‘ Articles ’ category archive


Muslims on the Screens- Chat With a Muslim Filmmaker

Posted May 11, 08 by AlBaraa

Yesterday I had an interview with IslamOnline.net. You can check it out here:

http://www.islamonline.net/livedialogue/english/Browse.asp?hGuestID=9t3PNc

Go ahead leave your comments. Give us your thoughts.
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe:
     



Islam’s Face on the Internet Led by Young Guns

Posted May 08, 08 by AlBaraa

young_guns.jpg

New York times has an article about the producers of some of the top viral videos that have made it online and seen by millions of viewers.

Young Video Makers Try to Alter Islam’s Face: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/us/08video.html

Go ahead leave your comments. Give us your thoughts.
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe:
     



Understanding Hollywood Strike

Posted November 13, 07 by AlBaraa

writer.jpg

What is this writer strike really all about?

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11 — As Hollywood digs in for a second week of a strike, the screenwriters might want to send a few angry picketers over to Will Smith’s place. Or Steven Spielberg’s. And maybe the studio executives should think about joining them on the line. As it turns out, the pot of money that the producers and writers are fighting over may have already been pocketed by the entertainment industry’s biggest talent.

That is the conclusion of a surprisingly bleak new assessment of financial dynamics in the movie industry titled “Do Movies Make Money?” The researchers’ answer: not any more.

The New York Times has the full story: Hollywood on Strike

- — -

Here is a video to summarize what its all about:

Go ahead leave your comments. Give us your thoughts.
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe: