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Zara Juneja wrote a new post, The Hajj: A display of Islamic nationalism, on the site SAPAC: South Asian Political Action Committee 7 months, 3 weeks ago
With the recent passing of Eid al-Adha celebrations, many across the globe watched in awe as almost four million pilgrims undertook Hajj, the fascinating and most vigilant display of Muslim solidarity. Throughout […]
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Zara Juneja wrote a new post, The Silent Dissident: Aung Sang Suu Kyi and the plight of the Rohingyas, on the site SAPAC: South Asian Political Action Committee 8 months, 1 week ago
During her recent trip to the United States, Nobel Prize winning Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi took to the stage at the San Francisco Freedom Forum to accept the inaugural Vaclav Havel Prize for […]
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Zara Juneja wrote a new post, Welcome Back! , on the site SAPAC: South Asian Political Action Committee 9 months, 1 week ago
Welcome back to what we at SAPAC hope will be another fantastic semester filled with thrilling new ideas and opportunities to further continue the dialogue on South Asia. After organizing the many events last […]
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Zara Juneja commented on the post, Fairuz (Flower among Cities), on the site Culturing Media 1 year, 1 month ago
I agree, as Janssen explores, Fairuz’s use of Jerusalem in ‘The Flower of All Cities,’ to explore the polysemous themes of nostalgia and love is one example of her success in emotionally engaging multiple audie […]
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Zara Juneja commented on the post, The 99, on the site Culturing Media 1 year, 1 month ago
This is really interesting. When I was reading about this, all I could think about was the class in which we discussed the Danish Cartoon Controversy. In this case, Teshkeel Comics used this creative way to get […]
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Zara Juneja wrote a new post, Sayed Kashua – ‘Navigating Between Two Worlds’ with Humour and Satire, on the site Culturing Media 1 year, 1 month ago
Sayed Kashua – A journalist with a weekly column in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, an author with three critically acclaimed novels, and a creator of a television series, ‘Arab Labor’ watched by 20% of the Israeli […]
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Zara Juneja commented on the post, Handala, on the site Culturing Media 1 year, 2 months ago
I am also glad you posted about the Handala cartoons because I feel political cartoonist Naji Al-Ali’s work is very critical to what we have been discussing in class. I have also seen a number of his cartoons […]
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Zara Juneja wrote a new post, Children as Contributors to & Subjects in Separation Wall Graffiti – An appeal to an international conscience? , on the site Culturing Media 1 year, 2 months ago
One particular dimension of the graffiti discussed in class, with specific regard to the separation barrier, that stood out to me was the inclusion of children. Whether it was the 12-year-old girl that […]
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Zara Juneja wrote a new post, India’s Ambiguous Political Game : The Tibetan-Chinese Issue , on the site SAPAC: South Asian Political Action Committee 1 year, 2 months ago
It’s often ironic how the measures undertaken by a government to sideline and almost obscure an issue can turn on it itself and instead, accentuate it. Unfortunately for India, this is exactly the case. As this y […]
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Zara Juneja wrote a new post, Reflections from Professor Partha Ghosh’s discussion on the ‘Complex Puzzle of Growth’: Important ethical and ecological concerns, but at a prototypical phase? , on the site SAPAC: South Asian Political Action Committee 1 year, 2 months ago
On March 13, Professor Partha Ghosh of the Fletcher School gave a lecture entitled, “The Complex Puzzle of Growth: Embracing Modernity while Preserving Tradition in India and China”. Professor Ghosh has worked in v […]
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Zara Juneja commented on the post, Paradise Now, on the site Culturing Media 1 year, 3 months ago
What I find particularly interesting, and agree with you on this, is the way in which Abu-Assad portrays life as uncertain, unstable and unpromising under Israeli occupation. In doing so, he is once again able to […]
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Zara Juneja wrote a new blog post: The Dupes (1972) 1 year, 3 months ago
The Dupes (Al Makhdu’un ) a 1972 feature film, can be regarded as the epitome of the multifacetedPalestinian cinema that Livia Alexander explores. Directed by an Egyptian filmmaker, Tawfik Saleh, and funded by a Syrian organization, this film clearly fits the ‘transnational’ nature of film production. In this regard, the film is not considered…[Read more] -
Zara Juneja wrote a new blog post: Indian Mass Media: an on-going paradox 1 year, 4 months ago
Indian Mass Media: an on-going paradox. With the controversial story of Salman Rushdie running rampant through Indian and International media, all eyes have turned towards India; the flourishing ‘democracy’ and its apparent commitment to ‘free speech.’ But, as many public forums have pointed out, this is not the first time India has succumbed to…[Read more]