It Was Bound to Happen. . .

In a recent turn of events, Geert Wilders, a right wing Dutch politician was able to get his anti-Koran film ‘Fitna’ on the Internet. The Dutch government is doing whatever it can in order to distance themselves from Wilders.
Wilders initially tried to get his film broadcast in his country but none of the channels [...]

Arab Filmmakers Battle Hollywood Stereotypes through Media

March 17, 2008
Arab Filmmakers Battle Hollywood Stereotypes through Media
By Rima Abdelkader
S.P.A. United Nations
Arab and South Asian filmmakers came together in New York for the third annual New York Arab and South Asian Film Festival this month to challenge misrepresented portrayals of their cultures in Hollywood film and American popular media.
The 2008 New York Arab and [...]

Facebook used “Palestine” as a default, faced uproar

Popular social networking website Facebook has gotten caught up in the Mideast Conflict. How? When residents of settlements situated within Palestine entered their settement, Facebook listed them as living in “Palestine.”
Because of the uproar that this default designation caused, Facebook now allows residents of settlements the option of choosing either “Israel” or “Palestine” as their [...]