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The rhetoric in the Republican Presidential race may sound a bit weird these days maybe wondering what the topics of the screaming has to do with the real issues concerning Americans. Candidates have trumped issues like the bad economy, no jobs, bad education, and increasing violence instead arguing about birthers, holocausts, Israel and Iran By Ray Hanania…
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Graphic artists including comics to be showcased at program organized by the Arab National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan on November 7. The program includes eight artists including two of Arab heritage. Graphic Comics are considered a powerful form of communications, especially in reaching young people The Arab American National Museum will showcase the talents and…
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Jonathan Pollard is more than just a spy who stole secrets from the United States that exposed America’s spy network to benefit a foreign country, Israel. He represents the Israelis mindset that America is little more than a pawn that can be exploited to benefit their selfish interests. Pollard betrayed America, but he is an…
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Dearborn is the Plymouth Rock of the American Arab community, but it is also the culinary capitol of Middle Eastern food. If you want to truly enjoy Middle East — or more specifically Arabian food, Dearborn is the place to go. The Arab National Museum has announced a new program called “Yalla Eat!” to introduce the…
The Arab image and image of the Muslim world is a shambles in America, bludgeoned and “slibeled” nearly every day by paid anti-Arab activists and by the mainstream American News Media. The media is in a pro-Israel headlock that prohibits and discourages full and accurate information about the Arab that might expose Israel’s governments atrocities through critical…
An Iraqi veteran and a Palestinian-Israeli partnered together recently to tackle one of America’s highest mountains, Denali (Mt. McKinley), showcasing their partnership as an example of how individuals with diverse backgrounds can come together. The two displayed a banner urging peace Mount McKinley (also known as Denali), North America’s highest peak, can pose a challenge for…
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Coptic Orthodox communities in Eastern Canada welcome His Grace Bishop Eklemandos The General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church will oversee congregations in all of Eastern Canada. The Coptic Orthodox communities in Ottawa, Kingston, Montreal, and Halifax celebrated the arrival of His Grace Bishop Eklemandos, General Bishop over Ottawa, Montreal, and Eastern Canada on Thursday…
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Although many Americans and extremists like Pamela Geller have demanded that Muslims apologize for the violence and murder of U.S. Muslims in Chattanooga, they must not be well read. Nearly every major Muslim organization in America has denounced the killings from groups in Chattanooga to Muslim and Arab organizations around the country By Ray Hanania…
This week AIPAC’s executive director, Howard Kohr ordered his staff to cancel their summer vacations in response to the Iran Deal which has been welcomed by the International community except for Israel. By Eileen Fleming On Monday, the U.N. Security Council is scheduled to vote on a resolution circulated to council members Wednesday…
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Americans and Arabs expressed frustration and mixed feelings in reaction to the brutal attack against two military installations in Tennessee on Thursday by a 24-year-old Arab and Muslim naturalized citizen. Four U.S. Marines were killed and another was injured in the attack. The killer, Mohammad Youssef (Youssuf) Abdulazeez was shot and killed by military police. But…
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The FBI has identified 24 year old Mohammad (Mohammod) Youssef Abdulazeez as the shooter who drove to two military installations in civilian areas and fired an automatic weapon from a rented vehicle, killing four U.S. Marines and injuring others on Thursday (July 16, 2015). By Ray Hanania A Kuwait Muslim from Jordan, Mohammod (Mohammad) Youssef (Youssuf) Abdulazeez, 24, has…
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The 1973 Arab-Israeli war briefly changed the dynamics of Israel’s hegemony over the Arab World, and pushed Israel to address its intransigence and refusal to recognize Arab rights. But it didn’t take long for Israel to compromise Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat with false promises of negotiating a comprehensive peace that would include a Palestine State….
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Omar Sharif was one of the first Arab actors to appear in the biased anti-Arab arena of Hollywood. His talent took him past the bigotry that has denied Arabs roles in major motion pictures, excluded pro-Arab themes and narratives from Hollywood movies, and marginalized Arabs to the sidelines of a biased movie industry. But his legacy…
The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs parent organization, the American Educational Trust, and the Institute for Research: Middle East Policy organized a national conference last April in Washington D.C. The conference included several prominent speakers with vast firsthand insight on the power of the Israeli Lobby and AIPAC. It was so important that the Washington…
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The latest witch-hunt to discredit Alison Weir, [founder and executive director of If Americans Knew and president of the Council for the National Interest] is disgracing her attackers as it underscores the dire need to educate Americans: In particular our elected representatives regarding Israel’s attack on the USS LIBERTY; which this activist reporter contends is…
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I’ve been doing radio for more than 40 years, first at the 50,000 WATT behemoth WLS AM in Chicago, and now at several stations around the country including now in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 and in Washington DC on AM 700 radio. American Arabs still continue to struggle to break into the mainstream news…
Omar Sharif was one of the first Arab actors to appear in the biased anti-Arab arena of Hollywood. His talent took him past the bigotry that has denied Arabs roles in major motion pictures, excluded pro-Arab themes and narratives from Hollywood movies, and marginalized Arabs to the sidelines of a biased movie industry. But his legacy…
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Egyptian American Hollywood actor Rami Malek stars in a new hit series “Mr. Robot” on high tech computer warfare and hacking broadcast on the USA Network on Cable Television. Malek joins a small exclusive club of American Arabs who have made it to Hollywood movie and television series fame. By Ray Hanania Every time I…
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