Janne Louise Andersen
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US Arabs and OWS activists mark the anniversary of the Arab Uprisings
Manhattan, New York: This past week the anniversary of the Arab Spring has been marked all across the world. This revolutionary season, as we would soon discover, became summer, autumn and winter, and is now entering its second spring with the Tunisian and Libyan transition to democracy, the Egyptians who still oppose the country’s military … Continue reading
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The Voice of the Streets hip-hip concert refused to be silent in Cairo It was about to go down in Gezirah Youth Club in Cairo. Seriously go down. On Friday November 4th political dissident rappers from Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan had been invited to Cairo by the organization Turntables in the Camps and … Continue reading
![Old Islamic art in the new gallery at The Metropolitan, NYC [Photos]](http://jannelouisa.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/damascus-room.jpg?w=65&h=65&crop=1 "Old Islamic art in the new gallery at The Metropolitan, NYC [Photos]")
By wandering through fifteen new galleries in the new Islamic art gallery at the Metropolitan Art Museum, one can travel throughout the Islamic civilization, from the Middle East to North Africa, Europe and Central and South, in less than fourteen centuries and any without effort. The only strenuous effort is to read and comprehend the gallery’s official name: ”Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia.
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- Shots from the Nov17 OWS rally from Foley Sq. -> Brooklyn Bridge: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jannelouise/sets/72157628034163197
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