TEDxRamallah Munir Fasheh منير فاشه Occupation of knowledge الاحتلال المعرفي
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The worst conquest is that of knowledge. It led to conquering diversity and pluralism in living by a modern superstition: the belief in a single universal path for knowing, learning, and progressing. Transforming ahaali (no synonym in English; the closest is 'people-in-community') into citizens has been instrumental in the conquest and disastrou... Read more
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- -: TEDxRamallah Munir Fasheh منير فاشه Occupation of knowledge الاحتلال المعرفي
May 24, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)The worst conquest is that of knowledge. It led to conquering diversity and pluralism in living by a modern superstition: the belief in a single universal path for knowing, learning, and progressing. Transforming ahaali (no synonym in English; the closest is 'people-in-community') into citizens h...
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- -: TEDxCairo - Fadel Soliman - Bread and Salt
June 18, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Dr.Fadel Soliman speaks in TEDxCairo Resurrection 2011 about the egyptian community and his idea for a better living between muslims and christians in egypt
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- -: TEDxCairo - Mina Shenoda - An Egyptian Tale !
June 27, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Mena Shenoda Co-Author of the bestselling Arabic Book "Astigmatism in the Brain" speaks in TEDxCairo Resurrection
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- -: Darrell Issa: Racial Profiling of Muslims Can't Become the New "Driving While Black"
December 2, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/series/monitor_breakfast Asked about debate by GOP presidential hopefuls suggesting more stringent screening and security checks on Muslim Americans, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Chairman of the House Oversight Committee who has roots in the Middle East, told r...
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- -: Barack Obama-Address at Cairo University (June 4, 2009)
August 19, 2010 (over 13 years ago)President Obama encourages the release of tension between people of all religions and outlines a path towards global tolerance between the United States and the Middle East.
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- -: South Park - Working with Comedy Central (Paley Center,2000)
September 16, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone talk about how they work well with Comedy Central and have not sacrificed much due to the "South Park" balance of crude and sweet.
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- -: Muslim Heroes of the Holocaust - Robert Satloff
December 20, 2006 (over 17 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2006/11/19/Among_the_Righteous Author and Middle East policy expert Robert Satloff duscusses several stories of assistance North African Arabs offered to Jews during the Holocaust. ----- Robert Satloff talks about "Among the Righteous." Satloff revisits the H...
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- -: Michael Oren - America's Historical Views of the Middle East
February 13, 2007 (about 17 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=647 Historian Michael Oren examines America's long history of cultural misperceptions regarding the Middle East. ----- Michael B. Oren discusses his book "Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present." For w...
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- -: Richard Rubenstein - Understanding "Islamophobia"
February 28, 2007 (about 17 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=663 Conflict resolution expert Richard Rubenstein examines the motivations behind what he terms "Islamophobia," or expressions of fear or hatred towards Muslim culture as a whole. ----- Richard Rubenstein speaks at Grace Cathedral in San ...
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- -: Ali Abdul-Amir Allawi - Questions for Iraq's Future
April 24, 2007 (about 17 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=870 Ali Abdul Amir Allawi, former Minister of Finance for the Iraqi Transitional Government, discusses questions many Iraqis have for the future of their country under ongoing U.S. occupation. ----- "The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the Wa...
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