13 posts tagged “media”

just caught an interview with the very brave parvez sharma talking about his documentary (a jihad for love) exploring islam and homosexuality on CNN (triggered by california finally overturning the gay-marriage ban).excellent to see such sensitive subjects being tackled, although its doubtful there will be many public screenings in the islamic world (how about some guerrilla screenings 9714?). parvez talked about portraying the alternative interpretation of jihad (an inner struggle / search for god) to western audiences rather than the oft-used 'holy war' version. the characters portrayed have apparently chosen to try reconciling their faith and sexuality rather than rejecting either. can't wait to track this one down.

David Kaufman reports in last month's Wallpaper* on the emergence of what Mercer calls Global Nomadic Expatriates (GNEs): 'These are career expats'...'They move from country to country with no particular loyalty to a home nation'.
Could easily be referring to the original tribe Tyler Brule set out to reach when he launched Wallpaper* back in 96.
These GNE's differ from the traditional expat in the way that they reach out and ingrain themselves in local society for a few years before picking up and repeating somewhere new. over and over and over. This Bidoun lifestlye has always appealed to me on a conceptual level although looking back over my first thirty years I am surprised at how non-footloose they have been. Maybe life at forty will mean jetting between seven different buy-to-let hotel rooms in stimulating cities around the world. Starting out with The Jones.