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Global Kids Screening of “Abraham’s Children” Documentary a Big Success!

Posted on August 27, 2010 by

On Wednesday, August 25, I organized a screening at Global Kids of the new documentary "Abraham's Children," a series of intimate and frank profiles of ten Muslim-American teenagers in the New York area directed by my friend Nina Froriep. It was a very special night as around 30 people gathered to watch the film, share…

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Showing of Documentary about Muslim Youth in America on August 25 in NYC

Posted on August 16, 2010 by

I'm excited to be helping organize this screening of a documentary film directed and produced by my friend Nina Froriep next Wednesday. It's going to be a special night, so I hope many folks can come! Here's the official announcement: Global Kids and Clockwise Productions cordially invites you to a showing of the film “Abraham’s Children,”…

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“Abraham’s Children” Chronicles Lives of Muslim Youth in NYC (video)

Posted on May 26, 2010 by

My friend Nina sends out word that the premiere of her new documentary "Abraham's Children" last week was a big success.  "Abraham's Children" tells some of the stories of the thousands of young people in New York City, where every 10th child is Muslim. I'm sad I missed the premiere, but hoping that I can…

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Understanding Islam through Virtual Worlds: the machinima, graphic novel and report!

Posted on February 1, 2009 by

As previously reported, on Thursday,  I had the pleasure of attending the event "Understanding Islam through Virtual Worlds" at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.  The gathering featured Rita King and Joshua Fouts discussing their project to research how Muslims have been using virtual worlds as a medium to express their faith, find…

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Iranian hip-hop artist Yas performing at Islam & Virtual World event (video)

Posted on January 30, 2009 by

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending the event "Understanding Islam through Virtual Worlds" at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs with about 50 other people.  The gathering featured Rita King and Joshua Fouts discussing their project to research how Muslims have been using virtual worlds, particularly Second Life, as a medium to…

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New study on Islam and virtual worlds releasing findings on January 29 in NYC

Posted on January 6, 2009 by

Speaking of Islam and virtual worlds, it looks like Joshua Fouts and Rita King of Dancing Ink Productions will be unveiling the findings of their study on "Understanding Islam through Virtual Worlds" on January 29 in New York City, and then again in Second Life on January 30.  Here's the info on the NYC event:…

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First look at Muxlim Pal virtual world: shop, chat and pray

Posted on January 5, 2009 by

After registering almost a month ago, I finally was able to log into the new "Muxlim Pal" virtual world.  As you will recall, the owners of Muxlim had restricted access to the new virtual world due to griefer attacks that started after the BBC published a story about Muxlim Pal.  Now apparently they have dealt…

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“Muxlim” virtual world closed due to griefer attacks

Posted on December 9, 2008February 13, 2019 by

I just tried to register and log-in to the new “Muxlim Pal” virtual world, recently launched in beta.  The website explains that Muxlim Pal is “the first Muslim virtual world providing a new kind of family friendly social online environment for your entertainment.” It is built on top of the Muxlim social network which has…

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