Tag Archives: craig thompson habibi

the blobs

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Dave

Characterizing the idea of “otherness” is the ultimate divide and conquer, and in the case of the Arabs a metaphor for the word “backwards” homogenously spread over a large swathe of the globe and a sub-category for Islam in general. … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged craig thompson habibi, Dr. jack Shaheen, Edward Said, Harrison Ford Raiders of the Lost Ark, Israel Shahak, Jean Leon Gerome, Madame Pickwick, Maimonides, MEK People's Holy Jihadis, michelle bachmann, Muslim Brotherhood, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Steven Spielberg, Thorstein Veblen | Leave a comment

omar the tent faker

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Dave

How to escape the classic and enduring, reinforced Orientalist trappings, the colonialist “other” that keeps resurfacing in reinforced, ingenious and more invigorated fashion. Is this part of the running of the gauntlet, the typical immigrant cycle as invoked by Canadian … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged craig thompson habibi, Francis Galton, Harold Bloom, henry goddard psychologist, john frederick lewis, julius grey lawyer, Maxfield Parrish, Rick Salutin, Sam Huntington, stieg larsson, Thomas Rowlandson, Thorstein Veblen, William Beckford, William Beckford Vathek | Leave a comment

Orientalism repackaged

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Dave

The Shafia trial is by any extent, a far more complex process in which the social and larger contexts seemed to outweigh the actual criminal allegations which were never definitively proven, albeit the construction of circumstantial evidence, in sum, was … Continue reading →