Meme Weaving

Some recent entertainment developments in the Arab world might surprise you. But Shereen El Feki’s TEDtalk about the deliberate enmeshing process of Islamic and Western cultures is not just an entertaining 5 minutes…

…it’s also a potent conversational seed, as evidenced by the spirited discussion taking place within the comments on the page for this video, regarding what consititutes “real” adherence to ancient doctrines.