At the midpoint of Ramadan, time for a little reflection. Russell Simmons is one of the more famous faces who has lent his name to the cause: When I started my own series of essays on the subject, I will say it was refreshing to know of the many non-Muslim Americans who rejected the […]
So…who are we? We’ve been here since the beginning of this country. We’ve been diplomats and ambassadors, industrialists and slaves. We’ve been illiterate and uneducated, and we’ve written some of the defining essays and books of the American experience. Our background has made us as a community some of the most conservative members of […]
So my post from the beginning of the week, ‘American Muslim, Volume I,’ got a lot of praise (thank you if I haven’t thanked you privately) and caught a lot of eyeballs. Among those eyeballs were the group ‘My Fellow Americans,’ whose goals run parallel to mine: Their website is http://myfellowamerican.us , I encourage you to check […]
More than the other major leagues, the NBA as we know it today is known as ‘the black league.’ ‘On the Shoulders of Giants’ is one of the recent documentaries that takes us back to the time when blacks weren’t allowed to play professional basketball. The story revolves around the Harlem Rens, a black owned, […]
In my opinion, some people have been put on this Earth to drive people apart and to pull others down into their insecurities and misery. I, on the other hand, feel that I’ve been put on this Earth to remind others of the connections between us. Conflicts are inevitable, but ultimately, in between our disagreements, […]
We all laughed, but the first thing that was said when the lights came up was “DC, get your shit together!” And that really sums up Captain America in a way. It’s another good but not flat out great comic book film that segways perfectly into the upcoming Avengers movie. Marvel had a plan, […]
Available on Netflix now is ‘The Tillman Story’, the documentary about the real (and not real) story of the death of former NFL star Pat Tillman. In my opinion it’s not the best documentary that covers our presence in Afghanistan (that would be Restrepo) but it’s an interesting film nonetheless. For those unfamiliar, Pat […]
For us ‘old heads’ who always talk about how good hip hop was in the 90s, one of the few groups that seemed like they were universally respected was A Tribe Called Quest. Michael Rappaport (who seems like a very cool dude but who will always be the cat who snapped in Higher Learning […]
Out now on video (and Netflix, where I got a hold of it) is one of the first films to give a perspective on being an (African-American) Muslim in the post 9/11 age. Mooz-lum stars Evan Ross as a young man going into his freshmen year of college, trying to find the right balance […]
It’s the 4th of July weekend, so what’s my gift to you faithful reader? A book review of the in the news book about Malcolm X! Say it with me: USA! USA! USA! As someone who was influenced/inspired by Malcolm’s life, I had a keen interest in all the stories/rumors/gossip I heard about what […]
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