ISLAMOPHILIA AT THE KENNEDY CENTER

This March 12, 2008 article in the Washington Post details some of the programs in 2008-2009 season at the Kennedy Center and starts out innocuously enough, albeit with an odd sentence about Arab unity:

The Arab world will be united. Various anniversaries will be duly commemorated. And two different "Ragtimes" will be exhumed, one a musical and the other a Balanchine ballet. These were among the highlights of yesterday's announcement of the Kennedy Center's 2008-09 season.

Then comes the information about the allotted budget:

Next year, the center's annual package-tour festival takes on, rather than a single country, the 22 nations of the Arab League, from Egypt to Somalia. The three-week festival (Feb. 25-March 15) is called "Arabesque: Arts of the Arab World," and represents one of the center's most ambitious projects to date. It has a $10 million budget (well over the approximately $6 million for this year's Japan festival) and will entail, among other things, the construction of a souk on the Kennedy Center premises.

Next, comes the Palestinian propaganda and the blatant Islamophilia:

Theater offerings include a play called "Alive From Palestine: Stories Under Occupation." Among the concerts is an evening of sacred music representing the broad range of religions actually present under the Arab umbrella.

Here is the schedule for "Arabesque." The specifics are not yet available, but I would not be the least bit surprised to learn that "Arabesque" will offer performances specifically tailored for audiences of children. Many schools in the D.C. area take field trips to the Kennedy Center, as part of their curricula for appreciation of the fine arts.

As many times as I've attended events at the Kennedy Center, I've never seen hijab-wearing muslimas or other obvious Muslims. So, who is the Arab Festival for? For us infidels, of course, and for the purpose of indoctrination in Islamophilia and dhimmitude.