Category: Arab World

Boehner’s Boner Bibi’s Toast Vanunu’s Freedom Soon or Later

January 31, 2015September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

By Eileen Fleming John Boehner’s latest boner –meaning a clumsy or stupid mistake- was inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint Session of Congress two weeks before the Israeli elections in March. Boehner’s invite inserted Bibi into the middle of the dispute between the President and Republicans over Iran’s nuclear program which…

Arab World, Bloggers, Eileen Fleming, Palestine & Jordan, Video

Americans shun Middle East as travel destination

January 29, 2015January 29, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

By Ray Hanania While the Middle East and issues related to Arab countries dominate the attention of Americans through news media and national security, most Americans are avoiding travel to Middle East countries. A recent study by Hotels.com shows that of the top 50 destinations where Americans are traveling, only one Arab Middle East destination, Dubai in…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Features, Israel, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania, Spotlight, Travel

Beauty Pageants and the Ugly Debate

January 29, 2015June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

By Ray Hanania I used to watch beauty pageants purely for entertainment. But in recent years, they’ve become the focus of a cultural debate between the Arab world, and the rest. The Miss Universe Pageant was held Sunday in Doral, Florida in the United States. It featured 88 female contestants competing in categories involving their…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Entertainment, Ray Hanania, Spotlight

Kurds celebrate Kobani victory with musicfest in Seruç, Turkey

January 28, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

By Abdennour Toumi On Monday, according to local sources of Kurdish media, fighters of the YPG entered the city of Kobani, united with the forces of the Kurdish Alliance, and now together they control 90% of the town and its environs. The city of Kobani has been seen as a major testing-ground for the Kurdish…

Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Features, Spotlight, Syria

Western Union Signs Amr Diab as Brand Ambassador

January 28, 2015January 28, 2015 rayhanania 3 Comments

The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU), a leader in global payment services, today announced its association with one of the Arab world’s most popular pop stars – Amr Diab, as a Brand Ambassador. As an Arab star with a strong international following, Amr Diab will now represent Western Union and its quick, convenient and reliable money transfer services, offered across…

Arab World, Business, Gulf States, Ray Hanania, Spotlight

Pizza franchise featured at 2014 Oscars makes Middle East debut

January 26, 2015January 26, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

By Ray Hanania Last year during the Academy Awards, Oscar hostess Ellen DeGeneres ordered Big Mama’s & Papa’s Pizzeria (BMPP) pizza delivered to the show and then walked through the audience with the delivery driver, sharing slices with stars such as Harrison Ford, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. The humor drew big laughs at the Oscars…

Arab World, Business, News, Spotlight

Moderate Arab World mourns loss of Saudi King Abdullah

January 22, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

By Ray Hanania Saudi Arabia’s moderate leader and monarch, King Abdullah ibn Abdul Aziz al-Saud, 90, who has ruled the powerful Arabian kingdom for nearly a decade since 2005 when he succeeded his brother King Fahd, died Friday. His Majesty King Abdullah was succeeded by his brother, Crown Prince Salman who was named the kingdom’s new…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Features, Gulf States, News, Obits, Ray Hanania, Spotlight

Who is King Salman Bin Adel Aziz, Saudi Arabia’s New King

January 22, 2015January 22, 2015 Ali Younes No Comments

By Ali Younes With the passing of King Abdullah Bin Abdel Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia, in the early hours of Friday, Saudi Arabia has now a new King in Salman Bin Abdel Aziz, the half brother of late King Abdullah. King Salman was born in 1935 and is the 25th son of the Kingdom founder. At…

Ali Younes, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Features, Gulf States, News

The war is in English and the Arabs are losing

January 22, 2015June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

By Ray Hanania Wars are fought with many armaments. Some of them blow up. Others cause things to blow up. And still more can undermine entire nations simply with a few words. In the Arab-Israeli war, the Arabs are losing. They have been losing for a long time, but they are losing even more, now….

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, News Media, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania, Social Media, Spotlight

Secret Audio tape Reveals Coup Plot by ex-Yemen President and Shia rebels

January 21, 2015January 21, 2015 Ali Younes No Comments

By Ali Younes A secret audio tape was released yesterday that showed a link between former president of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh discussing events and steps to be taken by the Shia rebels the “ Houthis” in order to complete their takeover of the republic of Yemen. The tape which was first uncovered by Al…

Ali Younes, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Gulf States, News, Spotlight

Egypt Human Rights group condemns government crackdowns

January 21, 2015June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies has condemned the Government of Egypt for flogging a blogger who allegedly criticized Islam, and for banning travel to critics of government policies. Here are the two press releases from the CIHRS: A Serious Violation to the Constitution and a New Way to Harass Democracy Advocates The undersigned organizations…

Activism, Arab World, News, North Africa, Press Releases

Watch for growing Israeli-Iranian & hezbollah tension in Syria

January 21, 2015June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

By Ali Rizk In August 2013 Israeli defense minister Moshe Yaalon said the following to visiting US joint chief of staff Martin Dempsey: “We must also be prepared for a long conflict and instability in Syria. We cannot let the Tehran-Damascus-Beirut axis of evil to win this fight”. Over a year has passed since then,…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Palestine & Jordan, Spotlight, Syria

The Death of Reason: American bias when it comes to Justice

January 21, 2015January 21, 2015 Jafar Ramini No Comments

By Jafar M. Ramini The late John F. Kennedy, the only President of the United States of America since WW2 with any integrity, once said about justice, “We cannot negotiate with people who say what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.” (The White House, July 25, 1961) Let’s try to equate this with…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Jafar Ramini, Palestine & Jordan, Spotlight

Freedom of the Press, is Israel listening?

January 20, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

By Ray Hanania U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivered opening remarks to attendees at the Journalists’ Security Conference held this week in Washington D.C. Kerry, who has been far more principled than his Bush administration predecessors, reminded the group that a free press ensures that flow of accurate information, but the price has been high in…

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

Strawberry harvest continues in Gaza Strip, Palestine

January 20, 2015 Mohammed Asad No Comments

By Mohammed Asad Palestine Strawberries from the Gaza Strip are ranked as being among the world’s best. Every year, the Palestine Strawberry industry employs hundreds of farmers to harvest the strawberry crops to pick, package and ship the popular fruit to locations around the world. Despite exporting restrictions imposed by Israel’s military occupation, which controls the flow of…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Features, Mohammed Asad, News, Palestine & Jordan, Spotlight

Celebrating the Baptism of Christ on the Jordan River

January 18, 2015January 18, 2015 Maria Khoury No Comments

By Maria C. Khoury, Ed. D. It was simply a most glorious celebration of the Epiphany on the Jordan River today according to the Old Julian calendar. There were hundreds of priests, nuns and thousands of people from all walks of life coming to the precious site where over 2,000 years ago “…the heavens were…

Arab World, Bloggers, Christian & Muslim, Commentary, Features, Israel, Maria Khoury, News, Palestine & Jordan, religion, Spotlight

Healing Gaza Palestine Israel with Yoga and Physicians for Social Responsibility

January 18, 2015September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

By Eileen Fleming Ned Rosch, a certified yoga teacher and graduate of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine’s “Healing the Wounds of War,” program said he “was raised in a traditional Zionist Jewish home and torn apart by an internal conflict between my increasingly progressive politics and my Zionist upbringing. Ultimately, I realized I needed to…

Arab World, Bloggers, Eileen Fleming, Health, Palestine & Jordan

Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire with Love Peace and Nonviolence

January 17, 2015September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Saturday’s email included one from Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire who concluded with “Lots of love, Mairead” and as we read her; we recalled this quote attributed to Jimi Hendrix: When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. Mairead’s email contained: PRESENTATION TO NOBEL SUMMIT, ROME, ITALY 12TH DECEMBER,…

Arab World, Bloggers, Eileen Fleming, Palestine & Jordan