by Pier Marton | Dec 11, 2012 | History, Ideas, Jewish, Middle-East, Women
from Haaretz published 10.12.12 Jewish anti-Zionist academic insists Israeli occupation is un-Jewish by Carlo Strenger Parting Ways: Jewishness and the Critique of Zionism, by Judith Butler. Columbia University Press, 256 pages, $28 Judith Butler has rightly been...
by Pier Marton | Dec 6, 2012 | Ideas, Idées, Middle-East, Politics, Sci/Nat, Wars, Women
Source: (check out) BBC 4’s Open Sesame – Science in the Desert with David Shukman – Available for the next year. Peace through Science! SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East) is a “third-generation”...
by Pier Marton | Dec 4, 2012 | Afri, Hispanic, Middle-East, Music, Women
Jon Balke & Amina Alaoui & Jon Hassell & Kheir Eddine M’Kachiche – Itimad (Reliance) Gharnati/Al Andalus/Andalusian music (730 to 1492), Sufi & Lope de Vega & St John of the Cross texts for another wondrous ECM collaborative project....
by Pier Marton | Nov 18, 2012 | Afri, Asia, Doc, France, Human Rights, Middle-East, Review, STL
The St. Louis International Film Festival is rounding up; as always an amazing round-up of jewels from all around the world… I wish I could have found the time to write individual longer reviews this year. Below, based on what I was able to watch, my own...
by Pier Marton | Nov 15, 2012 | Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Wars, Women
Nina Menkes, the filmmaker, says “DEAR BIBI and HAMAS: DEFINITION OF INSANITY–KEEP DOING THE SAME THING AND EXPECT DIFFERENT RESULTS.” A message to Israel’s leaders: Don’t defend me – not like this. [en Français ci-dessous: «Ne nous...
by Pier Marton | Nov 7, 2012 | Antisemitism, Care, France, Human Rights, Ideas, Idées, Jewish, Middle-East, Review
Lorraine Lévy: I wanted to make a film about openings and hope/Je voulais faire un film d’ouverture, un film d’espoir. My review: I too could say “provocative and moving” as other critics have said, but I would rather not. Sometimes life takes...