 in the Chicago International Film Festival's Illinoi[s]emakers shorts program.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 14, 2009
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It's all over now
Mark Harris hosts the DVD release party for his Muslim-Christian romance "I Used to Lover Her," tonight at The Spoken Word Cafe.