Category: Middle East

New documentary “Jihadists” explores extremist movement

April 9, 2019April 9, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

New documentary “Jihadists” explores extremist movement New documentary “Jihadists” travels deep into Jihadi controlled territory to reveal the inner workings of extremist Islam, on DVD & Digital April 2, Directed by François Margolin & Lemine Ould Salem While the impending defeat of Islamic State’s caliphate is being celebrated by media pundits, the ideology of Islamic extremism that…

Arab World, Christian & Muslim, Entertainment, Features, Gulf States, Middle East, Movies, News, religion, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Terrorism, Video

Arab American group leads delegation to Tunisia

April 5, 2019April 5, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

Arab American group leads delegation to Tunisia The Arab American Institute Foundation (AAIF) led a delegation of 10 Arab American elected officials and policy practitioners on an experiential learning trip to Tunisia between March 7 and 18th, 2019. The trip was part of the inaugural peer cohort of the U.S.- Tunisia Peer Exchange Program, supported…

American Arabs, Middle East, News, North Africa, Tunisia

Algeria: Freedom and Shakespeare

April 4, 2019April 4, 2019 Abdennour Toumi 2 Comments

Algeria: Freedom and Shakespeare The Street should be attentive in its exigent demands and comportment with the Army, usually the Military don’t like disorder or to be ordered. By Abdennour Toumi Former President Bouteflika and his siblings are finished finally, a political drama ending with the political death of its main character, a Machiavellian figure…

Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Middle East, North Africa, Opinion, Politics

Israeli WMD Whistleblower Vanunu Mordechai Tweets Appeal Unto Caesar

April 3, 2019April 3, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Professor Simon Critchley wrote about the happiest man he has ever met; a former New Yorker who morphed into a monk in Athens. This former New Yorker writes about the saddest man I have ever met; Israel’s nuclear whistle blower Vanunu Mordechai who uses social media to report his latest news because The Media ignores…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

Algeria Schengen Visa, Gordian Knot

April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 Abdennour Toumi 1 Comment

Algeria Schengen Visa, Gordian Knot More than 400,000 Algerians get Schengen visas for France annually, according to Reuters data. By Abdennour Toumi In most political contexts and crisis it is simply assumed that undocumented immigration constitutes a drain on national resources. But this assumption goes in light of experience led by Human Rights Groups, INGOs…

Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Middle East, Opinion, refugees

AIPAC, Congress, and The Benjamin’s

March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

In referring to a tweet by Rep. Ilhan Omar, Benjamin Netanyahu opined, “Take it from this Benjamin: It’s not about the Benjamins.” “Benjamins” is slang for a $100 bill and refers to Benjamin Franklin’s image on that bill. By Eileen Fleming The article “What Happens When Americans Vote for Legislators Who Refuse to Represent Them?” by…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

Trump, Golan Heights, This American, USS Liberty and Mordechai Vanunu

March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

On Thursday at Twitter President Trump overturned decades of US policy when he declared that America should recognize Israel’s authority over the occupied Golan Heights. By Eileen Fleming This American’s trip to the Golan Heights excerpted from the screenplay “This American and Israel’s Nuclear Whistle Blower Vanunu Mordechai” concludes this article. Trump’s Golan Heights tweet is…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

Algerian Islamists: From Political Reality to Dialectical Crisis Identity

March 19, 2019March 19, 2019 Abdennour Toumi 1 Comment

Algerian Islamists: From Political Reality to Dialectical Crisis Identity People are more accustomed to the experience of political hopes frustrated than of hopes fulfilled, they bear a crown of disappointment which weighs heavily on them all. By Abdennour Toumi The recent events that have been shaken Algeria’s regime have shaped a protest movement that its…

Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Middle East, North Africa, Opinion, Politics

Algeria The People Speak: What’s Next?

March 11, 2019March 11, 2019 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

Algeria The People Speak: What’s Next? Algerian generals who have been trying to bring about some change to their people would benefit from reading the Chilean story. By Abdennour Toumi A country which only three weeks ago was still regarded as hopeless. The day of glory the people of Algeria have waited for so long…

Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Election, Middle East, North Africa, Opinion, Politics

Ilhan Omar and The Progressives

March 7, 2019March 7, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

The New York Times opinion piece by Bret Stephens headline proclaimed, “Ilhan Omar Knows Exactly What She Is Doing”. Because Bret Stephens got so much wrong he inspired this fact-filled opinion piece by a ‘self-described progressive’. By Eileen Fleming Bret Stephens is a former editor in chief of The Jerusalem Post and an Opinion columnist…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

Algeria: The Regime Is Saying, Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!

March 5, 2019March 5, 2019 Abdennour Toumi 1 Comment

Algeria: The Regime Is Saying, Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! When the President returned though, the people began to sense the smell of hate, intolerance and simply death. By Abdennour Toumi Sunday night Algerians went to bed with two pieces of sorrowful national news. First, they waited for long hours to hear that President Bouteflika…

Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Middle East, North Africa, Opinion, Politics

Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Rescue Dogs, Prayers and Love

March 3, 2019March 3, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

An overwhelming response to Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga’s performance of “Shallow” at the Academy Awards was the assumption that the two were in love and lust. “The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love unconditionally as a dog.”- M.K. Clinton By Eileen Fleming In a post Academy Awards…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

Jussie Smollett hoax, Chicago Mayoral Election, & Israeli war crimes on Ray Hanania Podcast

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Jussie Smollett hoax, Chicago Mayoral Election, & Israeli war crimes on Ray Hanania Podcast #RayHananiaPodcast #JussieSmollett #ChicagoMayoralElection #IsraeliWarCrimes This week’s Ray Hanania Podcast reviews the past week’s events, issues and my recent columns in the Regional News newspaper, The Reporter and Southwest News-Herald on Jussie Smollett; my columns in the @ArabNews on the Oscar win…

Arab News, Bloggers, Civil Rights, Commentary, Entertainment, Israel, mainstream, Middle East, Middle East Monitor, Movies, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, Podcast, Politics, Ray Hanania, US Arab Politics

Racist Arab Hater Senator Bob Menendez demands answers on Khashoggi

February 27, 2019February 27, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Racist Arab Hater Senator Bob Menendez demands answers on Khashoggi U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, who has introduced legislation to deny justice to Christian and Muslim Arabs, defended Israel’s militarist oppression and land theft, and has spoken publicly against the interests of Arab Americans, Arab Muslims, and the Arab World, has incredulously demanded details into the…

Arab News, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Gulf States, Israel, mainstream, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, Politics, racism, Ray Hanania

President USS Liberty Veterans Association and Professor Joan Mellen Join Forces

February 27, 2019February 27, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

“Blood in the Water: How the U.S. and Israel conspired to Ambush the USS Liberty” opens with the scene at the American Embassy in Tel Aviv, on the top floor presided over by the CIA chief of station John Hadden… By Eileen Fleming On Sunday in Orlando Professor Joan Mellen joined forces with Ernest Gallo,…

Activism, American Arabs, Arab American History, Bloggers, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Journalism, Media Bias, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, Politics, US Arab Politics

Saudis donate $500 Million to Yemen Humanitarian relief

February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Saudis donate $500 Million to Yemen Humanitarian relief The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday that it is contributing USD $500 million in new funding for the UN-approved Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan (YHRP) for 2019. This donation increases the support provided by the Kingdom to help the Yemeni people to more than USD $14…

Arab World, Gulf States, Middle East, News, Saudi Arabia

Why General Ali Ghediri’s candidacy is way too early?

February 15, 2019February 15, 2019 Abdennour Toumi 1 Comment

Why General Ali Ghediri’s candidacy is way too early? A retired-General who wants to revolutionize Algeria’s political establishment, he has a story to tell, so let history be the judge. By Abdennour Toumi I want to ask retired General Ali Ghediri, former Human Resources Director at the Algerian Defense Ministry, to give one reason why…

Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Middle East, North Africa, Opinion

Media bias against Arabs comes out at Saudi press conference

February 14, 2019February 20, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Media bias against Arabs comes out at Saudi press conference Upfront at the table of mainstream news media bias and hypocrisy at a press briefing held at the Saudi Embassy in Washington D.C. The event only reinforced my belief that the U.S. news media is anti-Arab, anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian. By Ray Hanania I had the…