Category: Commentary

Muharram 2014; a catalyst for change for Muslims.

November 1, 2014November 2, 2014 Mike Ghouse 4 Comments

By Mike Ghouse Of all the Muharram commemorations, Muharram 2014 could become significant in this millennium. It was a battle between good and evil fought 1334 years ago that we face collectively now. Imam Hussein (ra) stood up against the wicked king Yazid, and refused to endorse him as the spiritual leader, also known as…

Arab World, Bloggers, Christian & Muslim, Commentary, Mike Ghouse, religion, Spotlight

Algeria: Absent State or Clique Domination?

October 29, 2014August 20, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

Algeria: Absent State or Clique Domination? By Abdennour Toumi On the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Liberation War, a strange societal and political modus vivendi is taking place in Algeria, and paradoxically, there also exists a parallel for political “change” either in process or imposed. Socio-politically Algeria is no different from any other…

Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, News, North Africa

Jordanian government arrest of anti-ISIS Salafist leader is wrong, might help ISIS, attorney says

October 28, 2014September 24, 2018 Ali Younes No Comments

Jordanian government arrest of anti-ISIS Salafist leader is wrong, might help ISIS, attorney says By Ali Younes Jordanian government arrested and detained Jordanian Jihadist and Salafist leader Abu Mohamad Al Maqdisi, his wife told the Arab Daily News yesterday. She said that the Jordanian government has arrested her husband over allegedly using the internet to…

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Ray of Hope from Tunis, despite criticism

October 27, 2014September 25, 2018 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

Ray of Hope from Tunis, despite criticism By Abdennour Toumi Tunisian parliamentary election put an end to the Islamists rhetorical course and reset the secularists theoretical discourse. There is worthy of comment due to the repeated and disappointing coverage by Western and Arab media alike. Such “twisting” of the news continues as Western media persists…

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Jordanian Special Forces are secretly fighting ISIS in Iraq, Syria, sources say

October 26, 2014April 13, 2019 Ali Younes 2 Comments

Jordanian Special Forces are secretly fighting ISIS in Iraq, Syria, sources say By Ali Younes Sources in Jordan have told the Arab Daily News in Amman that Jordan has dispatched 4000 of its special forces to fight the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL. According to the sources who spoke to this publication…

Ali Younes, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, News, Palestine & Jordan, Syria

Young girl injured by Israeli fire inspires calls for freedom from Israeli oppression

October 26, 2014October 26, 2014 Mohammed Asad No Comments

Young girl injured by Israeli fire inspires calls for freedom from Israeli oppression By Mohammed Asad Dalia Khalifa, a 9-year old Palestinian girl, was seriously injured during the Israeli offensive on Gaza Strip, at Zaytoon neighborhood. Khalifa came out of her family’s house was hit randomly by Israeli shelling of the town. With her injures and blood…

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A Day at the Syrian-Turkish Border, refugees and relief

October 25, 2014August 20, 2019 Abdennour Toumi 1 Comment

A Day at the Syrian-Turkish Border, refugees and relief By Abdennour Toumi Nusaybin-Turkey — The Nusaybin gate stands in Qamishli, a city controlled by the PYD, in a self-proclaimed administrative territory in northeastern Syria. At this border gate the Assad regime still controls the administrative process (paper work). A giant smiling portrait of President Assad hangs on a…

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

Tunisian elections: Youngest female candidate poised to make history

October 25, 2014October 26, 2014 Ali Younes No Comments

Tunisian elections: Youngest female candidate poised to make history By: Ali Younes The Tunisian Parliamentary elections are entering its last day before Tunisians go to the polls to cast their votes in highly contested and very polarized elections. But for Dhauha Cherif, this election is a special one because she might be making history…

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Arabs of Chicagoland to celebrate Arab Heritage Month in November

October 23, 2014October 2, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Arabs of Chicagoland to celebrate Arab Heritage Month in November By Ray Hanania Although Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel gutted the involvement of American Arabs in Chicago government, the world is bigger than his pettiness and anti-Arab racism. Emanuel eliminated the Advisory Commission on Arab Affairs after his election in 2011. He used the consolidation of…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Features, Ray Hanania

Let’s Kill The Demons Of Geography & Politics

October 21, 2014October 21, 2014 rayhanania No Comments

Let’s Kill The Demons Of Geography & Politics The New World/Map By Yousef Khatib War embeds architecture into the mode of genesis and renders it into metamorphosis. War is patriarch and architecture is fecund. Urbanism and city are their progeny Warchitecture is their metis. Man is their author and martyr. Earth is their house. Past…

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Israel/Palestine Conflict: Time now to change to a human rights approach

October 21, 2014October 21, 2014 rayhanania No Comments

Israel/Palestine Conflict: Time now to change to a human rights approach By Edith Garwood The same day Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretary General, visited the Gaza Strip saying, “a restrictive occupation that has lasted almost half a century, the continued denial of Palestinian rights and the lack of tangible progress in peace negotiations” was the…

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Ashrawi warns Israel destroying Christian presence in the Holy Land at Middle East Christian confab

October 19, 2014October 19, 2014 rayhanania 1 Comment

Ashrawi warns Israel destroying Christian presence in the Holy Land at Middle East Christian confab By Ray Hanania Last September, Middle East Christians were thrust into a spotlight they have long deserved when U.S. Senator Ted Cruz told a questionable Washington D.C. group ostensibly organized to “defend them” that if they didn’t support Israel then…

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Notes of a dirty not-too-old man

October 17, 2014October 17, 2014 rayhanania No Comments

Notes of a dirty not-too-old man by Yousef Khatib Here I am, once again, ditching a pile of unfinished projects, texts, drawings and models and creating a new file and folder to overwhelm my morning with a random concept. Let’s hope I finish this one. Notes of a Dirty Not-Too-Man as opposed to Bukowski ‘s…

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Silly

October 16, 2014October 16, 2014 rayhanania No Comments

Silly By Yousef khatib It’s a silly thing how only drag queens smoke shisha in America. I mean, drag queen in Palestine smoke it too with other non drag queens. By the end of the day, no one wonders why their phones’ covers are crystalloids. He smokes it too and Alice does as well. So…

Being a Palestinian in America and Chicago?

October 16, 2014October 18, 2014 rayhanania No Comments

Being a Palestinian in America and Chicago By Yousef khatib Being a Palestinian in America and Chicago Being a Palestinian in America and Chicago? Being a Palestinian in America Being a Palestinian in Chicago Being a Palestinian in America Being a Palestinian in Chicago Being a Palestinian in America Being a Palestinian in Chicago Being…

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Ramallan Morning in Chicago

October 16, 2014October 16, 2014 rayhanania No Comments

Ramallan Morning in Chicago By Yousef Khatib Waking up at 4:00 pm (GMT+3) and 8:00 am (CDT) feels like waking up in two different multiverses. Reading the news, listening to Mashrou’ Leila, waiting for my morning coffee to attack my blood system, and smiling: Where am I? A prestigious bank is offering a lot of…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Yousef Khatib

Conference explores the important role of Christians in Middle East peace

October 15, 2014October 15, 2014 rayhanania No Comments

Conference explores the important role of Christians in Middle East peace The most important gathering of Christian Arab voices on Palestine and Peace By Ray Hanania The Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation (HCEF) will holds its 16th Annual Convention this weekend, Oct. 17 and 18, 2014 at the Marriott Hotel in the nation’s capitol exploring…

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Report accuses Tunisian government of failure to combat terrorism

October 14, 2014September 24, 2018 Ali Younes No Comments

Report accuses Tunisian government of failure to combat terrorism By Ali Younes A recent strategic study in Tunisia accused the current Islamist government in the country of negligence and collaboration with the terrorist and extremist groups. The report published by the Center for the Security and Military Studies attributed the rise of new terrorism threats…