Category: Arab World

B’Tselem features photo exhibit of Palestinians born in 1967

November 3, 2017September 29, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

B’Tselem features photo exhibit of Palestinians born in 1967 “50 Years”: Fifty portraits of Palestinians born in 1967 in B’Tselem photography exhibition Jaffa Art Salon, Jaffa port, November 17 – December 7 | Opening: Friday, November 17, 12:00 noon Gallery talk: Friday, November 24, 12:00 noon The exhibition “Fifty Years” is the result of a project in which B’Tselem…

Arab World, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, Photographs

Mordechai Vanunu: Big Media and The Big Get The Media Didn’t Get

November 1, 2017August 20, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

The restrictions preventing Israel’s infamous nuclear whistle blower Mordechai Vanunu from leaving the state expire this November. Vanunu’s Norwegian wife, Professor Kristin Joachimsen applied for his asylum in 2015 after their wedding in Jerusalem. Asylum applications in Norway average four months to be approved. Norway finally approved the Vanunu family reunification application in September 2017, after the…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

Kurdish journalist killed, others attacked amid post referendum tensions

October 30, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Kurdish journalist killed, others attacked amid post referendum tensions New York, October 30, 2017– CPJ today condemned attacks against the Kurdish media in Iraq and called on all parties to refrain from targeting the press as political and military tensions escalate over a Kurdish independence bid. In recent days, attackers stabbed to death a journalist,…

Arab World, Editors Picks, Iraq, Journalism, Kurdish, Kurds, Middle East, News

Algerian Berber Separatist Movement: No, I Can’t Get No Satisfaction

October 30, 2017 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

Algerian Berber Separatist Movement: No, I Can’t Get No Satisfaction In Algeria other groups that compose the Berber community and identity, nevertheless the majority seem happy with a federal system. By Abdennour Toumi Ethnic groups are relocating from federal systems and vehemently manifesting their autonomy further. Some are proclaiming independence using the ethnic factor as…

Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Middle East, North Africa, Opinion

Connecting Dots: USS Liberty, Niger, Admiral and Senator McCain

October 29, 2017September 25, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

U.S. military officials sought permission to send an armed drone near a patrol of Green Berets before a deadly ambush Oct. 4 in Niger, but that request was blocked. On 6 June 1967, the Joint Chiefs sent Admiral “Slew” McCain, father of the senator from Arizona, an urgent message instructing him to move the USS…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

Sudan jails al-Tayar journalist over article alleging corruption in president’s family

October 23, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Sudan jails al-Tayar journalist over article alleging corruption in president’s family Sudanese authorities should immediately release al-Tayar Editor-in-Chief Osman Mirgani from prison and drop all charges against him and al-Tayar columnist Mohamed Zine al-Abidine, the Committee to Protect journalists said today. A Sudanese criminal court today sentenced Mirgani to six months in jail for “violating…

Arab World, Middle East, News, Politics, Tunisia

Open Letter to U.S. Senators RE: Veterans Day and USS Liberty Veterans Association

October 19, 2017November 10, 2017 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Veterans Day was established to be a celebration in honor of America’s veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good. USS LIBERTY survivors of The Six Day War live and vote throughout our nation with many residing in Florida. The following publication of emails from this…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

Kurdish reporters killed in eastern Syria

October 16, 2017September 25, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Kurdish reporters killed in eastern Syria Two Kurdish reporters killed on duty by car bombings in eastern Syria Beirut, October 16, 2017–Kurdish journalists Dilshan Ibash and Hawker Faisal Mohammed died from injuries sustained during October 12 suicide car bomb attacks that occurred in the eastern Syrian village of Abu Fas, where the two reporters were…

Arab World, Iraq, Journalism, Kurdish, Kurds, Middle East, News, News Media, Syria

King Abdulaziz University is Ranked No. 1 in the Arab World

October 16, 2017October 16, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

King Abdulaziz University is Ranked No. 1 in the Arab World To Lead Sponsors of World Student Scholarship Education Program (WSSEP) on 22nd and 23rd October, 2017 Dubai, UAE DUBAI, UAE, October 16, 2017 — King Abdulaziz University (KAU) bears the name of the founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It was founded in 1967…

Arab World, Gulf States, Middle East, News

New anti-Semitism and This American and USS Liberty Survivors of The Six Day War

October 12, 2017October 12, 2017 USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment

New anti-Semitism is a concept that a new form of anti-Semitism developed emanating simultaneously from the far left, Islamism, and the far right. New anti-Semitism manifests as opposition to Zionism, the State of Israel and Jewish people. By Eileen Fleming New anti-Semitism critics of the concept argue that it “conflates anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism, defines legitimate criticism of Israel too narrowly and demonization too broadly,…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

USS Liberty Survivor of Six-Day War’s RX for PTS and RE: Anti-Semitism and White Nationalism #ReportHate

October 10, 2017September 25, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

A Semite is a member of any of the peoples who speak or spoke a Semitic language, in particular Jews and Arabs. True Anti-Semitism is a prejudice against or hostility towards the Jewish people rooted in fear that breeds hatred. The true enemy of the Jewish people is Zionism, which is an ideology of supremacy…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

Ahmet Uysal discusses Kurdish independence from Iraq

October 7, 2017October 7, 2017 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

Ahmet Uysal discusses Kurdish independence from Iraq In wake of the Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum election, Professor Ahmet Uysal has accepted kindly to share his insights with the Arab Daily News. By Abdennour Toumi “Turkey supported the survival of the Iraqi Kurds as an autonomous and proto-state economically and politically. However, an independent Kurdish state…

Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Features, Iraq, Kurdish, Middle East, Opinion, Politics

Colin Kaepernick’s and the NFL’s selfish disrespect for America

October 7, 2017October 7, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Colin Kaepernick’s and the NFL’s selfish disrespect for America Colin Kaepernick and other mostly minority NFL and sports players have refused to stand in respect during the playing of the American National Anthem claiming they are protesting racism in America. But what they really are doing is nothing except promoting themselves in a selfish exploitation…

Arab News, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, mainstream, Opinion, racism, Ray Hanania, Sports

American Legion Resolution 40 for USS LIBERTY and the 115th Congress

October 6, 2017August 20, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

The American Legion passed Resolution 40 calling “upon the 115th United States Congress to publicly, impartially, and thoroughly investigate the attack on the USS Liberty and its aftermath and to commence its investigation before the end of 2017, the 50th anniversary year of the attack.” USS Liberty Veteran Joe Meadors leads the way for we Americans to…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

The Black List and This American and Israel’s Nuclear Whistle Blower Vanunu Mordechai

October 5, 2017August 20, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

The BLACK LIST is WHERE FILMMAKERS & WRITERS MEET online. “This American and Israel’s Nuclear Whistle Blower Vanunu Mordechai” is this writer’s first Black List Script. By Eileen Fleming The Black List just launched a service to host and index screenplays on The Black List database for $25.00 a month per script. The scripts are…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

Spec Script, Spies and Vanunu Mordechai

September 29, 2017September 25, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

A spec script is written by a writer with hope that the script will be optioned and purchased by a producer, production company, or studio. “This American and Israel’s Nuclear Whistle Blower Vanunu Mordechai” is this writer’s first spec script. Norway announced on Friday that Vanunu has been offered asylum, two years after his wife applied. The current restrictions…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

All you Need to Know about Algerian Political Harvest Season

September 29, 2017September 29, 2017 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

All you Need to Know about Algerian Political Harvest Season It seems when there is chaos among the Arabs, there is always an Algerian exception, analysts are saying but not this time. By Abdennour Toumi A quarter-century ago, before the Sidi-Bouzid revolt in Tunisia sparked the Arab Spring in 2010, disaffected youth in the populated…

Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Middle East, North Africa, Opinion

Israel violates rule of law, oppressing innocent civilians

September 28, 2017September 28, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Israel violates rule of law, oppressing innocent civilians 40,000 Palestinians Collectively Punished after Har Adar Attack Israeli violates civil rights of Palestinians. On Tuesday, 26 September, Nimer Mahmoud Jamal, 37, from Beit Surik carried out an attack in the settlement of Har Adar, killing a Border Police officer and two settlement security guards: Sgt. Solomon…

Arab World, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, racism