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Inescapable's Pre-Civil War Syria Seems Almost Quaint

Fatima Thompson, of Muslims for Progressive Values, Talks NYPD Spying and Terrorism

When news broke that the NYPD had been spying on whole Islamic neighborhoods, it didn't just prompt Muslims to mistrust cops. The issue has stirred up strong reactions from American Muslims -- some are vehemently pro-surveillance, while others have decried police tactics as attacks on civil libert ... More >>

Barboncino: Naples Staples

Crown Heights gets its own fancy Italian pizza parlor

Our 10 Best West African Restaurants in NYC

​The peanut-dusted lamb kebabs called suya from northern Nigeria, available at Brooklyn's Buka In the late 80s, the typical Senegalese immigrant was a guy who furtively sold counterfeit watches and handbags on the street. He took his meals at temporary restaurants set up in SRO hotels rooms ... More >>

Free Will Astrology: September 29 through October 5, 2010

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Where to go after you do your spring cleaning

West African Buffet at Fatima in Crown Heights

​Served with polished white rice, sauce de feuilles is the national dish of Guinea. When Fatima opened in Crown Heights six years ago, it was the city's best Guinean restaurant, offering two or three home-style dishes per day, served with a massive plate of polished white rice. But in common ... More >>

A Different Kind of 1960's War Demonstration

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. May 18, 1967, Vol. XII, No. 31 The Hawks in May: A Day to Remember By Joe Flaherty On Saturday afternoon past, with the war gods supplying sunshine to heat their passions, the Legions of Decency and Death paraded down Fifth Avenue. Lik ... More >>

Pix from Liman Turkish Seafood Restaurant in Sheepshead Bay

​ Fried fresh anchovies at Liman--cheap, sustainable, delicious. Today Counter Culture swims into Liman, a Turkish seafood restaurant perched on the pouting cement lip of Sheepshead Bay. Stroll the bay in the early evening, as party fishing boats dock, and fishers swarm over the bows, bearing ... More >>

Baghdad in Your Belly at La Kabbr in Hell's Kitchen

Fashion Week: Patricia Field Parties with Santogold; Betsey Johnson Gives Peaches Geldof a Hamburger; Alice Olivia Show Art You Can't Wear

Stacey AndersonPatricia Field is just that into you Yesterday was day four of Fashion Week and also President's Day (pour a Veuve Clicquot on the curb for McKinley!), and your correspondents were happily back in our own turf: downtown. The Bryant Park tents in Midtown are glamorous, sure, with thei ... More >>

A Light Lunch and Here Comes the Change Bid Farewell to the Bush Era

A last laugh in two new comedies

School of Shock

Inside a school where mentally disturbed students are jolted into good behavior

Polo Party

Digging tahdig and cigars at Times Square Persian restaurant

Downloading Doner

New Queens Boulevard Turk turns up the lights and the charm

Their Arsenal: The Farrelly brothers replace soccer with Sox

Got Your Sex Raps Here

Nevertheless, Nas still sounds like a man who's thinking even when he'd rather not be

Poetic Poultry

What makes the gravy so red at this Ironbound Portuguese?

He's Gotta Have It

Lee does the wrong things with lesbian lifestyle, corporate scandal, and anti-Bush fire

Nice Rice

Leaf sauces and matzo ball soup from the West African coast

Weapons of Mass Sedition

Can a sacred music festival lure us away from violence and toward reason?

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For Whom the Bell Tolls, Part I

The Missing and the Dead

‘A.I.’: Alternative Interpretations

The Mechalogue

Unveiled Threats

She Found Prostitution Among Iran’s Holy Men. They Found a Way to Put Her in Jail.

They Shoot, They Score

Johns Post Prostitute Ratings Online

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