To London, With Love

Texas Rollergirls make history and cross oceans

"...UK but also from France, Germany, Ireland, the United Arab Emirates and even Australia. "It was the most rollergirls..."

April 6, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Slanted & Enchanted

Matador Records magnate Gerard Cosloy turns the 'live music capital' into a Casual Victim Pile

"...Arab Strap The Red Thread (2001)..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Neorealism, Now and Then, in Troubled Lands

AFS Essential Cinema: Children of Abraham/Ibrahim 4

"...beautifully drawn but irredeemably damaged characters: the first, an Arab Israeli who resorts to criminal means to come up..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Dem Guv Uproar

Shami files; Gilbert vs. Kinky for Gov becomes Gilbert vs. Kinky for Ag Commish

"...What makes this interesting is that Gilbert snubbed White..."

Dec. 14, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Electric Skaterland

Austin births a Roller Derby renaissance

"...Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Scandinavia, and even the United Arab Emirates. There are dozens of bouts every weekend, interleague..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Sports Feature by Richard Whittaker

The German Mujahid

This award-winning novel, banned in its native Algeria, provides a different perspective on the Holocaust

"...Holocaust novel. But this book's declaration as "the first Arab novel to confront the Holocaust" certainly piqued my interest..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Books Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Helen Keller, Guinness, and more

"...United Arab Emirates residents use more of the earth's resources, per..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The Hightower Report

Stimulus Naysayers Cash In; and Arms Wide Open

"...developing countries as Morocco, India, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates accounted for almost $30 billion of our overall..."

Sept. 25, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

U.S. Policy Is the Problem in the Middle East

"...and we prop up authoritarian theocratic regimes like Saudi Arabia because they are business partners. The Arab "street" is..."

June 5, 2009 Postmarks

Will the Real Norma Khouri Please Stand Up?

AFS Documentary Tour presents Forbidden Lie$

"...the run-up to the Iraq War it "stank of anti-Arab propaganda" – became keenly interested in "what kind of..."

June 5, 2009 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Torch of the Mystic

Sir Richard Bishop, keeper of the flame

"...them into the sacred and profane. The Freak of Araby, another meditation on Middle Eastern music, puts him back..."

May 26, 2009 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

The Hightower Report

Guess Who; and Some Bankers You Might Like

"...the oil-soaked monarchies of such Gulf states as Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates are designing, developing,..."

Feb. 27, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

Pitching the Comprehensive Plan

Three teams vie to plan Austin's future

"...other cities, from Omaha, Neb., to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. But ACP and WRT conveyed the best readiness..."

Feb. 20, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Israeli/Palestinian Comedy Tour

Four stand-up comics aim to ease cultural tensions with a few swift salvos of laughter

"...is a comedian and a columnist for both Saudi Arabia's Arab News and Israel's Jerusalem Post. Together, these men..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Off the Record

Alpha Rev goes Hollywood, Book of Shadows pen a few new chapters, and Alejandro Escovedo meets a Man From Plains

"...Leno, where he'll perform the poignant "Sister Lost Soul." Arabian Nights..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Darfur Update

International Criminal Court pushing for war crime prosecution in Sudan, local activists respond.

"...that paid mercenaries to rape tens of thousands of non-Arab women to "dilute their bloodlines" of their ancestral heritage...."

July 16, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Get Your War On

"...era (although the waterboarding of an American by an Arab was in questionable taste)...."

July 10, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Page Two: Correlation Does Not Imply Causation

The lessons of Florida beaches, anti-drug education, and chain gangs

"...Sunday-go-to-church sense of obligation. Most of the houses felt unbearably new, as though saturated with some kind of artificial..."

May 9, 2008 Column by Louis Black

The Hightower Report

FEMA Still at It; and A Library for Bush Groupies

"...in one of Dallas' wealthiest neighborhoods. They've targeted some Arab oil kingdoms, corporate chieftains, and wealthy heiresses to be..."

April 4, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

It's a Tough Subject to Speak On...

Author Nonie Darwish talked at UT about Islam and anti-Semetism in the Middle East

"...on Israel" and infrastructure was completely ignored. "It was Arab League policy to keep Palestinians there as permanent refugees...."

March 31, 2008 News Post by Matt Martinez

Wednesday Picks

"...the Middle East & Beyond, traversed the spectrum of Arab music from Israel to Afghanistan, Turkey to Armenia. –..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

Aztex Tryouts, MLS Comes to CenTex, and More

"...Korea 1 Group D Lebanon 0, Uzbekistan 1 Saudi Arabia 2, Singapore 0 Group E Iran 0, Syria 0..."

Feb. 6, 2008 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Tradition in Transition

Previewing the Austin Jewish Film Festival

"...year's festival: anti-Semitism, the never-ending struggle between Jews and Arabs in the Middle East, the joys and disasters of..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Bush Is Our Own Worst Enemy

"...once again saber-rattling against the country of Iran. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Jordan, and..."

Jan. 13, 2008 Postmarks

Games Gift Guide

Call of Duty and Soldier of Fortune up the holiday body count

"...Service operative, a U.S. Marine, and, briefly, a deposed Arab president. It jumps back and forth, keeping you soaked..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Joey Seiler

Getting Warmer

A leading environmentalist on the growing threat to the planet and the future

"...spent the week coordinating the resistance – working with Arab delegates and Russian industrialists to sabotage the emerging plan...."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Feature by Bill Mckibben

Mr. Smarty Pants

Spatial-temporal reasoning, Hitler's favorite movies, and more

"...earliest known robot was developed in 1206 by the Arab inventor and engineer Ibn Ismail Ibn al-Razzaz Al-Jazari, who..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

'Arabesque: A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, & Lebanon'

"...Arabesque: A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, & Lebanonby Claudia Roden..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Food Review by Mick Vann

Happenings

May 24-30

"...ARAB, MUSLIM, AND SOUTH ASIAN INDIVIDUALS' RIGHTS: ACCOMPANYING FBI INTERVIEWEES..."

May 25, 2007 News Feature

When the Grey Beetles Took Over Baghdad

Writes Mona Yahia in her dedication, 'To my parents, who gave me languages instead of roots.'

"...remains enthralling despite this serious limitation. Raised in an Arab country passing through the height of its Blut-und-Boden phase,..."

May 11, 2007 Books Review by Rayyan Al-Shawaf

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