On April 27, LBCC celebrated Arab American Heritage month for the first time in the school’s history after the event’s approval nearly two years ago. The event was attended by approximately ...

The pleasingly self-aware and fast-paced “Dabka” begins with narration by journalist Jay Bahadur (Evan Peters) telling us that he hates movies where the main character narrates because that means that ...

In 2008, Jay Bahadur wanted to be a reporter. He didn't go to school to hone his craft nor did he have much experience reporting (outside of conducting interviews for his market researching job).

Dabka (2017) Film Review from the 16 th Annual Tribeca Film Festival, a movie directed by Bryan Buckley and starring Evan Peters, Al Pacino, Melanie Griffith, Kiana Madani, Sabrina Hassan, Maria Vos ...

The 9th-annual Arab American Bazaar at Shore Road Park in Bay Ridge on July 26 marked the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan with a celebration Arab heritage. “It’s our chance to work with the ...

When Paul Greengrass took on Captain Phillips—starring Tom Hanks as the true-life captain who combatted Somali pirates at the height of their influence—the result was six Oscar nominations, including ...

EXCLUSIVE: Written and directed by Bryan Buckley (Asad) comes Dabka, the true story of one reporter’s risk-taking adventure that ultimately brought the world an unprecedented first-person account of ...

A stranger in a strange land and an unconventional buddy cop movie — these are two fictional devices that Bryan Buckley’s film, Dabka, thrive on. Under both genres, it could be argued the film — one ...

If George Plimpton and Hunter S. Thompson had a love child, it might have been a young Canadian fellow by the name of Jay Bahadur. Back in the sixties, you may recall, Plimpton was a famed ...

Oscar nominee Bryan Buckley's first feature has big ambitions (showing the other side of Somali piracy), but proves off-putting in execution. In the 1980s, what the average North American knew of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‘Dabka’ Film Review: A Scraggly Evan Peters Teams Up With Barkhad Abdi in Somalia The pleasingly self-aware and fast-paced “Dabka” ...