Category: Arab World

TPS extension for Yemeni Nationals: Good but not enough:

July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

TPS extension for Yemeni Nationals: Good but not enough: The American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA) welcomes the Biden Administration’s extending the Temporary Protective Status (TPS) designation for Yemeni nationals residing in the United States. However, we believe Yemen is owed more than the band aid provided to a very small number of Yemenis. Yemen have been torn…

Arab World, Gulf States, NewsWire

Israeli Supreme Court upholds the racist and discriminatory Jewish Nation-State Law

July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

Israeli Supreme Court upholds the racist and discriminatory Jewish Nation-State Law Adalah: The Law is illegitimate and violates the absolute prohibitions of international law Today, 8 July 2021, the Israeli Supreme Court in a 10 to 1 decision, upheld the 2018 Jewish Nation-State Basic Law, which enshrines Jewish supremacy and racial segregation as foundational principles…

Arab World, Civil Rights, Israel, Legal, Middle East, News, NewsWire, Palestine & Jordan, religion

Video Podcast Arab Radio: Dearborn flooding, UAE peace deal July 7

July 7, 2021August 10, 2021 rayhanania 1 Comment

Video Podcast Arab Radio: Dearborn flooding, UAE peace deal July 7 The Ray Hanania Radio Show on #Arabradio Wed 8 am EST, July 7, featured two segments, one on Dearborn’s flooding problems, and the other on the UAE-Israel peace accord Segment 1: 8:AM EST We have Imad Hamad, the executive director of the American Human…

American Arabs, Arab News, Arab World, Iran, Israel, Middle East, News, Podcast, Politics, Radio Podcast, Ray Hanania, Saudi Arabia, US Arab Politics

Lebanon turmoil the focus on Arab Radio Show

June 30, 2021July 1, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

Lebanon turmoil the focus on Arab Radio Show #ArabRadio host Ray Hanania talks with American Task Force on Lebanon President Ed Gabriel and Arab News Gulf Regional Manager Sarah Sfeir on the show June 30, 2021 in Detroit and Washington DC Radio Show Guests/Topics. Wednesday June 30, 2021 at 8 AM EST. We have a great lineup…

American Arabs, Arab News, Arab Radio, Arab World, Lebanon, Middle East, News, Podcast, Radio Podcast, Ray Hanania, Saudi Arabia, Spotlight, Syria

APN to Biden: Tell Israel to Remove West Bank Illegal Outpost Evyatar

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

APN to Biden: Tell Israel to Remove West Bank Illegal Outpost Evyatar Americans for Peace Now (APN) joins its Israeli sister organization Shalom Achshav (Peace Now) in urging the Israeli government to reverse the so-called “compromise agreement” reportedly achieved with militant West Bank settlers, and immediately remove a settlement outpost built illegally on land that…

Arab World, Civil Rights, Israel, News, Palestine & Jordan, Politics, racism, religion

Israeli police kill Palestinian civilian in cold blood

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

Israeli police kill Palestinian civilian in cold blood B’Tselem released a video and details of the apparent murder by Israeli police of Palestinian Ahmad ‘Abdu. ‘Abdu was in his car when he was surrounded and seriously injured during a hail of bullets by Israeli police and soldiers. He was wounded but not dead, but the…

Arab World, Israel, News, Palestine & Jordan, Terrorism

Mordechai Vanunu: Final Annual Update and this Writers Next Steps

June 19, 2021June 19, 2021 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

With Gratitude for the generosity of TheArabDailyNews for their nine years of hosting the saga of Israel’s nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu By Eileen Fleming Follow THIS LINK to read the Vanunu Saga at TheArabDailyNews.com. This post will be this writer’s final post at TheArabDailyNews. I leave because of lessons I learned during the Trump administration,…

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

New book: I was a French Muslim by Mokhtar Mokhtefi

June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

New book: I was a French Muslim by Mokhtar Mokhtefi Coming later this year Born in 1935 in a French-colonized Algerian village, Mokhtar Mokhtefi came of age amidst the growing independence movements. He saw the effects of France’s 130-year colonization of his country, and the brutal tactics they used to stay in power: arresting and…

Arab World, Book Review, Entertainment, Features, Middle East, North Africa, Spotlight

Arab Radio: Yemen Reporter on Houthi violence; Cornelia Meyer on Global Anti-Corruption Coalition

June 11, 2021June 11, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

Arab Radio: Yemen Reporter on Houthi violence; Cornelia Meyer on Global Anti-Corruption Coalition Find links to the audio podcast and video podcast of The Ray Hanania Radio Show. Listen and watch every Wednesday at 8 AM on WNZK AM 690 radio in Detroit and on WDMV AM 700 Radio in Washington D.C, and watch on…

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Iran focus of interviews on The Ray Hanania Radio Show June 2

June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

Iran focus of interviews on The Ray Hanania Radio Show June 2 Click this link to view the Facebook Video of The Ray Hanania Radio Show June 2, 2021 which features Frank Kane, host of the weekly Arab News flagship program “Frankly Speaking” on the launch of his second season, and in the second segment…

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Israel: Violence, hate speech, discrimination against Palestinian minority must stop – UN expert

June 1, 2021June 1, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

Israel: Violence, hate speech, discrimination against Palestinian minority must stop – UN expert A UN human rights expert condemned attacks on Israel’s Palestinian minority by extreme right-wing and vigilante groups, including settlers – at times with the reported backing of security forces – and urged Israel to fully and equally protect all of its citizens…

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

US-Israel PTSD Collaboration UPDATE and USS Liberty’s 54 Commemoration

May 28, 2021May 28, 2021 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

American politicians will not address Israel’s attack on the USS Liberty or the USA Governments failure to support those troops, until they grow a spine attached to a moral conscience that results in ethical behavior: such as would be demonstrated by investigating the January 6thattack on the US Capitol. By Eileen Fleming In response to…

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

Unique Collective Peace Corps Memoir Published

May 14, 2021May 14, 2021 News Editor News Editor No Comments

Unique Collective Peace Corps Memoir Published Randolph W. Hobler has published his collective Peace Corps memoir 101 Arabian Tales: How We All Persevered in Peace Corps Libya. The book is unique in two ways. First, unlike the 1,000-plus Peace Corps individual memoirs published to date, his is a collective memoir. He interviewed 101 of his…

Arab World, Book Review, Features, Middle East, News

Arab News, FII Institute partner to shed light on the future of regional media industry

April 19, 2021August 10, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

Arab News, FII Institute partner to shed light on the future of regional media industry Cooperation to produce research, panel discussions and industry level, government white papers Riyadh: Arab News — the Middle East’s leading English language daily — is partnering with the Future Investment Initiative Institute to shed light on the future of the regional…

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McCollum introduces legislation to protect Palestinian children

April 15, 2021April 15, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

McCollum introduces legislation to protect Palestinian children Congresswoman Betty McCollum of Minnesota introduces Historic Legislation: Defending the Human Rights of Palestinian Children and Families Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.), released the following statement today after introducing the Defending the Human Rights of Palestinian Children and Families Living Under Israeli Military…

American Arabs, Arab World, Middle East, News, Spotlight

American Muslims for Palestine organizes boycott of Israeli Dates

April 12, 2021April 12, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

American Muslims for Palestine organizes boycott of Israeli Dates As the holy month of Ramadan nears, American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) relaunched a national boycott of Israeli dates sold in US markets. AMP calls on all Americans and American Muslims to boycott date brands known explicitly to operate in illegal Israeli settlements and to exploit…

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Chicagoland Arab Americans commemorate Land Day April 2

April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

Chicagoland Arab Americans commemorate Land Day April 2 Leaders of Chicagoland’s Arab American community will gather on Friday April 2, 2021 beginning at 6 PM to celebrate Land Day, the day in 1976 in which Israel’s police and soldiers shot and killed Israeli citizens who were protesting against the confiscation of Arab-owned lands inside Israel….

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Israel excludes Christians, Muslims in new Jewish-only neighborhood building

March 1, 2021March 1, 2021 rayhanania 1 Comment

Israel excludes Christians, Muslims in new Jewish-only neighborhood building Adalah: Construction of new neighborhoods exclusively for Israeli military personnel is illegal residential segregation. Israeli military’s ‘Housing Authority’ discriminates against Arab families, establishing dozens of housing developments nationwide at discount prices available only to selected career military personnel; Adalah: Project violates ban on housing and land allocation…

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