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Charlie Hebdo And The French Antinuclear Movement

February 9, 2015 By Dennis Riches 2 Comments

What appears superficially to be a clash of cultures is also a problem of environmental justice. If there had to be an attack on the irrationality of religion, the more appropriate satirical shots could just as well have been aimed at what is known as the “nuclear priesthood” and other techno-scientific cults that are driving the global crises of conflict and environmental destruction. On this point, there is some irony in the way the world media covered the Charlie Hebdo massacre. The focus was on the religious cartoons, yet the journal’s strong record of environmental reporting was completely overlooked.

To some extent, this was Charlie’s fault. The journal has been faulted for neglecting its environmental and political coverage in recent years in favor of the fight it picked with religious extremism. Norma Finkelstein, saying that the cartoons were “sadism, not satire,” accused the journal of forgetting that satire is best aimed at the powerful rather than at disadvantaged groups.

On the other hand, Charlie certainly never abandoned its concern with other issues. The foreign media simply didn’t make the effort to read back issues, or to note even that cartoons, regardless of their merits and demerits, are usually regarded as an extra added onto the content of primary interest. It’s as if aliens came to learn about the The New Yorker and formed their impressions by seeing only the witty jokes about neurotic Americans talking to their psychologists.

Filed Under: Environment, Foreign Affairs, Media & Culture Tagged With: A Radiant Future, Africa, ANDRA, antinuclear, Avenir Radieux, Bure, CEA, Charlie Hebdo, colonialism, Commissariat à l’énergie atomique, Elf Aquitaine, energy, environmental justice, environmental racism, France, Franceafrique, French colonialism, imperialism, Islamophobia, Le Canard Enchaîné, Loire Valley, MENA, Middle East, Nicolas Lambert, Norman Finkelstein, nuclear, nuclear energy, oil, Paris, religion, satire, sustainability, theater, theatre, Treatise on Tolerance, Voltaire, water

Tree Of Pearls: The Tragedy Of The First Female Ruler In Islam

October 22, 2014 By Dr. Milena Rampoldi 1 Comment

Shajarat ad-Durr, A Tragedy is the adapted and commented English translation of an extraordinary historical drama about the political career, the intrigues and the destiny of “the First Female Ruler in Islam” as the author Mahmud Badawy calls the ruler Shajarat ad-Durr, who marked the end of the Ayyubid and the starting of the Mamluk era in today’s Egypt.

In English translation her name means “Tree of Pearls.” And in fact, Shajarat ad-Durr was at the same time wise and beautiful. For me personally, in spite of her final failure and challenging power struggle, she has to be elevated to a real symbol of Muslim feminism and political engagement of Muslim women within the dialogue between “Realpolitik” and Islamic political utopia. Today’s Muslim women should be aware of the difficulties of fighting for women’s rights and at the same time constructively consider their own achievements, even if they are just the beginning of a long and challenging path made of a continuous struggle between failure and success.

Filed Under: Civil Liberties, Media & Culture Tagged With: Aristotle, Ayyubid, Chosrau II, Egypt, feminism, Goethe, history, Islam, Mahmud Badawy, Mamluk, Mehmet Azimli, politics, Queen of Sheeba, Realpolitik, Shajar al-Durr, Shajarat ad-Durr, Sultana, theater, tragedy, Turkey, Utopia, women

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