BUILT IN 1948 AND DESIGNED by Arthur W. Hawes — the man behind the venerable Crest movie theater in Westwood, an Art Deco masterpiece — Carlton Manor, the 10-...
After a series of calls to underground sources in the local Iranian community, I finally get the info I’ve been waiting for: The best and most Persian place to watch the Iran-Portugal World Cup match is the IMAN Center in Century City, home of the local branch of the Iranian......
In Terrorist, a novel whose title will either roll eyes or raise eyebrows, John Updike seeks to crack open one of the hardest shells available to the New England writer: the mind of the young, angry, resentful Muslim. To meet this literary challenge, Updike concocts Ahmad, a teenage Molotov cocktail......
IN THE RACE TO REPLACE termed-out Assemblyman Paul Koretz of the 42nd District, the front-runners are as polished as the neighborhoods they represent: Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Brentwood, Sherman Oaks, Studio City and other Westside jewels. The amiable, smartly coifed Abbe Land — until recently mayor of West Hollywood —......
When I heard that my old friend/enemy the FBI was going to hold a recruitment event at USC — in cooperation with the student group Weapon of Choice Inc. — I hatched what I thought would be an amusing plan. As an Arab-American who just might have a rosy future......
At the March 25 Gran Marcha — an ecstatic coming-out party — I felt more like a lucky observer than an active participant, being one of the seemingly few non-Latinos there. But Monday’s dual marches up Broadway and down Wilshire had a different look, with new faces, immigrant and non-immigrant,......
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“Your policies have created a hole in my heart and in our family that can never be filled.” —Cindy Sheehan, in a letter to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld “I will accept it as an obligation to society to spend the rest of my life working to reverse the cycle......
In 1976, muralist Judy Baca cofounded Venice’s Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC) to preserve and promote her art form. Today she’s busy inaugurating a Masters of Fine Arts program, in cooperation with UCLA and Antioch College, to help emerging artists who remind her of herself in their struggle......
Ever since he came to this country in 1971, Egyptian-born retired cardiologist Maher Hathout has played one of the most active roles in crafting the identity of American Islam. As a spokesman for the Islamic Center of Southern California and a senior adviser to the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC),......
Lesbian Rabbi Denise Eger has established a sanctuary for homosexuals who refuse to choose between their religion and their orientation. Called Kol-Ami, the 500-member temple at Lexington and La Brea avenues adjoins one of L.A.’s most Orthodox neighborhoods, no less. Eger had already started the nation’s first ongoing HIV-positive Jewish......
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