Linksies 2/28/12

NYPD spying ripples

• Statement by president of Rutgers University supporting their students’ civil liberties
• The NYPD Spying controversy: a microcosm of the 9/11 era by Glenn Greenwald
• Justice Department reviews complaints over NYPD spying
• Rep. Mike Honda reflects on his childhood in Japanese-American internment camps, says the NYPD is “illegally and unjustly” probing American Muslims.

Culture

• A timeline of black hair in history
• Why the record industry distorts black identity, by Derrick Ashong
• Groundbreaking documentary exposes centuries-old Iranian taboo
• Go Fug Yourself gals tackle Oscars fashion

Warm Fuzzies Muzzies

• Rami Nashashibi, Director of Chicago’s Inner-city Muslim action Network (IMAN) speaks at Brown University about building bridges between divided communities
• CAMP, the workplace and changing the image of Muslims

Around the World

• Arab religious scholars flock to Tunisia
• 9 foreign words the English language desperately needs
• Save the Middle East’s Christians by French FM Alain Juppe

Multimedia

• Hysterical, dead-on parody of YouTube “hijab how-tos:” Kuffiyyeh Tutorial
• Interactive map of celebrities in Africa
• Podcast from Brookings event on how to integrate Europe’s Muslims