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March 30, 2012
Our 10 Best Middle Eastern Restaurants
New York City has a lot to offer when it comes to Middle Eastern cooking. If you know where to stop for a meal along the city's few Arab strips or even in fancy neighborhoods, you'll find a wide range of the region's typical cooking including grilled meats, honey-drenched pastries, savory flatbreads ... More >>
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November 29, 2011
Za'atar Brings a Feast of the Middle East to the West Village
Greenwich Avenue has gotten a crop of new eateries recently. Whitehall, the new Brit-influenced spot from the team behind Highlands, is getting lots of buzz, but if it's cheap eats you're after, you're better off checking out new Middle Eastern spot Za'atar (50 Greenwich Avenue, 212-242-3451). The s ... More >>
Film
September 28, 2011
NYFF: Life is (Alexander) Payne
Greenwich Avenue has gotten a crop of new eateries recently. Whitehall, the new Brit-influenced spot from the team behind Highlands, is getting lots of buzz, but if it's cheap eats you're after, you're better off checking out new Middle Eastern spot Za'atar (50 Greenwich Avenue, 212-242-3451). The s ... More >>
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June 29, 2011
Dennis Kucinich Praises Syrian Leader, Says He Was Mistranslated a Smidge
Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich traveled to Syria this week and reportedly praised President Bashar al-Assad, the leader who has been accused of ordering attacks on pro-democratic supporters. Politico reports that Kucinich held a press conference in Damascus where he said, "President Bashar ... More >>
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June 13, 2011
Tom MacMaster, a Straight Man in Scotland, Is the 'Gay Girl in Damascus' Hoax Blogger
The Amina AvatarAmina Abdallah Arraf wrote a brave and dramatic blog about her life as a gay woman living in Syria until early last week when an entry from her cousin informed readers that she'd been arrested. Except, after every major news outlet in the world reported on the blog, called A G ... More >>
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June 12, 2011
Tim Pawlenty Invents Charming Portmanteau; Filipino 18-Year-Old is World's Shortest Man
Crazy person and Republican presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty has come up with a totally inventive term for our current health care laws: "Obamneycare." Get it? Like Obama Romney. It's supposed to recall how Mitt Romney shamefully tried to help uninsured people with health problems as the gover ... More >>
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June 8, 2011
Amina Abdallah Araf al Omari, Kidnapped Gay Syrian Blogger, Might Be Made Up
Not her?!The defiant lesbian blogger Amina Abdallah Araf al Omari (a.k.a. Amina Arraf or Amina Abdallah), who was reported kidnapped on her blog "A Gay Girl in Damascus" by a cousin this week, may not exist at all or otherwise has a lot of explaining to do. Her story circulated everywhere fro ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2010
The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday
Welcome to The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday, where we endeavor to remember the very best thing we stuffed down our gullets over the past 24 hours. Why? Because the only thing better than enjoying a meal is wallowing in the memory of one savored in the recent past. Today's fond reminiscences ... Vict ... More >>
Blogs
November 2, 2010
Damascus Bread & Pastry Shop's Whole-Wheat Spinach Pie
In their desire to appeal to the more health-conscious and/or guilt-ridden among us, numerous bakers compromise their products with whole-wheat flour, and the result is often reminiscent of chew toys and arbitrary childhood punishments. But this is happily far from the case at Damascus Bread ... More >>
Film
October 30, 2007
Things to Do in Rabat When You're Dead
The CinemaEast Film Festival reels in the latest crop of Middle East movie makers
Film
May 8, 2007
'Six Days'
The CinemaEast Film Festival reels in the latest crop of Middle East movie makers
Columns
December 12, 2006
Horoscope
The CinemaEast Film Festival reels in the latest crop of Middle East movie makers
Film
November 22, 2005
The Boys on the Side
Remembering anthropologist Tobias Schneebaum—and other members of an unconventional salon
News
October 4, 2005
Bush Talks About Evil Doers on C-Span 3
And now on another, more obscure channel, your president
Music
April 26, 2005
The Gospel According to the Hold Steady
On their great new album, Brooklyn's best band explores why Catholic girls start much too early
Columns
March 29, 2005
Journey to Norwabia
A culinary trek through Bay Ridge
NYC Life
December 30, 2003
Restaurants
25 Places Where Two Can Eat for $25
News
April 15, 2003
In No One's Army
A West Coast Call for Civil Disobedience
Music
April 1, 2003
French Fries and Fruit Flies
Not Yesterday Once More
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March 11, 2003
Jordan's South Rises, Again
Talk of War in Iraq Lights a Regional Fire
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July 30, 2002
Palestine 101
A Short Take on a Long History
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May 28, 2002
Never Again?
The Great Second-Holocaust Debate
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February 12, 2002
Occupied Territories
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February 27, 2001
Letters
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October 3, 2000
Nation
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April 18, 2000
Rage Against the Caffeine
Reverend Billy Preaches the Anticorporate Gospel to Starbucks
Theater
March 23, 1999
Aimless in Gaza
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