Here Comes the Boom: Movie review with an Arab twist

Published February 13th, 2013 - 05:00 GMT

A teacher fighting in a cage for his students? Why not!

Review: Here Comes The Boom

Seeing Kevin James fight is pretty funny and it's worth a laugh, overall a decent comedy with a decent amount of action.

Source: Z District

The Eisenstein Mujahideen: A Film Critique of Syria’s Combat Videos

Machines are symbols of modernity, but they are also symbols of destruction.

This ambivalent relationship created a fascination/revulsion that in Soviet cinema that the Syrian filmmaker is clearly making an homage to.

Source: Karl reMarks

New Pope has Opportunity to Improve Christian-Muslim Relations

I hope the new pope revives this tradition of reformist theology. It is how the one billion Roman Catholics and 1.5 billion Muslims can hope to go forward together in the 21st century.

Source: Informed Comment

THE US AMBASSADOR'S SPEECH

I think US Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson has been too incautious in her embrace and praise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the last two years.

Source: The Arabist

Responding to Allegations of Human Rights Abuses - A Lesson from Libya's Justice Minister

Amazing and surprising honesty and humility by the Libyan government to the recent negative report it received from the Human Rights Watch.