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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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Reaction to Trump’s recognition of Occupied Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

December 6, 2017April 13, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Reaction to Trump’s recognition of Occupied Jerusalem as Israel’s capital Here’s a round-up of some of the reaction to President Trump’s decision to recognize Occupied Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel: (Click here to read President Trump’s statement) Yuseff Munayyer, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights: “Trump is telling Israel that its current separate-and-unequal – otherwise…

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Official Statement by President Trump on Jerusalem

December 6, 2017December 6, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Official Statement by President Trump on Jerusalem Diplomatic Reception Room 1:07 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. When I came into office, I promised to look at the world’s challenges with open eyes and very fresh thinking. We cannot solve our problems by making the same failed assumptions and repeating the same failed strategies of…

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Palestinian leader Ashrawi warns Jerusalem move will end peace process

December 5, 2017December 5, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Palestinian leader Ashrawi warns Jerusalem move will end peace process December 5, 2017: Dr. Ashrawi: President Trump’s decision to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem is a fatal blow to peace and security Commenting on U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to relocate the embassy to Jerusalem, PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi strongly condemned…

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American views of Arabs and Muslims improve, AAI study shows

December 5, 2017December 5, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

American views of Arabs and Muslims improve, AAI study shows Poll Shows Positive Shift Accompanied by a Deep Partisan Rift in Americans’ Views of Arabs & Muslims. This, in the face of an Increase in Hate Crimes & Bigotry (Washington) The Arab American Institute (AAI) released a new poll today, examining American Attitudes towards Arabs, Muslims,…

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Peace Now opposes US Embassy move to Jerusalem

November 30, 2017November 30, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Peace Now opposes US Embassy move to Jerusalem APN to Trump: Don’t Transfer Israel Embassy to Jerusalem Washington, DC — Alarmed by reports that the Trump Administration is considering immediate action to move the US Israel embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Americans for Peace Now is calling on President Trump to eschew this dangerous action….

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NY Theater presents Arab American struggles in Jim Crow era

November 29, 2017November 29, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

NY Theater presents Arab American struggles in Jim Crow era NEW YORK THEATER COMPANY PRESENTS ARAB AMERICAN STRUGGLES IN JIM CROW SOUTH Noor Theatre makes Michigan debut at Arab American National Museum Dec. 8 as part of Museum’s Artists + Residents program Dearborn, Mich. (Nov. 29, 2017) – The Global Fridays Fall 2017 season at…

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2017 Annual Arab-American Heritage Month Courthouse Tour

November 21, 2017November 21, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

2017 Annual Arab-American Heritage Month Courthouse Tour In honor of Arab-American Heritage Month, Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans hosted a tour of the Richard J. Daley Center on Wednesday November 15, 2017. Co-sponsoring the tour was the Arab-American Bar Association of Illinois. The Annual Arab-American heritage Month Courthouse tour is part of the court’s year-round…

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Empowering women to solve refugee crisis focus of speech

November 15, 2017November 15, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Empowering women to solve refugee crisis focus of speech Nezha Alaoui Was a Featured Speaker at the UCLA Center for Middle East Development’s 12th Annual Conference, ‘Enriching the Middle East’s Economic Future’. President and Founder of Mayshad Foundation Discussed Empowering Women and Importance of Entrepreneurship to Help Solve Refugee Crisis at Invite-Only Event in Doha…

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McCollum introduces bill to protect Palestinian children

November 14, 2017November 23, 2017 rayhanania 2 Comments

McCollum introduces bill to protect Palestinian children U.S. Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) today introduced legislation— the Promoting Human Rights by Ending Israeli Military Detention of Palestinian Children Act — to prevent United States tax dollars from supporting the Israeli military’s ongoing detention and mistreatment of Palestinian children. The full text of the bill can be found here. An estimated…

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Adam Levinson releases new book The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah

November 13, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Adam Levinson releases new book The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah: Fear and Love in the Modern Middle East By Adam Valen Levinson In THE ABU DHABI BAR MITZVAH: Fear and Love in the Modern Middle East [W. W. Norton & Company; November 14, 2017; $25.95 hardcover], Valen Levinson, armed only with college…

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Israel blocks Christians from visiting grave sites

November 13, 2017November 13, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Israel blocks Christians from visiting grave sites Israel blocks Palestinian grandmother from visiting father’s grave in Christian cemetery. Israeli army expelled residents, demolished Galilee village in 1948; Adalah demands all displaced residents of Ma’alul be allowed to visit family graves, now surrounded by Israeli military base. For years, Israel has been preventing Salwa Salem-Copty, a Christian…

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Israel’s Lobby in Australia must register under new law

November 9, 2017April 13, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

Israel’s Lobby in Australia must register under new law Legislation planned by Attorney General Brandis to require registration of agents of a foreign power should be welcomed as an opportunity to define the activities of the pro-Israel lobby in Australia, according to former Palestinian Ambassador to Australia, Mr. Ali Kazak. Mr. Kazak has been an…

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Faith groups oppose denial of civil rights to critics of Israel

November 7, 2017November 7, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Faith groups oppose denial of civil rights to critics of Israel Faith Groups Publish Statement Defending First Amendment Right to Boycott Friends of Sabeel North America, FOSNA, announces a full-page statement published today in The Kansas City Star on behalf of the Presbyterian Church USA, United Church of Christ, Alliance of Baptists, American Friends Service Committee,…

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B’Tselem features photo exhibit of Palestinians born in 1967

November 3, 2017September 29, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

B’Tselem features photo exhibit of Palestinians born in 1967 “50 Years”: Fifty portraits of Palestinians born in 1967 in B’Tselem photography exhibition Jaffa Art Salon, Jaffa port, November 17 – December 7 | Opening: Friday, November 17, 12:00 noon Gallery talk: Friday, November 24, 12:00 noon The exhibition “Fifty Years” is the result of a project in which B’Tselem…

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Reza Aslan publishes new book on God

October 30, 2017October 30, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Reza Aslan publishes new book on God On Nov. 7, my newest book will be released, and I couldn’t be more excited to share it with you all. God: A Human History narrates the history of religion as a remarkably cohesive attempt to understand the divine by giving it human traits and emotions — often…

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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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Imam Mohammed Zafarullah will serve the Chicagoland Community

October 30, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Imam Mohammed Zafarullah will serve the Chicagoland Community Hundreds of Muslims Welcome New Imam Mohammed Zafarullah to Bait-ul-Jaamay Mosque Imam Mohammed Zafarullah serves as a Missionary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, the oldest Muslim organization in the United States, est 1920. Under the direction and guidance of His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the Khalifa…

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