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Is a Military Coup d’état imminent in Yemen?

January 7, 2015January 7, 2015 Ali Younes No Comments

By: Gamal Gasim, Ph.D Is Yemen on the verge of a rapid and dramatic change through an imminent military coup d’état? It has been difficult to follow the dramatic events unfolding in Yemen since the Houthis entered the capital city, Sana’a, on September 21, 2014; but when looking carefully at the trajectory of events in…

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Snow Storms Threatens Syrian Refugees

January 7, 2015January 7, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Severe weather may take lives among displaced in the Middle East. Storms, snow and freezing cold are threatening lives among exhausted Syrian refugees in the Middle East. Norwegian Refugee Council fears that the insufficient assistance may have fatal consequences for refugees and internally displaced from Lebanon to Northern Iraq. “Similar weather conditions two years ago led…

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Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas in Gaza Strip

January 7, 2015April 13, 2019 Mohammed Asad 3 Comments

By Mohammed Asad Orthodox Christians from around the world celebrated Christmas today, Jan. 7, 2015. The Orthodox Christmas is celebrated on the basis of the old Julian Calendar and often comes within a week or two of the traditional Christmas on Dec. 25 of each year. Orthodox Christians are mainly from Middle East and Mediterranean countries…

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Attorney Stanley Cohen defends his fight for Arab Americans

January 5, 2015 rayhanania 2 Comments

By Ray Hanania New York Attorney Stanley Cohen said he would continue to stand up and defend the rights of American Arabs and Middle East Arabs who have been falsely accused of terrorism or complicity in terrorism charging that Arabs and Muslims are targeted by American racism. Cohen also provides some inside information on the murder…

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American Arab leader urges Israeli Arabs to vote

January 5, 2015January 5, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

By Ray Hanania View image | gettyimages.com Ziad Asali, the President of the American Task Force on Palestine, the nation’s most influential pro-Palestinian lobbying group in the United States, called it imperative that Israel’s Arab civilians participate and not boycott the next Israeli elections which are scheduled for March 17. Asali said that those who urge a…

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UAE names 83 terrorist groups including two from US

January 3, 2015January 3, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

By Ray Hanania The United Arab Emirates designated 83 Muslim organizations around the world as “terrorist organizations” including two American groups with prominent public profiles, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Muslim American Society (MAS). It is one of the most unusual attacks against American Muslims from an Arab World Government. Both CAIR…

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Ft. Wayne Arab store owner shot and killed

December 31, 2014December 31, 2014 rayhanania No Comments

A Ft. Wayne, Indiana store owner of American Arab heritage, Moath Nasser, 21, was shot and killed in his convenience store on Monday December 29, 2014, was originally from Dearborn, Michigan. Ironically, a video posted online showed him in a physical altercation with two customers in his store, Big Al’s Grocery, at 620 McKinnie Avenue,…

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Santa Claus visits homeless in destroyed Gaza city

December 31, 2014December 31, 2014 Mohammed Asad No Comments

By Mohammed Asad Santa Claus walking around New Year’s Eve among destroyed houses in Shujaiya (Shu’jaiyya, Shejaiya, Shuja’iya) in the Gaza Strip to draw a smile on the faces of the children in the face of the world’s silence on the destruction of thousands of homes in the Gaza Strip by Israel’s military last August (2104). The secular symbol…

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ISIS will not negotiate with Jordan to free captured pilot.

December 25, 2014December 26, 2014 Ali Younes No Comments

By Ali Younes According to New York attorney Stanley Cohen, the Islamic State or ISIS will not be interested in negotiating with the Jordanian government to free its captured Jordanian pilot. Not any time soon at least. This is because, he argues, the way Jordan handled the negotiations to save American aid worker Peter Kassig. Jordanian…

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Gaza students call for speedier repair and rebuilding of schools

December 23, 2014December 23, 2014 Mohammed Asad No Comments

By Mohammed Asad Students in the Gaza Strip held protests this week to urge a speedier repair and rebuilding of the dozens of schools that were destroyed by Israel’s military this past summer during its assault on the civilian population. More than 2,200 people were killed with more than 90 percent civilians, including about 500 children,…

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Civil Rights agency urges expanding racial profiling ban

December 21, 2014December 21, 2014 rayhanania No Comments

The United States Commission on Civil Rights today announced that it has sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder recommending that the revised DOJ guidelines applicable to law enforcement officials should not exclude the Department of Homeland Security from compliance with the guidelines. The letter states: “We commend the efforts of the Department of…

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Minnesota Settlement clears way for Muslim prayer center

December 21, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today welcomed a federal agreement over the rejection of the planned Abu Huraira Islamic Center in St. Anthony Village, Minn. CAIR: St. Anthony Islamic Center Squabble Ends in Settlement “This settlement sends a clear message that there are consequences to denying people their constitutionally-protected rights,”…

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Etihad Airlines unveils first Airbus and Boeing 787

December 21, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has capped an incredible 12 months by unveiling its first Airbus A380 and Boeing 787 aircraft to more than 200 of the world’s media in Abu Dhabi. The doors to the airline’s two new flagship aircraft – in the distinctive new ‘Facets of Abu Dhabi‘…

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Exclusive: Hamas leader Meshaal: Israel risks religious war over Jerusalem

December 17, 2014December 18, 2014 Ali Younes No Comments

By Ali Younes For Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, this year was an emotional roller coaster that had the potential to destroy his fledgling and increasingly powerful organization or make it even more powerful and relevant than ever before. Speaking to chairman of Hamas political Bureau in the Qatari capital, Doha last week on wide range…

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Antiochian American Church enthrone’s new Patriarch

December 10, 2014December 10, 2014 rayhanania No Comments

New head of Antiochian Church in America enthroned in New York City by Patriarch of Antioch; Antiochian Patriarch to meet with World and U.S. officials on issues in Syria The second largest Orthodox Christian Church in North America has a new leader, enthroned by the head of one of the oldest churches on earth. On…

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Rock Stars produce benefit album for Gaza Relief

December 4, 2014December 4, 2014 rayhanania 1 Comment

Grammy®-Winning Artists, Rock Stars and composers join forces in first US-Produced benefit album for Gaza Relief 2 Unite All Proceeds will fund medical, psychological support in Middle East A diverse group of famed musicians including Peter Gabriel, The Police’s Stewart Copeland, Rick Allen of Def Leppard, System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian and Grammy® Award-winning…

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Houston BDS targets RE/MAX for supporting illegal settlements

December 3, 2014August 20, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

By Ray Hanania Activists with BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanction) in Houston, Texas are planning a major protest to highlight the involvement of RE/MAX Realty in renting and marketing properties located in the illegal Israeli settlements located on occupied lands. Israeli settlements are racist in that they are built to only house Jews, while non-Jews including…

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Western nations gather to discuss deterioration in Libya

December 3, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Embed from Getty Images The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, the U.S. Secretary of State, the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs met in Brussels on December 3, 2014 to assess the current situation in…

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