Category: Journalism

Iraqi authorities arrest Samir Obeid at Baghdad checkpoint

February 6, 2018February 6, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Iraqi authorities arrest Samir Obeid at Baghdad checkpoint Beirut, February 6, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the arrest of Iraqi freelance journalist and political commentator Samir Obeid and called on Iraqi authorities to release him immediately. Men who identified themselves as Iraqi security forces arrested Obeid at a checkpoint on the outskirts of…

Arab World, Iraq, Journalism, Middle East, News, News Media

Arab Americans winning more respect from elected officials

January 28, 2018September 25, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Arab Americans winning more respect from elected officials For many years, Arab Americans were frequently abused by politicians who targeted them in mudslinging tirades and public attacks. In 2000, Hillary Clinton returned money from an Arab Muslim organization because pro-Israel fanatics accused them of supporting terrorism. The charge was false but Clinton returned the money…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Israel, Journalism, mainstream, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, Politics, Ray Hanania, US Arab Politics

How racism infects the American mainstream news media

January 26, 2018January 26, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

How racism infects the American mainstream news media Racism dominates the mainstream American news media and there are examples of this everyday in news stories that the media promotes. The real tragedy is that most Arab Americans don’t care and do nothing about it. Instead, they prefer to be led by their noses against populist…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Journalism, mainstream, News Media, Opinion, racism, Terrorism

Obit: American Arab journalism, history titan Joseph Haiek dies

January 25, 2018August 20, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Obit: American Arab journalism, history titan Joseph Haiek dies Joseph Haiek was a journalism and history titan in the American Arab community who spent his life documenting the story of the Arab community in this country. It was a huge task considering that many of the pages were blank and that so few Arabs in…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Egypt, Iraq, Journalism, Middle East, Obits, Opinion, Ray Hanania, US Arab Politics

Illinois Politicians pursue new trend with Arab Americans

January 22, 2018September 25, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Illinois Politicians pursue new trend with Arab Americans For many years, Arab Americans were frequently abused by politicians who targeted them in mudslinging tirades and public attacks. In 2000, Hillary Clinton returned money from an Arab Muslim organization because pro-Israel fanatics accused them of supporting terrorism. The charge was false but Clinton returned the money…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Christian & Muslim, Commentary, Israel, Journalism, mainstream, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, Politics, Ray Hanania, US Arab Politics

Harsh anti-Normalization undermines Palestinian interests

January 8, 2018January 8, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Harsh anti-Normalization undermines Palestinian interests Anger and emotion has driven many Palestinians to oppose any contacts with Israelis, calling it “normalization.” That’s a errant policy and a mistake, and it is misleading. Normalization is used by extremists to block any contacts between Palestinians and Israelis regardless of the intended outcome under the misleading belief that…

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Sudan targets newspapers, journalists with confiscations and draconian legislation

December 6, 2017December 6, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Sudan targets newspapers, journalists with confiscations and draconian legislation New York, December 6, 2017—Sudanese authorities should stop confiscating newspapers and drop draft laws that would further curtail press freedom, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Over the past nine days, agents from Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) have confiscated all copies of…

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Kurdish journalist killed, others attacked amid post referendum tensions

October 30, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Kurdish journalist killed, others attacked amid post referendum tensions New York, October 30, 2017– CPJ today condemned attacks against the Kurdish media in Iraq and called on all parties to refrain from targeting the press as political and military tensions escalate over a Kurdish independence bid. In recent days, attackers stabbed to death a journalist,…

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Kurdish reporters killed in eastern Syria

October 16, 2017September 25, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Kurdish reporters killed in eastern Syria Two Kurdish reporters killed on duty by car bombings in eastern Syria Beirut, October 16, 2017–Kurdish journalists Dilshan Ibash and Hawker Faisal Mohammed died from injuries sustained during October 12 suicide car bomb attacks that occurred in the eastern Syrian village of Abu Fas, where the two reporters were…

Arab World, Iraq, Journalism, Kurdish, Kurds, Middle East, News, News Media, Syria

Israel arrests Palestinian journalist in West Bank

September 27, 2017September 27, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Israeli security forces arrest Palestinian journalist in West Bank Israeli security forces should immediately release Palestinian journalist Abdul Rahman Awad, a correspondent in Ramallah for the Hamas-affiliated Palestinian news agency Safa, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Israeli forces yesterday morning arrested Awad at his home in the village of Budrus, 19 miles (31…

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

Archive: A very special Oscar night

September 26, 2017September 26, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

A very special Oscar Night One of my personal favorite topics is the movie industry and the racism and bias that the industry allows based on politics. This incident involving Vanessa Redgrave back in 1978 impacted my life and characterized the injustices of the American media on so many levels By Ray Hanania (Originally published…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Entertainment, Israel, Journalism, mainstream, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, Television

Syrian journalist murdered with mother in Turkey

September 22, 2017September 22, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Syrian journalist murdered with mother in Turkey Orient News English reported that their English language editor Halla Barakat was found murdered in her apartment with her mother this morning in Turkey. Barakat was a fierce critic of the violence in Syria and was investigating war crimes there. She was investigating abuses and torture of prisoners…

Arab World, Journalism, Middle East, News, Syria, Terrorism, Turkey

American Arabs need to better document their history

September 16, 2017September 16, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

American Arabs need to better document their history By Ray Hanania During my entire consciousness as an American of Arab heritage, I have always tried to document the experiences of my family, friends and organizations I have been involved with regarding Arab American history. The truth is American Arabs do a poor job of documenting…

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Hamas, Abbas slammed for media abuses

August 24, 2017August 24, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Hamas, Abbas slammed for media abuses The Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and their rivals, the de-facto Hamas administration in Gaza, have both tightened the noose on freedom of expression in recent months, launching a repressive clampdown on dissent that has seen journalists from opposition media outlets interrogated and detained in a bid to exert pressure…

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Sudanese journalist fined over column criticizing police

August 22, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Sudanese journalist fined over column criticizing police New York, August 22, 2017—Sudanese authorities yesterday fined Suheir Abdelrahim, a columnist for the daily Al-Tayyar, for a column criticizing the police, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the sentence and called on authorities not to contest the journalist’s appeal. At an earlier hearing,…

Activism, Arab World, Journalism, News, North Africa

Challenges facing the development of professional Arab American Journalism

August 5, 2017August 5, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Challenges facing the development of professional Arab American Journalism By Ray Hanania August 12, 2002. From the National Arab American journalism Association Archives Journalism is a profession, not an instrument of politics. Yet, professional journalism can influence politics and events by insuring that an accurate version of events are presented to the public. The imprimatur…

Activism, American Arabs, Features, Journalism, News Media

American Arabs mourn passing of author Jack Shaheen

July 10, 2017 rayhanania 1 Comment

American Arabs mourn passing of author Jack Shaheen A former consultant on Middle East Affairs for CBS Network News, Jack G. Shaheen was an accomplished professor of Mass Communications at Southern Illinois University who helped shatter stereotypes against Arabs, Muslims and other ethnic groups by exposing the biases of Hollywood and the American media. By…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Journalism, mainstream, Movies, News, Obits, Opinion, Ray Hanania, Television

Gulf Nations right in demanding Al-Jazeera be closed

July 5, 2017September 25, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Gulf Nations right in demanding Al-Jazeera be closed In their confrontation with Qatar, the Gulf Cooperation Council has demanded that Al-Jazeera close its doors. That may sound tough and extreme to some given its many years of battling racism and discrimination in America. But in recent years, Al-Jazeera’s has made a steady downward slide away…

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