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Live from AIDS 2010 :: All About The Now
July 20, 2010 – 3:22 pm | No Comment
Live from AIDS 2010 :: All About The Now

I’m in Vienna at the International AIDS Conference, an event with 20 000 delegates in attendance from over 185 countries. With pushing boundaries the mantra, sexualized messages intermix with inter-faith celebrations and …

Retrospective: ‘Streets’ Change Shape
July 17, 2010 – 6:08 pm | No Comment
Retrospective: ‘Streets’ Change Shape

The Chicago-based Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN)’s urban festival of music, faith and social justice took place on June 19th to an audience as diverse as the cultures represented onstage at Marquette Park. The festival, …

Worldtown Hearsay :: Searching for the ‘Real’ South Africa
July 13, 2010 – 3:56 pm | No Comment
Worldtown Hearsay :: Searching for the ‘Real’ South Africa

And just like that, one month later, the magic is over. If you’re like us - the withdrawal has hit you hard and all your freetime is now spent Googling the names of those previously unknown players for some Wikipedia insight into their lives, replaying videos of the greatest - and ugliest - moments and checking the stats on how likely Ghana is to take the next one home (we all need a feel good story, don’t we?). Through the lens of an all-encompassing, universal and non-elitist game of football, South Africa’s had a new platform on which it can be showcased. And with football as the focal point, what exactly did journalists, commentators and spectators expect from an “authentically” African World Cup? (Surely, it wasn’t Shakira’s Waka Waka as the break-out hit of 2010).

Worldtown Hearsay :: And the World Watches Africa
June 12, 2010 – 11:40 pm | No Comment
Worldtown Hearsay :: And the World Watches Africa

It’s here and the excitement can’t be contained. In case you’ve been buried somewhere… or live in North America, the World Cup is in full swing in South Africa. The first few days may have had …

Post Your Maps :: Yusuf Sayman
May 28, 2010 – 10:30 am | No Comment
Post Your Maps :: Yusuf Sayman

We will regularly be presenting a featured artist, writer or performer who is exploring questions of identity and personal narrative through their medium of expression.

The map is your representation. No rigid lines, no defined routes. You direct it on your own account.

Who Speaks for Arizona?
May 27, 2010 – 11:13 pm | One Comment
Who Speaks for Arizona?

It’s been nearly one month since Arizona passed law SB1720 into procession, effectively aiding the discrimination of all migrants in the state. The law may purport to stem the flow of “illegal” immigrants across …

Post Your Maps :: SoundRight
May 16, 2010 – 11:49 am | One Comment
Post Your Maps :: SoundRight

We will regularly be presenting a featured artist, writer or performer who is exploring questions of identity and personal narrative through their medium of expression.

The map is your representation. No rigid lines, no defined routes. You direct it on your own account.

Worldtown Via Londontown :: The 2010 Palestine Film Festival
May 4, 2010 – 11:15 pm | No Comment
Worldtown Via Londontown :: The 2010 Palestine Film Festival

Exile, memory, displacement, discovery - all themes you may expect associated to the Palestinian cause and embodied in corresponding creative matter. The films at this year’s London Palestine Film Fest resonate with all of these …

A Runway of Nostalgia
April 25, 2010 – 6:37 pm | No Comment
A Runway of Nostalgia

Fashion memories, obvious inspiration, familiar beats and local celebrity meet hardwork, talent and tremendous heart at the 60th showcase for Toronto’s Ryerson University, School of Fashion, featuring the work of the 25 most impressive students, curated by FASHION Magazine’s Sarah Casselman.
Feature contributor to This Is Worldtown, Danah Abdulla of The Yuppie Activist, reviews.

This is…ROX
April 21, 2010 – 8:38 pm | No Comment
This is…ROX

What’s the trick to listening to Roxanne Tatei’s (known musically as ROX) musical harmony? There’s a familiarity in her tunes that makes you feel like you know her, and an honesty in her demeanor that makes you want to get to know her. This is ROX Music - soulful, authentic and incredibly endearing. This is Worldtown chatted with ROX over the phone in between her busy recording and touring sessions, catching up on what exactly gives music - her music in particular - soul.