hawgblawg: Did Lili Boniche play Judéo-Arabe music?
No, he said.«Est-ce qu'on dit d'un musulman qu'il joue de la musique islamo-arabe? Je joue de la musique arabe, un point c'est tout»(I would like to get my hands on the original source for this...
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State parks museum opens doors to a new world
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View Articleanthropology at home: A New Year at Home
It’s warming up (20′s!) as I get ready to publish this post, but with the wind chill these past few days hovering around 0° F, it has seemed an ideal time to crawl into my hibernaculum and do some...
View Articlehawgblawg: Stern Gang "Misirlou"
Over the past few years, and especially since Dick Dale's version of "Misirlou" appeared so memorably in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, a number of accounts have pointed out the "Eastern" origins...
View ArticleCulture and International Affairs: Bing 750$ Voucher sent you an invitation
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View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Tomorrow: Panel discussion at Sabancı U (Karaköy):...
Discussion in English. Event page at Facebook. Related posts: Rumeysa Kiger: Panel discussion becomes artistic town-hall meeting at İstanbul Modern Erkan Saka: Transmedya’yı eğitime uyarlama...
View ArticleLanguage Log: Bossification
Today's Dilbert: Looking at things from the other end of the org chart, Arno Penzias once told me that the most important lesson that he'd learned as a manager was "The best way to get someone to do...
View Articletabsir.net: The Canonization of Islamic Law
Ahmed El Shamsy, The Canonization of Islamic Law: A Social and Intellectual History Cambridge University Press, 2013 by SherAli Tareen, New Books in Islamic Studies, January 10, 2014 In his brilliant...
View ArticleLanguage Log: Chicken framework / rack / skeleton / trunk / carcass / whatever
Michael Robinson recently went to an interesting Toronto restaurant called Ten Mile Aroma, whose menu can be found online here. Micheal's attention was drawn to these two menu items: 137. Fried Spicy...
View ArticleMuseum Anthropology: Do you teach a course in Museum Anthropology?
Do you teach a course in Museum Anthropology?
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: EFD Rights Watch: Journalist (@murataksoy) from...
Journalist from pro-government daily fired over TV comments Daily Yeni Şafak’s columnist and interviewer Murat Aksoy was sacked after daring to criticize the government’s handling of the graft scandal...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Turkey’s FM is so upset: “Al-Qaeda ‘legitimizes’...
Syria peace hopes at Paris crossroads U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry headed for Paris to fresh Syria talks, hoping to press the fractured opposition to participate in upcoming peace talks...
View ArticleJason Baird Jackson: Its Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA)...
Its time for graduate students with material culture interests to think about, and follow through on, applying to participate in the 2014 Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology. This is a four-week...
View ArticleLanguage Log: Lumpatious lexicography
In the latest episode of "Sam & Cat," a teen comedy on Nickelodeon, the plot takes a lexicographical turn. As Nickelodeon describes it, Sam and Cat make a bet with the annoying older brother of a...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: İnsanlık namına web projesi olanlar için bir...
28 Ocak’ta İstanbul’da buluşması gerçekleşecek etkinlik için Webrazzi haberi burada Elinde insanlık namına projeleri olanlar için bir fırsat. İngilizce açıklama: What is it? Hello + +tomorrow is a non...
View ArticleThe Naked Anthropologist: Sweden and prostitution law: the conditions of...
The idea of criminalising the purchase of sex continues to be promoted round the world, usually as part of some politician’s campaign against immoral sex and the exploitation of children, with a...
View ArticleLanguage Log: Syntax and semantics at the Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court is about to take up Noel Canning v. National Labor Relations Board, perhaps better known as "that case about recess appointments". The issue is the interpretation of Article 2,...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: President Gül invites opposition leaders for...
Turkish President Gül invites opposition leaders for meeting amid political crisis The invitation comes amid an ongoing political crisis fueled by a bill on the judiciary In Scandal, Turkey’s...
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