Category: Arab World

Israeli terrorists kill civilians in Gaza Strip

January 13, 2016September 29, 2018 Mohammed Asad No Comments

Israel fired missiles and shelled civilian areas of the Gaza Strip in another terrorist assault. The Israeli government has continued to terrorize civilians in the Gaza Strip hoping to force them to leave the region. It’s a part of Israel’s strategy to steal the land and force the non-Jews to leave Photos by Mohammed Asad GAZA…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Israel, Mohammed Asad, News, Palestine & Jordan

Etihad Airways sets new records in 2015

January 13, 2016September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Etihad Airways sets new records in commercial airline services in 2015 and expects to grow more in 2016 Etihad Airways, the national airline of theUnited Arab Emirates, delivered solid operational performance in 2015 by achieving continued growth in passenger and cargo volumes. The airline carried 17.4 million passengers last year, a significant increase of 17 percent…

Arab World, Business, Gulf States, News

EU ban on settlement goods a moral necessity

January 12, 2016 rayhanania No Comments

The European Union properly voted to require Israel to correctly label products it produces in the lands it occupied in 1967. The Occupied West Bank and Golan Heights have been populated in violation of international law with armed and violent Jewish settlers on property taken from non-Jews who live under occupation and without fundamental human…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania

Arab League backs Saudis against Iran aggression

January 12, 2016September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

The Arab League met in emergency session to show support for Saudi Arabia which is spearheading a front to block increasing aggression by Iran and its radicalized, oppressive government. Tehran accused of provoking violence targeted at undermining Arab World stability Gulf Cooperation Council also condemns Iranian violence and terrorism in region Arab League foreign ministers meeting…

Arab World, Gulf States, Iran, News

Christian College to fire professor for saying Christians and Muslims worship the same God

January 7, 2016January 7, 2016 Ali Younes No Comments

Wheaton College to fire professor for support of American Muslims

Ali Younes, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary

Photos: Refugee Beach Camp in the Gaza Strip

January 5, 2016September 29, 2018 Mohammed Asad No Comments

By Mohammed Asad Refugee Beach camp where refugees gathered during the 1948 immigration since the Nakba, which area of 1 sq. Km and a population of 90 000 people in a very high population density. Most of the camp’s residents live in poor life , a number of young people to draw a beautiful initiative…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Mohammed Asad, Palestine & Jordan, Photographs

Gratitude, Missions, Departures and History’s sake

January 5, 2016January 5, 2016 USS_Liberty Info 3 Comments

With gratitude to YOU for reading this Senior Non-Arab Correspondent for USA’s The Arab Daily News this post serves as my Leave of Absence Notice. By Eileen Fleming When my baby brother James A. Kasmir died by suicide last February, I embarked upon a mission to help end the stigma of mental illness in the…

American Arabs, Arab World, Bloggers, Health, Palestine & Jordan, Video

Soccer highlights domestic drivers in Saudi-Iranian dispute

January 4, 2016January 6, 2016 James Dorsey No Comments

Saudi Arabia and Iran, highlighting the domestic drivers of mounting tension that threatens to deepen and complicate sectarian and multiple other regional conflicts, have taken their fierce tit-for-tat battle from the realm of traditional diplomacy to the world of public diplomacy

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Sports

France racism, “Arabi Fora, Arabs Go Home”

January 2, 2016September 29, 2018 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

France racism at Arabs grows. Growing racism climate in the continent that earns Corsica nationalism, worried the French authorities By Abdennour Toumi The ugliness of anti-Arab sentiment on the continent has overflowed to the Island of Beauty, Corsica. Last weekend anti-Arab protests broke out in Ajaccio following an ambush of firefighters and police by hooded youth…

Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Europe

Christians targeted by Islamic extremists & more

December 31, 2015December 31, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Hillary Clinton complains that Christians are facing genocide at the hands of extremists in the Islamic community, but is silent when it comes to Israeli persecution of Christians By Ray Hanania The Christmas holidays always bring conflict into my life. #‎SaveArabChristians‬ I share the same tribulations most others feel when it comes to Christmas: I’m…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Israel, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania

Dubai ranked as Number 2 destination for New Year

December 30, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

The emirate of Dubai ranked as the number 2 destination for travelers this New Year season, according to a survey conducted by CheapHotels.org. Dubai beat out Miami Beach, which ranked 3 on the CheapHotels survey list. The number 1 destination is Cancun, Mexico, according tot he survey. Dubai is only one of two Middle East…

Arab World, Features, Gulf States, Travel

Soccer: Iranian moderates and hardliner lock horns on the pitch

December 29, 2015June 12, 2019 James Dorsey No Comments

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani suffered in the run-up to crucial elections in early 2016 what amounted to at least a symbolic defeat when state-run television banned Iran’s most popular soccer program from running an interview with his foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, on soccer and politics.

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Sports

Recipe: Arabian lamb, egg skillet for breakfast

December 28, 2015December 28, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Long before we had technology to chill food, the early bedouins and family clans in Palestine, Jordan and the Levant including Syria and Lebanon, learned to cook using common sense. Lamb and goat were small animals and turned out to be a great meat source. Cattle would have been wasted. A breakfast was always an…

American Arabs, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Features, Food, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania, Syria

Jesus, Muhammad, MLK and We Have a Dream

December 27, 2015September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info 2 Comments

“I have a dream” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was echoed at Saturday’s historic uniting of Christianity and Islam on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial By Eileen Fleming A dream for many materialized on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Christmas Saturday, presented by The American Muslim Institution and the All Dulles…

American Arabs, Arab World, Bloggers, Palestine & Jordan

Algerian war hero Da al-Hocine dies

December 26, 2015 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

The passing of Da al-Hocine poses a new challenge for the regime. Real opposition continues to be a major political imperative in shaping the country’s political pluralis. The last Algerian WL hero and leader, Ait Ahmed, who was for my generation a father and a teacher of how to stand to tyranny. His ideas and…

Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, North Africa, Obits

Palestinian killed by Israelis at Gaza border

December 26, 2015September 29, 2018 Mohammed Asad No Comments

By Mohammed Asad Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces along the border fence with Israel on the eastern outskirts of Gaza City on December 25, 2015. A Palestinian was killed and around 40 were wounded in the clashes that took place at several points along the barrier that separates Israel from the Gaza Strip.

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Israel, Mohammed Asad, Palestine & Jordan

Mordechai Vanunu’s Christmas Update and Thirty-year Wait for Freedom from Israel

December 23, 2015August 20, 2019 USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment

Mordechai Vanunu’s Christmas Update was TWEETED on Wednesday and this reporter notes Vanunu’s 30 year wait for freedom from Israel. By Eileen Fleming Mordechai Vanunu’s Christmas Update TWEET included this wedding photo collage: Vanunu Mordechai ‏@VanunuMordechai Merry Christmas,and a Very Happy new year 2016. Freedom of speech and Freedom of movement.2016 Freedom year. On 30…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Palestine & Jordan, Video

Christ Consciousness and Christmas Cries

December 22, 2015December 27, 2019 USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment

Two millennia ago Jesus embodied the Christ Consciousness. This year’s Christmas cries from the Holy Land come by way of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from his annual Christmas press conference: In a few days we will celebrate the birth of Christ; Christmas, the mystery of the Incarnation, the mystery of the Eternal Word who…