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...Terms like the “Global South,” the “Third World,” and even the “Middle East?? are emblematic of the politicization and division of our present geographic world-view. The “Middle East?? is itself a relational term: middle to what? Clearly, the Middle East, or the region commonly referred to as Middle East-North Africa (MENA), is defined by contemporary politics rather than a geographic relationship. In scholarship, the term is often clarified with a list of included countries?...
...whole world turn into a war zone.” Jean’s answer to global violence is to strive for the creation of a global album. His version of world music, however, means cramming every conceivable genre into a single song. “Welcome to the East?? features hints of samba, reggae, and classical guitar, and even has a cameo from the Nation of Islam’s Louis Farrakhan, who plays violin. “Hollywood meets Bollywood (Immigration)” also introduces Spanish vocals to a dancehall beat. Which...
...look back to the diplomatic arrangements initiated at Versailles in 1919, we will find the roots of the conflicts which torment the international community nearly a century later. Most importantly, Andelman contends that the Treaty’s oversight of a number of issues in the Middle East??namely their failure to understand the entrenched antagonisms between Shi’ites and Sunni and between Bedouin Arabs and Palestinians—has contributed to the modern-day plagues of terrorism and conflicts ranging from the Iranian Revolution to the Iraq war. But accounts like Andelman?...
...collections from the Parsons The New School for Design’s class of 2007.“The Parsons designers are showing their thesis collections that were submitted for their final grade, which means they are made impeccably well,” Kim says.“Project East?? will act as an avenue of exposure for the new designers and also as an effort to encourage Harvard students to get involved in fashion, the creators say.“The fashion industry is so hard to survive in, and I really admire and support these people...
...sings, again, of the crises of modernity and the start of a journey “back.” And though he does so poetically (“And I was off to old Dakota where a genocide sleeps / In the black hills, the bad lands, the calloused east??), one wonders exactly what he’s singing about. In his confused attempt at writing the metaphysical tune, Satan makes an appearance, as does an unnamed girl, a squatter, a Mexican, and of course, Oberst himself, at the center of it all. Things take a pretty exciting...