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My Brother’s Suicide, My PTS and USS LIBERTY Remembrance Day #BeThere #ConnectCommunicateCare

Posted on September 2, 2016October 13, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on My Brother’s Suicide, My PTS and USS LIBERTY Remembrance Day #BeThere #ConnectCommunicateCare

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. The World Health Organization estimates that over 800,000 people die by suicide each year – that’s one person every 40 seconds. Every suicide is preventable. “Connect, Communicate, Care” is the theme of the 2016 World Suicide Prevention Day which falls on September 10. This reporter will be in Colorado…

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American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Health

Mohammed Dajani, the Holocaust, normalization and peace

Posted on September 2, 2016September 25, 2018 By rayhanania 1 Comment on Mohammed Dajani, the Holocaust, normalization and peace

In March 2014 Al-Quds Professor Mohammed Dajani took 27 of his students on an education visit to the Auschwitz Nazi death camp to explore the history of the Holocaust and expand understanding. But Dajani was immediately attacked and forced from his position. Two years later, we talk to him about the rise of extremism and how…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Middle East, Palestine & Jordan, Podcast, Radio Podcast, Ray Hanania

Eid al Adha holiday to be observed on Sept. 11

Posted on August 31, 2016September 25, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Eid al Adha holiday to be observed on Sept. 11

Eid al Adha, One of the most important Islamic religious holidays, is expected to begin either on Sept. 11, 2016 or Sept. 12, 2016, causing some fear among Americans worried about violence from Al-Qaeda. But the truth is the holiday is less about differences than it is about similarities between Islam and the West By…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Christian & Muslim, Commentary, Middle East, News, Ray Hanania, religion

Looking past religion in Middle East

Posted on August 31, 2016June 12, 2019 By Hakim Khatib No Comments on Looking past religion in Middle East

Looking past religion in Middle East. Turmoil in the Middle East: Regional Dimensions Beyond Religion By Hakim Khatib Guest Contributor Given the current Middle Eastern scenario, one may reasonably hold the argument that the on-going turmoil in the Middle East owes its burden equally to the Machiavellian Anglo-American policies in the region and the harrowing…

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Animals rescued from Gaza zoo

Posted on August 27, 2016August 27, 2016 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Animals rescued from Gaza zoo

Zoo rescue in the Gaza Strip. Animals rescued from zoo in Gaza as foreign veterinarians intervene to help avoid an animal disaster. Israel’s embargoed has produced disastrous consequences not only for the human residents of the sea coast strip but also for the animals in the zoo. By Mohammed Asad Photo report from the Gaza…

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Holy Mother celebrated in Jerusalem

Posted on August 25, 2016September 24, 2018 By Maria Khoury 1 Comment on Holy Mother celebrated in Jerusalem

Honoring the Mother of God. A Spectacular Day in Jerusalem in Honor of the Holy Mother of God By Maria C. Khoury, Ed. D It was a beautiful and solemn procession at four in the morning to walk the icon of the Theotokos, the Holy Mother of God, from the monastery next to the Holy…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Maria Khoury

American Muslims victimized long before Trump

Posted on August 24, 2016September 25, 2018 By rayhanania 1 Comment on American Muslims victimized long before Trump

American Muslims victimized long before Trump. Muslims have a right to question Donald Trump’s intentions if he becomes president of the United States. But they really don’t have to ask many questions to recognize that despite her words, Hillary Clinton will do little to change anti-Muslim bigotry that continues to plague the United States. By Ray…

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Federal Nuclear Lawsuit and Israel’s Gagging

Posted on August 18, 2016August 18, 2016 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Federal Nuclear Lawsuit and Israel’s Gagging

A Federal Nuclear Lawsuit has been filed against President Obama, Secretary of State Kerry, Director of CIA John O. Brennan, Secretary of Department of Defense Ashton Carter, Secretary Department of Treasury Jacob Lew, Secretary Department of Energy Ernest Moniz, and Secretary of Department of Commerce Penny Pritzker In D.C. on 8 August 2016, Grant Smith…

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US Arab Radio celebrates 11th Year

Posted on August 16, 2016October 30, 2018 By rayhanania 1 Comment on US Arab Radio celebrates 11th Year

US Arab Radio celebrates its 11th Year as one of the only daily radio program addressing American Arab and Muslim issues. The need to expand and support our American Arab and Muslim media is critical to our community’s effectiveness in this country. Only a few media — the Arab American News and US Arab Radio,…

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Top iTunes podcasts on Arabs, Middle East

Posted on August 16, 2016August 20, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Top iTunes podcasts on Arabs, Middle East

Top iTunes podcasts on Arabs, Middle East. Podcasts offer an easy way to avoid the biases and bigotry of the mainstream American news media. All you have to do is create an account at iTunes (most people already have one), and “subscribe” (usually for free) to the podcast on your Apple or Android device. It’s that…

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American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Features, Podcast, Radio Podcast, Ray Hanania, Technology

Neo-Secularists, Neo-Islamists and coup in Turkey

Posted on August 15, 2016August 15, 2016 By Abdennour Toumi 1 Comment on Neo-Secularists, Neo-Islamists and coup in Turkey

Turkey’s Neo-Secularists and Neo-Islamists: An Episode to be Followed. Now the AKP government has survived a coup and as a result is in process of purging the country’s military and civil institutions in the wake of the July 15th coup attempt. By Abdennour Toumi Turkey’s political scene is witnessing a revolution that neither the military nor…

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Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, News, Turkey

Tyrant, the most racist program on TV

Posted on August 11, 2016August 15, 2016 By rayhanania 1 Comment on Tyrant, the most racist program on TV

The FX Series Tyrant which features many Arab actors and actresses is the most racist and viciously anti-Arab series on Television. The series, which is in its second season, is the work of an anti-Arab hater and Israeli producer Howard Gordon and writer Gideon Raff. The show was rumored to have been cancelled after last season’s…

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American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Entertainment, Features, Israel, Movies, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania, Television

Palestinians protest Israeli detention of World Vision rep

Posted on August 8, 2016 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Palestinians protest Israeli detention of World Vision rep

Palestinians protest Israeli detention of World Vision rep By Mohammed Asad Palestinian demonstrators hold posters of Mohammad El Halabi, World Vision’s manager of operations in Gaza who was accused by Israel of funneling millions of dollars in aid money to Hamas, during a protest in solidarity with El Halabi, organised by foundations and societies benefiting…

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

Palestinian group banned by Israel performs protest show

Posted on August 8, 2016August 8, 2016 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Palestinian group banned by Israel performs protest show

Palestinian group banned by Israel performs protest show By Mohammed Asad Palestinian band Dawaween, who were denied access to perform at a festival in Jerusalem, deliver a performance as part of a protest against the denial in Beit Hanun, near the Erez crossing point with Israel, in the northern Gaza Strip on August 6, 2016….

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Entertainment, Israel, Mohammed Asad, Palestine & Jordan, Photographs

USS Indianapolis and USS Liberty: Men of Courageous Endurance

Posted on August 5, 2016August 5, 2016 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on USS Indianapolis and USS Liberty: Men of Courageous Endurance

The USS Indianapolis was hit by two Japanese torpedoes and sank within minutes a few days before the United States nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Of the 1,196 aboard, about 900 made it into the water before the ship sank. Shark attacks began at sunrise and continued for five days until the remaining 317 were accidentally discovered on…

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

Washington Report magazine needs support

Posted on August 3, 2016January 9, 2019 By rayhanania 1 Comment on Washington Report magazine needs support

Washington Report on Middle Affairs launches fundraising drive to raise $40,000 to cover printing and its book section. The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs is one of the most informative publications in America on Middle East issues. No other publication offers the depth and detail on issues related to the Arab World, Muslims and the…

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American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Events, Iraq, Israel, Journalism, Lebanon, News, Palestine & Jordan, Politics, Syria, US Arab Politics

Olympic politics and the Arab World

Posted on August 3, 2016September 25, 2018 By rayhanania 2 Comments on Olympic politics and the Arab World

The Arab World first entered athletes in the Olympics in 1912 and the number of Arabs competing in the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics continues to increase. But political hurdles by the West and Israel have continued to undermine fair competition and one country in particular has been the target, Palestine. By Ray Hanania…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Features, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine & Jordan, Sports, Syria

Hunger strike escalates for prisoner Bilal Kayed

Posted on August 3, 2016 By rayhanania No Comments on Hunger strike escalates for prisoner Bilal Kayed

“Freedom or Death:” Palestinian Political Prisoner Bilal Kayed’s Hunger Strike Escalates. Palestinian political dissident remains in Israeli Gulag in failing health in protest of Israeli brutality By Dezeray Lyn In Barzilai hospital in Ashkelon, historic Palestine, shackles hold fast to the right hand and left foot of Palestinian political prisoner Bilal Kayed. The 34-year-old has been on a…

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

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