Point and Shoot

This documentary follows an American man's motorcycle trip through Northern Africa and the Middle East, during which he takes up arms against Moammar Gadhafi in Libya.

"...in the States, VanDyke’s adventure appears over until the Arab Spring. When revolution breaks out in Libya, he returns..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Letters at 3AM: Flash Mob Dance Revolution: Part 1

It is only a matter of time before an interconnected world work force begins to ask, 'Who are we really working for?'

"...My answer: "Recall the spring of 1989."..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

The Book of Khalid

Maps to the Middle East: 'The Book of Khalid'

"...years seems miniscule in Rihani's masterful microcosm. The first Arab-American novel written in English, The Book of Khalid has..."

June 15, 2012 Books Feature by Jessi Cape

Moscow Now, Here

The New Russian Drama Festival opens a hotline to the culture of Russia today

"...impossible even as early as the start of the Arab Spring – a unique opportunity for people to not..."

March 9, 2012 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

Letters at 3AM: Reading Diplomatic Code

There's a shift toward the promotion of Turkey as a stabilizing force in the Middle East

"..."Can Turkey Unify the Arabs?"..."

June 17, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

The AggreGAYtor: September 24

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• Arab Spring births gay indie Lebanese band Mashrou Leila. You..."

Sept. 24, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"..."Chicken Sweats" delivers as promised, dewy and humid as spring break down on Rainey Street. The succeeding title track,..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Letters at 3AM: Did Abraham Lincoln Deserve a Second Term?

In 1864, Lincoln would have seemed more in favor of war than peace

"...In 1848, against all expectations, workers' revolts spring up all over Europe. As in 2010 when Tunisia..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3am: Flash Mob Dance Revolution: Part 2

You cannot arrest a population

"...The Velvet Revolution of the Soviet bloc, the ongoing Arab Spring, and the Occupy movement share a means. Employ..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Patria y Vida: The Newest Rhythm Of Revolution

Panel spotlights Cuba protest song leading to rapper's imprisonment

"...every popular revolution since the Sixties. It’s Pussy Riot, Arab Spring, the Summer of Love, and even a bit..."

March 21, 2022 Music Post by Gary Lindsey

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...for the raunch. SXSW has established itself as the Spring festival launchpad for R-rated comedies, and this year looks..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Red Guards and the Modern Face of Protest

Agitators, disrupters, or “anarchists,” these masked protesters represent a new resistance

"...Million Man March on Wall Street." Inspired by the "Arab Spring," uprisings in the Middle East that materialized in..."

Feb. 17, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

"Beyond Macondo"

AFS series spotlights contemporary Colombian cinema

"...non-Californians dub the Golden State – hyped by the Arab Spring uprisings and grasping for their own political voice..."

Oct. 8, 2015 Screens Post by Jordan Buckley

Cracking the Nightmare Code

Director Mark Netter on his new techno-horror

"...media usurped the traditional control of information during the Arab Spring, allowing the world to see what was happening..."

Sept. 16, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bruce Sterling on Social Media Jihads

How good are terrorists' Twitter game?

"...won't be around forever, and the start-up Twitter of Arab Spring uprising was a different thing than the modern..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The AggreGAYtor: November 4

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...In Egypt, the Arab Spring seems to have devolved into anti-gay winter. The..."

Nov. 4, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

Austin Film Festival: #chicagoGirl: The Social Network Takes on a Dictator

Trying to light a revolution using social media

"...The events of the Arab Spring made crystal clear the fact that being able..."

Oct. 26, 2014 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

The AggreGAYtor: January 24

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...Life for LGBTQ Egyptians has not improved after the Arab Spring...."

Jan. 24, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

FronteraFest 2013

Performance jamboree's 20th brings back old faves and welcomes new stars

"...Feb, 7: Keira McDonald, playwright/performer – "My Arab Spring." The Seattle-based creator of "Astro-Naughty" (2010) and "CockTales"..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Alif the Unseen

Maps to the Middle East: 'Alif the Unseen'

"...novel has going for it is the exoticism of Arabian fantasy, a less-trodden path than the European versions of..."

June 15, 2012 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Stir It Up

'Marley' remembers the reggae king

"...songs. His face and image are everywhere. Even in the Arab Spring we found that people were singing "Get Up,..."

April 20, 2012 Screens Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Attack of the Cybermen

Activism empowered by the Internet

"...files has brought about some good. Things like the Arab Spring being helped along – although not 'caused,' as..."

March 9, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Domestic Terrorists? Or Activist-Acolytes Led Astray by a Mentor?

Documentary 'Better This World' ponders the endless shades of gray

"...Act had yet to be signed into law, the Arab Spring was three years away, WikiLeaks was as yet..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Civics 101

Calendar of civic events, Nov. 10-17

"...The Roots, Future and Impli­cations of the Arab Spring Multimedia presentation by Yigal Carmon, founder of the..."

Nov. 11, 2011 News Column

Luv Doc Recommends: A Gil Scott-Heron Tribute & Juneteenth Celebration!

Gypsy Lounge, Saturday, June 18, 2011

"...actual revolutions are being televised. The uprisings of the Arab Spring have been documented exhaustively – live-streamed in many..."

June 17, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

deEP end

deEP end

"...better spools floating around. A-side "Best Friends" and B-side "Arab Spring" combine for more heavy-lidded summer psych, the kind..."

April 8, 2011 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...First off, we at Save Our Springs Alliance like the Chronicle. We go back a long..."

April 14, 2006 Column

Anti-Muslim Sentiment Alive and Well in Texas

Unlike Ahmed Mohamed, many members of the Muslim community in Texas experience hatred yet receive no support; their stories go unpublished.

"...Palestinians are Muslim, just as all Muslims are not Arab, but bigots tend to equate being Muslim with being..."

Oct. 30, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Earth Days

Directed with a flawless eye and judicious craft, this documentary is an informative and nonpolemic look at the birth of the modern environmental movement.

"...cultural and environmental backstory for those born after the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973 (which arrived three short years..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Eve of Destruction

Lawrence Wright on 'The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9 / 11'

"...time America's standing was really high, especially in the Arab world, and he spent two years in the U.S.,..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Books Feature by Taylor Holland

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