Showing posts with label YouTube. Show all posts
Showing posts with label YouTube. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

In the meantime

I've been working on some longer posts that are time sensitive enough I should have had them finished much faster. In the meantime why don't you check out these two videos.
The first is an Israeli cell phone commercial garnering controversy in Israel and the Occupied Territories for its portrayal of the interactions between the IDF and Palestinians. It's getting flack from both sides for it's message (delivered by voice over in Hebrew at the end) that all we want "is a little bit of fun".


This beauty is a marketing video produced by Rafael, an Israeli arms manufacturer designed to remind it's Indian clients of their genuine respect and understanding of Indian culture.

Friday, June 26, 2009

Juan Cole on Michael Jackson? Whaaaaa?

Actually an interesting post today from Juan Cole on Michael Jackson's reported recent conversion to Islam and his influence in the Middle East. I'll quote directly and embed a great video as well.

Jackson is still enormously popular in the Middle East. Here is a Gulf tribute to the King of Pop. Given the stereotyping of Gulf Arabs as medieval and fanatical, and given the hurtful prejudice against their very form of clothing in the West, it is only right that they should have the last word here on Michael Jackson's universal appeal:

http://www.juancole.com/

Monday, June 22, 2009