Category: Arab World

Israel arrests Palestinian journalist in West Bank

September 27, 2017September 27, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Israeli security forces arrest Palestinian journalist in West Bank Israeli security forces should immediately release Palestinian journalist Abdul Rahman Awad, a correspondent in Ramallah for the Hamas-affiliated Palestinian news agency Safa, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Israeli forces yesterday morning arrested Awad at his home in the village of Budrus, 19 miles (31…

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12-year old Gaza Palestinian challenges Guinness Record

September 26, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

12-year old Gaza Palestinian challenges Guinness Record By Ahmad Hasaballah Yousef al-Bahtini, a 12-year-old Palestinian boy from Gaza City, is preparing to enter the Guinness Book of World Records to break a record 20 meters in a body wrapped in a ball in 14 seconds. The test will be held in the Jordanian capital.

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Syrian journalist murdered with mother in Turkey

September 22, 2017September 22, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Syrian journalist murdered with mother in Turkey Orient News English reported that their English language editor Halla Barakat was found murdered in her apartment with her mother this morning in Turkey. Barakat was a fierce critic of the violence in Syria and was investigating war crimes there. She was investigating abuses and torture of prisoners…

Arab World, Journalism, Middle East, News, Syria, Terrorism, Turkey

Algeria: Something Is Not Right Happened in Raïs

September 19, 2017September 19, 2017 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

Algeria: Something Is Not Right Happened in Raïs In Algeria politics is not local, but vocal, therefore the nights of horror of August and September, 1997, still haunt the dreams of the population. By Abdennour Toumi About 18 miles south of Algiers located in the countryside of the Municipality of Sidi-Moussa, a massacre took place…

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How “The Vietnam War” by Ken Burns and We Americans and the USS LIBERTY can unite Americans

September 14, 2017September 25, 2018 USS_Liberty Info 2 Comments

The Vietnam War began on Nov 1, 1955 and officially ended on Apr 30, 1975 “The Vietnam War” is also an 18 hour 10-episode PBS documentary premiering on Sunday In the midst of The Vietnam War was The Six Day War and the USS LIBERTY By Eileen Fleming It took Ken Burns and Lynn Novick 10…

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Israel’s ‘Cyber Unit’ illegally censors social media posts

September 14, 2017April 13, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Israel’s ‘Cyber Unit’ illegally censors social media posts The ‘Cyber Unit’, part of the Israeli State Attorney’s Office, collaborates with social media platforms – including U.S.-based giants Facebook and Twitter – to censor users’ posts, but has no legal authority to do so. Israel’s state attorney’s office is running a “Cyber Unit” which, in collaboration…

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Taybeh kicks off OktoberFest this weekend

September 13, 2017September 13, 2017 Maria Khoury No Comments

Taybeh kicks off OktoberFest this weekend One of the most popular festivals in Palestine kicks off this weekend Sept. 16 and 17 in Taybeh, Palestine just north of the Holy City of Jerusalem. Taybeh is one of the Middle East’s few remaining Christian villages and also the home to the world famous Taybeh Brewery By…

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Find a Better Way to Pessimism and Cynicism

September 11, 2017 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

Find a Better Way to Pessimism and Cynicism Algerians are asking how long President Bouteflika will let special interests steal the country’s wealth. By Abdennour Toumi For politicians, it’s a mistake to bet on pessimism; however, when leaders become silent and people don’t have anything left to hope for, they turn to cynicism and rumors….

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Netanyahus, Hurricanes and Biblical Wisdom

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

As hurricanes of biblical proportions turn roads into rivers in the USA, David Duke an American white nationalist, politician, antisemitic conspiracy theorist, Holocaust denier, convicted felon, and former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan agrees with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s son while Sara Netanyahu awaits arrest. On Saturday Yair Netanyahu, the son of Prime…

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Taybeh OktoberFest promises wide range of entertainment

September 7, 2017September 7, 2017 Maria Khoury No Comments

Taybeh OktoberFest promises wide range of entertainment Dr. Maria C. Khoury Taybeh Oktoberfest has been the stage for new musicians to be introduced to the world. In staying true with this tradition that started in 2005, a very interesting new band that has formed this year is Maqdess, the handsome trio from Jerusalem. All young…

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Palestinians show solidarity with Burma

September 7, 2017September 9, 2017 Ahmad Hasaballah No Comments

Palestinians show solidarity with Burma Brutality in Burma against Muslims continues and Palestinians int he Gaza Strip, who identify with the suffering of people in other countries, urged world action to protect civilians in Burma. By Ahmad Hasaballah The failure of world leaders to speak out against atrocities committed against Muslims in Burma has outraged…

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Six years on from a revolution, the startup scene in Tunisia thrives

September 7, 2017January 9, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Six years on from their revolution, what is it like starting a business in the new Tunisia? Today, the startup scene in Tunisia. By: Kerning Cultures In 2011, against all odds, Tunisia’s revolution successfully overthrew the dictatorial regime of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and sparked the beginning of the historic Arab Spring. Now, in 2017,…

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9/11 is a National Day of Service and Remembrance FDNY to Palestine

September 7, 2017September 25, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

On this 9/11, the New York City Fire Department/FDNY will remember 32 more brothers to have died of 9/11-related illnesses So far 159 FDNY personnel have died of illnesses related to working at Ground Zero or assisting in the recovery effort. On 9/11 2001, 343 FDNY members were killed when the twin towers collapsed By Eileen…

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Muslims hold Science and Tech convention Sept. 10 Kazakhstan

September 5, 2017September 5, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Muslims hold Science and Tech convention Sept. 10 Kazakhstan Muslim world’s first science & tech summit convenes Heads of State and senior officials from 57 nations to tackle health, climate change, water and food security challenges This week the largest ever meeting of Islamic nations concerning science and technology will take place in Kazakhstan (Sept…

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Conan Without Borders and this Reporter Without Borders

September 4, 2017September 25, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Conan O’Brien wrapped up his TBS/Turner Broadcast Systems comedy episodes Conan Without Borders on Sunday This reporter Without Borders followed Conan at Twitter where he tweeted touristy highlights and referred to Palestinians as Israeli Arabs By Eileen Fleming Roughly 21% of Israel’s more than eight million citizens are indigenous Palestinians and 81% of them are Muslims….

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Vanunu Mordechai Israeli Nuclear Whistleblower Talks at Twitter and Wife Talks to Norway

September 2, 2017August 20, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

In 1986 Mordechai Vanunu provided the photographic proof and told the world all he knew as a mid level technician on the night shift within Israel’s WMD facility at Dimona On Saturday Vanunu tweeted: “Here I am waiting out side the educational Bookshop in Salah Adin St. East Jerusalem… On Wednesday Vanunu’s wife updated Norwegian…

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Haaretz Headline: Trump Has His Finger on the Nuclear Button, and No One Can Stop Him

September 1, 2017September 1, 2017 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Haaretz is Hebrew for “News of the Land of Israel” Harretz is an Israeli newspaper that this reporter subscribes to online, along with the New York Times and Washington Post Haaretz English edition is published and sold together with the International New York Times By Eileen Fleming The following is excerpted from the Haaretz article: Trump Has His Finger…

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Photo Array: Eid Mubarak from the Gaza Strip

September 1, 2017September 1, 2017 Ahmad Hasaballah No Comments

Photo Array: Eid Mubarak from the Gaza Strip By Ahmad Hasaballah Muslims gather to celebrate Eid al Adha in prayer at Saraya Square in Gaza City in the Israeli-embargoed Gaza Strip early Friday, on Sept. 1, 2017. Eid al-Adha is the “Sacrifice Feast,” and is the second of two Islamic religious holidays celebrated worldwide each…

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