Tuesday November 30, 6:30pm
20 Cooper Square
New York
Directed by Omar Majeed
2009, 80 minutes
Presented by Michael C. Vazquez
NYU’s Program for Asian/Pacific/American Studies presents a screening of Taqwacore as part of its program ‘WRONG MUSLIM: a series on infidels.’ Taqwacore is a roaring, rollicking portrait of Muhammad Knight, The Kominas, and a brown wave of riot grrl, metal, anarcho-punk and shouty-shout bands — among them Vote Hezbollah and Secret Trial Five, the latter fronted by a Pakistani lesbian from Vancouver and best known for their song ‘Middle Eastern Zombies’ — as they travel from suburban basements to Lahore. There the drugs are great, the response from locals slightly less so….
Bidoun’s New York office is seeking a Distribution Manager to handle its global distribution, subscriptions, consignments, mailings, and related customer service. The distribution manager will work individually but report to the editor in chief of the magazine weekly. The manager is expected to increase the subscription base of the periodical and act as liaison to our distributors and subscribers worldwide. Experience with publication distribution is a huge plus. This is a part-time position. Pay commensurate with experience.
Proficiency in the following is required:
— FileMaker Pro
— Microsoft Excel
— Macintosh Operating System
The Winter School Middle East (WSME) has announced it is to take place in Kuwait in 2011 and for the next three years. The program was previously hosted in Dubai where numerous Bidoun contributors (Antonia Carver, Sunny Rabhar, November Paynter, George Katodrytis) acted as faculty. For more information visit http://www.winterschoolmiddleeast.org. Application Deadline is January 5, 2011.
