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The Oscar-nominated film Ajami is centered on a neighborhood in Israel with the same name. It takes a snapshot of life in this rough Arab-Jewish neighborhood. According to the filmmakers, Israel is trying to push Arabs out of Jaffa.
Tanoreen is a Bay Ridge, Brooklyn restaurant where Jumana and Rawia Bishara serve up the flavors of the Middle East, with custom blended spices, imported from Nazareth monthly. (Eyewitness News)
The Israel Ballets recent performance of Don Quixote was protested by a coalition of activists who sought to highlight the troupes role in the Israeli governments attempt to whitewash its war crimes and violations of international law.
The village of Bilin reenacted James Cameron's new film Avatar during todays weekly demonstration. Like Palestinians, the Avatars fight imperialism, although the colonizers have different origins. The Avatars presence in Bilin today symbolizes the united resistance to imperialism of all kinds.
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