Last Wednesday New Zealand’s Te Papa whale collection - one of the largest in the world - opened at National Geographic. The opening on Oct. 15 was marked with a performance by teh Kahurangi Maori Dance Theater of New Zealand. (Read the complete press release here.)
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Through a scheduling snafu we missed Islamic hip-hop band Native Deen play Washington D.C., their hometown, this weekend. To mitigate our sorrow, we offer you their video “I Am Not Afraid To Stand Alone,” which is all about blonde, single Muslim mothers and the pressures of fasting during Ramadan when you’re on the high school […] Read more »
Snoop Dogg has collaborated with Bollywood and made a song/video that is topping the charts in India. He wears a turban and rocks it in those thrones you see in Indian weddings.
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Last weekend Sebastian and I finally pulled our city-bound selves out to the suburbs and witnessed the vibrant Indian community in the DC area. With a pre-Ramadan fundraiser in the cafeteria of a local government building and a crowded Onam feast in a Virginia high school, we saw about 1,000 Indians dressed to the nines […] Read more »
