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Arab Museum offers Eating Tour of Dearborn

Posted on July 23, 2015September 24, 2018 By rayhanania 3 Comments on Arab Museum offers Eating Tour of Dearborn
Arab Museum offers Eating Tour of Dearborn

Dearborn is the Plymouth Rock of the American Arab community, but it is also the culinary capitol of Middle Eastern food. If you want to truly enjoy Middle East — or more specifically Arabian food, Dearborn is the place to go. The Arab National Museum has announced a new program called “Yalla Eat!” to introduce the…

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American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Food, Ray Hanania

Can there be Middle East peace?

Posted on July 21, 2015September 24, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Can there be Middle East peace?

While the dynamics of the Middle East conflict continue to change, one question continues to surface: Can there be peace in the Middle East? The answer is yes. But peace requires that the world recognize that the true obstacle to peace is rising extremism in Israel, and the need for Israelis to finally recognize the right of Christians and…

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

Inodoctri-Nation: Israel’s Birthright propaganda tourism

Posted on July 20, 2015July 20, 2015 By rayhanania 1 Comment on Inodoctri-Nation: Israel’s Birthright propaganda tourism

Israel’s lobby and other programs organize trips to take Jews only to Israel hoping to “educate” them on the country, such as Birthright, while closing doors to the reality of the Israeli government’s and military’s brutal oppression against Palestinians, including the discrimination against Palestinian “citizens” of the State By Dezeray Lyn It was 5:30am when…

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

Oktoberfest in Palestine being planned in Taybeh

Posted on July 19, 2015July 21, 2015 By Maria Khoury 1 Comment on Oktoberfest in Palestine being planned in Taybeh
Oktoberfest in Palestine being planned in Taybeh

The Taybeh Brewing Company, the first Micro-Brewery in the Middle East is planning its annual OctoberFest which will be held this Fall in September. Despite the oppression of Palestinians, the Festival will continue to bring people together to celebrate a German tradition that is popular throughout the world, especially in the village of Taybeh, which…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Events, Maria Khoury, News, Palestine & Jordan

UAE helps soccer but what about Arab image?

Posted on July 19, 2015September 29, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on UAE helps soccer but what about Arab image?
UAE helps soccer but what about Arab image?

The Arab image and image of the Muslim world is a shambles in America, bludgeoned and “slibeled” nearly every day by paid anti-Arab activists and by the mainstream American News Media. The media is in a pro-Israel headlock that prohibits and discourages full and accurate information about the Arab that might expose Israel’s governments atrocities through critical…

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American Arabs, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Gulf States, Ray Hanania

Palestinians celebrate Eid in suffering of destruction of Gaza

Posted on July 18, 2015September 29, 2018 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Palestinians celebrate Eid in suffering of destruction of Gaza
Palestinians celebrate Eid in suffering of destruction of Gaza

One year since the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip and the massacre of more than 2,200 Palestinian civilians including more than 500 children, the destruction of more than 10,000 homes, and destruction of 50,000 more, Palestinians paused to celebrate the Islamic holiday marking the end of Ramadan. The Muslim World has seemingly abandoned the…

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

Iran Deal and the Real Deal: Israel’s WMD and AIPAC

Posted on July 17, 2015June 12, 2019 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Iran Deal and the Real Deal: Israel’s WMD and AIPAC
Iran Deal and the Real Deal: Israel’s WMD and AIPAC

This week AIPAC’s executive director, Howard Kohr ordered his staff to cancel their summer vacations in response to the Iran Deal which has been welcomed by the International community except for Israel.   By Eileen Fleming   On Monday, the U.N. Security Council is scheduled to vote on a resolution circulated to council members Wednesday…

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American Arabs, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Palestine & Jordan, Video

Americans have mixed feelings on Chattanooga attacks

Posted on July 17, 2015July 19, 2015 By rayhanania No Comments on Americans have mixed feelings on Chattanooga attacks
Americans have mixed feelings on Chattanooga attacks

Americans and Arabs expressed frustration and mixed feelings in reaction to the brutal attack against two military installations in Tennessee on Thursday by a 24-year-old Arab and Muslim naturalized citizen. Four U.S. Marines were killed and another was injured in the attack. The killer, Mohammad Youssef  (Youssuf) Abdulazeez was shot and killed by military police. But…

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Kuwaiti Muslim from Jordan suspect in murder of 4 US Marines

Posted on July 16, 2015July 16, 2015 By rayhanania 8 Comments on Kuwaiti Muslim from Jordan suspect in murder of 4 US Marines
Kuwaiti Muslim from Jordan suspect in murder of 4 US Marines

The FBI has identified 24 year old Mohammad (Mohammod) Youssef Abdulazeez as the shooter who drove to two military installations in civilian areas and fired an automatic weapon from a rented vehicle, killing four U.S. Marines and injuring others on Thursday (July 16, 2015). By Ray Hanania A Kuwait Muslim from Jordan, Mohammod (Mohammad) Youssef  (Youssuf) Abdulazeez, 24, has…

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Deal with Iran strengthens fight against injustice

Posted on July 15, 2015July 15, 2015 By rayhanania No Comments on Deal with Iran strengthens fight against injustice
Deal with Iran strengthens fight against injustice

American led deal with Iran will bring security and justice to the Middle East region. And that’s why Israel’s government is so against it. Israel’s government doesn’t want security. It wants tension. Tension and the threat of conflict justifies their fear-mongering and strengthens their ability to bully Americans to support their needs, and turn a blind eye towards Israel…

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

Paris company releases new Yom Kippur war game app

Posted on July 14, 2015September 24, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Paris company releases new Yom Kippur war game app
Paris company releases new Yom Kippur war game app

The 1973 Arab-Israeli war briefly changed the dynamics of Israel’s hegemony over the Arab World, and pushed Israel to address its intransigence and refusal to recognize Arab rights. But it didn’t take long for Israel to compromise Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat with false promises of negotiating a comprehensive peace that would include a Palestine State….

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American Arabs, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, News, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania, Technology

Egypt slides from Democracy into oppression

Posted on July 14, 2015July 14, 2015 By rayhanania 6 Comments on Egypt slides from Democracy into oppression

Since the Arab Spring crashed into Cairo’s Tahrir Square in 2011, Egypt has been on a roller coaster. Once the cornerstone of secularism in a world of growing religious extremism, Egypt could use some excesses to protect itself from the Islamic extremists. But in recent years, Egypt has not been discretionary in how it deals…

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

What U2’s Bono doesn’t know about Peres and Vanunu

Posted on July 13, 2015September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on What U2’s Bono doesn’t know about Peres and Vanunu
What U2’s Bono doesn’t know about Peres and Vanunu

Last Tuesday in Toronto, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Israel’s former president Shimon Peres was in the house for a U2 concert. On the anniversary of Operation Protective Edge, Bono said, “We understand, president Peres, that you have tried to be a voice of reason and have dedicated a great part of your life –…

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

Omar Sharif and pro-Israel Hollywood

Posted on July 12, 2015July 12, 2015 By rayhanania 1 Comment on Omar Sharif and pro-Israel Hollywood
Omar Sharif and pro-Israel Hollywood

Omar Sharif was one of the first Arab actors to appear in the biased anti-Arab arena of Hollywood. His talent took him past the bigotry that has denied Arabs roles in major motion pictures, excluded pro-Arab themes and narratives from Hollywood movies, and marginalized Arabs to the sidelines of a biased movie industry. But his legacy…

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American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, News, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania

Washington Report hosts major conference on Israeli lobby

Posted on July 12, 2015June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Washington Report hosts major conference on Israeli lobby
Washington Report hosts major conference on Israeli lobby

The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs parent organization, the American Educational Trust, and the Institute for Research: Middle East Policy organized a national conference last April in Washington D.C. The conference included several prominent speakers with vast firsthand insight on the power of the Israeli Lobby and AIPAC. It was so important that the Washington…

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American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Israel, News, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania

Witch-hunts, USS LIBERTY and If Americans Only Knew!

Posted on July 10, 2015September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info 2 Comments on Witch-hunts, USS LIBERTY and If Americans Only Knew!
Witch-hunts, USS LIBERTY and If Americans Only Knew!

The latest witch-hunt to discredit Alison Weir, [founder and executive director of If Americans Knew and president of the Council for the National Interest] is disgracing her attackers as it underscores the dire need to educate Americans: In particular our elected representatives regarding Israel’s attack on the USS LIBERTY; which this activist reporter contends is…

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American Arabs, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Palestine & Jordan

The Arab Daily News Radio & Podcast

Posted on July 10, 2015July 10, 2015 By rayhanania No Comments on The Arab Daily News Radio & Podcast
The Arab Daily News Radio & Podcast

I’ve been doing radio for more than 40 years, first at the 50,000 WATT behemoth WLS AM in Chicago, and now at several stations around the country including now in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 and in Washington DC on AM 700 radio. American Arabs still continue to struggle to break into the mainstream news…

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American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, News Media, Ray Hanania

Obituary: Omar Sharif, 1932-2015, the back story

Posted on July 10, 2015July 12, 2015 By rayhanania No Comments on Obituary: Omar Sharif, 1932-2015, the back story
Obituary: Omar Sharif, 1932-2015, the back story

Omar Sharif was one of the first Arab actors to appear in the biased anti-Arab arena of Hollywood. His talent took him past the bigotry that has denied Arabs roles in major motion pictures, excluded pro-Arab themes and narratives from Hollywood movies, and marginalized Arabs to the sidelines of a biased movie industry. But his legacy…

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