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).

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 …

Bombs, turbans and chanting “In the Name of God” - these are the limited satirical portraits distributed of Arabs when it comes to comedy. Fortunately, there’s a growing positive association with Arabic comedic timing as …

MTV’s take on diaspora representation goes a little like this: show a select community, with a misnomer that sounds like a carbohydrate dish institutionalized at a Giants game, drinking, cursing and cruising (with a particular …

Quebec, Canada :: Bill 94 and its troubling implications.

This is just worth repeating.

Cult culture (no pun intended) has never made immediate sense to me. Following a figure, film or other iconic symbol obsessively to the point of worship - or perfect recitation of quotes and scripted comedic …

Movies you watched, might not admit to watching, and probably relish watching. Sorry to ruin it…in case you hadn’t already caught on, this is a list of Hollywood’s 50 most Racist Movies Ever. The ever …

Najla Said, daughter of the late Edward Said, is on the last stretch of her 13-week off-Broadway, one-woman show “Palestine”. First - the name, second - an unrecognized nation, and third - the “one-woman” performance surely add a lot of baggage to a single story.

“The street artist known as Princess Hijab is, as she puts it, hijabizing ads in Paris. She’s drawing the Islamic head cover onto immodestly dressed models in public advertisements and billboards. Why? It’s unclear. She has a manifesto, written in the third person, on her website, but it’s oddly-punctuated and generally baffling.”