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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…
New Book: “The Vanunu Legend: Israel’s Nuclear Whistleblower’s Struggle for Freedom” New Book by Eileen Fleming, correspondent for The Arab Daily News is a FREE Ebook New York born Eileen Fleming began documenting the saga of Mordechai Vanunu in 2005, after meeting Israel’s Nuclear Whistle-blower during her first of eight investigative journeys to both sides…
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Sami Yusuf to perform in the Washington DC area Sami Yusuf, British Muslim superstar, performs worldwide to sellout crowds. His heavenly voice and his world music sound with a Middle Eastern flourish, has caused his fans to buy over 35 million albums and his FaceBook page to have 6 million followers. Many of his songs (in English,…
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FX TV’s Tyrant Offensive on Many Levels By Ray Hanania Copyright 2014 Ray Hanania and Creators Syndicate Click here to read column in Arabic As an Arab born in America, I’ve come to accept that Americans are a fundamentally racist society that enjoys looking down on others as an artificial means of making it look…
What’s so racist about FX TV’s Tyrant? By Ray Hanania (Here are just my immediate thoughts in a sarcastic Tirade about Tyrant!) What’s racist about FX TV’s series Tyrant? The entire show. Because you know, all us Ay-rabs are brutal dictator murderers and we go around brutally raping women because we were brutalized as sissy…
Tyrant: hate TV series coming this summer reveals more about Hollywood than Arabs and Muslims By Ali Younes The Arab Daily News has uncovered a brewing conflict and war of words involving the executives at FX channel that produces the upcoming TV series Tyrant and its creator Gideon Raff. Ray Hanania, the Managing Editor of…
Tyrant: Anti-Arab American hate TV offers new program this summer By Ray Hanania One of the most vicious and anti-Arab and anti-Muslim programs on television was Homeland. It replaced the equally anti-Arab hateful program 24, which returned to television last week. Both had one thing in common: The fictional heroes in Homeland (on the notorious anti-Arab cable…
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Where is Casey Kasem? Arab American Entertainment icon missing, court orders probe By Ali Younes A California judge ordered on Monday the protective services to find the whereabouts of entertainment icon and radio personality Casey Kasem who was reported missing last week by his three adult children. The judge awarded on Monday his daughter Kerri a…
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Who is Amal Alamuddin, reported George Clooney’s new fiancee An International lawyer who believes in one God, Allah, and in Reincarnation By Ali Younes The news that 36 years old Lebanese human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin is reportedly engaged to American actor and Oscar winner George Clooney, 52, took Hollywood and the Middle East by…
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Olmos argues “race” is not a label for divisions at diversity conference Hollywood movie star Edward James Olmos pushed an audience of more than 400 educators and diversity professionals to the edge arguing that it is wrong to look at human beings and believe that they are really divided into different races. The Mexican American…
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Houston celebrates Arab Heritage Month (April) with book event In celebration of April as The National Arab American Heritage Month, The Arab American Cultural and Community Center of Houston (ACC), cordially invites you to a special event in its month-long festivities: BOOK SIGNING, April 8th, 2014 at 7:30 PM at the BeHuman Gallery, 12848 Queensbury Ln. Suite…
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Armenian American celebrity Kim Kardashian boosts Syrian dictator Assad By Ali Younes and Sadallah Mahmoud While the mainstream American news media is no longer providing any in depth coverage of the raging civil war in Syria or the atrocities that has been committed by the Syrian regime or his extremist Al Qaida-linked opponents, two tweets by American…
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Middle East Arts Supporter Sees Kennedy Center Recognition as “Bridge to the Rest of the World” By Ray Hanania Badr Jafar, the CEO of Crescent Enterprises based on Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, is one of two recipients of this year’s Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts “Gold Medal” for is collaboration in launching a multimedia…
Aron Kader headlines Comedy show for peace in Los Angeles April 10 By Ray Hanania Prominent Palestinian standup comedian Aron Kader will headline an evening of Middle East comedy on Thursday April 10 at the Levantine Center in Los Angeles. The show will be hosted by Sammy “KO” Obeid and will also feature performances by…
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Against All Better Judgment: A Book Review and Current Events By Eileen Fleming Exclusive to The Arab Daily News On Sunday from Tel Aviv it was reported, “Israel’s supporters in Congress are pushing legislation to bolster aid, advanced arms, export licensing exemptions and augmented in-country stockpiles of US weapons.” The US-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of…
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Actor Edward James Olmos headlines Detroit diversity conference April 10 in Dearborn By Ray Hanania Golden Globe and Academy Award nominee Edward James Olmos will headline the annual Images and Perceptions Diversity Conference in Dearborn April 10 featuring a day-long program of entertainment, educational instruction and attendee participation exploring issues of diversity. This year’s theme is “Embracing…
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Miss USA to Yahala Voice: ”Dream Big Guys” By Reyad Ajour I could hear her breathe five feet away. Time is passing and there is complete silence– which you don’t hear very often in radio station offices. She seemed nervous, pissed, and lost. I couldn’t help but notice the disappointment on her face. She was…
Book Review: “The Lowland” by Jhumpa Lahiri By Barbara Nimri Aziz Certain creatures lay eggs that are able to endure the dry season. Others survived by burying themselves in mud, simulating death, waiting for the return of rain. The Lowland, a beautifully crafted and compelling read about the divergent careers of two brothers begins with this scene in…