Category: racism

Palestinian standup comic Nasr Abu Ali Owaynat discusses his career

December 17, 2018June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Palestinian standup comedian Nasr Abu Ali Owaynat discusses his career By Ray Hanania Chicagoland Palestinian American comedian Nasr Abu Ali Owaynat will be performing comedy at the renown Chicagoland comedy club Riddles on Jan. 10, 2019. Abu Ali was born to a Palestinian American immigrant and an American mother from Kentucky. He started doing comedy…

American Arabs, Entertainment, Features, Humor, News, Palestine & Jordan, racism, Satire, Spotlight

UN criticizes Israel’s “Nation State Law” as “discriminatory”

November 15, 2018November 15, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

UN criticizes Israel’s “Nation State Law” as “discriminatory” UN Special Rapporteurs give Israel 60 days to respond to ‘deep concerns’ regarding Jewish Nation-State Law. Four Special Rapporteurs express ‘deep concern’ that Nation-State Law is ‘discriminatory in nature and in practice against non-Jewish citizens and other minorities and does not apply the principle of equality between citizens,…

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Hate Crimes Continue to Surge in America

November 13, 2018November 13, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Hate Crimes Continue to Surge in America Underreporting Remains Significant Problem in FBI’s Annual Statistics The Arab American Institute expressed concern and disappointment with the release of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) 2017 hate crime statistics. As expected, hate crime surged yet again in 2017. However, the data contained some glaring omissions, including three…

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Illinois legislator introduces law to recognize Arab Heritage month in April

October 23, 2018March 30, 2022 rayhanania 1 Comment

Illinois legislator introduces law to recognize Arab Heritage month in April Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan announced he has introduced a law to recognize April as Arab Heritage Month in Illinois. If approved, the law would add Illinois to the seven other U.S. States that now recognize April as a national commemoration month for…

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UN Grants Palestine expanded rights

October 17, 2018October 17, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

UN Grants Palestine expanded rights State of Palestine to Gain Enhanced Rights, Privileges in General Assembly Work, Sessions When It Assumes 2019 Group of 77 Chairmanship. Trump America, Apartheid Israel and racist Australia all vote against freedoms and expanded UN rights for Christians and Muslims living in Israel and under Israeli occupation, as racist UN…

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New law requires airlines to provide non-discrimination training

October 11, 2018October 11, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

New law requires airlines to provide non-discrimination training The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2018 was signed into law on Friday, October 5, 2018. The bill includes section 407, titled “Training policies regarding racial, ethnic, and religious nondiscrimination,” which outlines requirements for improving air carriers’ nondiscrimination policies and practices. The Arab American Institute (AAI), which…

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Chicago group sues government over secretive surveillance program

September 26, 2018September 26, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Chicago group sues government over secretive surveillance program Arab American Action Network (AAAN) files lawsuit after the DOJ, FBI, & DHS fail to disclose records about controversial CVE surveillance initiative Today, the Arab American Action Network (AAAN), a grassroots community organizing and social services institution based in southwest Chicagoland, filed a federal lawsuit against the Department…

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Podcast Interview with David Abitbol of Jewlicious.com

September 20, 2018September 20, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Podcast Interview with David Abitbol of Jewlicious.com Yalla! Fight Back is a part of the US Arab Radio Network hosted by Laila Alhusini … in an effort to energize and empower Arab Americans to stand up for their rights … for more information go to my website at www.Hanania.com … Click this link or use the…

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Letter exposes racism and hate at New York Times

September 5, 2018September 5, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Letter exposes racism and hate at New York Times The Arab Daily News is proud to publish this anonymous letter that we received from a high ranking official reader of the New York Times newspaper. The letter details the bigotry and racism that takes place at the newspaper against Arab Americans and Muslims, and the hypocrisy…

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John McCain was never a God, just a complicated flawed human

September 1, 2018September 1, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

John McCain was never a God, just a complicated flawed human The biased and racist news media has turned the late Senator John McCain into a modern day God, not because they loved him and really respected him but because of their shameless politics: they love that he as a senior Republican challenged and criticized…

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Israel legalizes theft of Christian, Muslim lands for settlements

August 29, 2018September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Israel legalizes theft of Christian, Muslim lands for illegal Jewish-only settlements The Israeli District Court in Jerusalem ruled that settlers in an outpost established on private Palestinian land have rights to the land The Jerusalem District Court (Judge Arnon Darel) ruled today, August 28, 2018, that the settlers of the Mitzpe Karmim outpost settlements, east…

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Israel adopts Apartheid Law to discriminate against non-Jews

July 19, 2018July 19, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Israel adopts Apartheid Law to discriminate against non-Jews Israeli parliament votes to approve Nation-State Law that enshrines Jewish supremacy over Palestinian citizens. New Basic Law approved by a Knesset vote of 62-55 has distinct apartheid characteristics and requires racist acts as a constitutional value. Statement from Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel: The…

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End perpetual detention by US of uncharged political detainees

July 11, 2018July 11, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

End perpetual detention by US of uncharged political detainees Gitmo Attorneys to Court: Find Perpetual Detention Unlawful and Order Release On June 11, 2018, lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) argued before a federal judge in a challenge to Donald Trump’s ongoing detention of men at Guantánamo. On the 16th anniversary of the…

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Trump slammed for policies on immigrant children, and UN

June 19, 2018June 20, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Trump slammed for policies on immigrant children, and UN President Trump came under fire this week for a series of policy slips ranging from the mishandling of immigrant children to his administration’s rejection of the fundamental principles of human rights. Ironically, the mishandling and abuse of immigrant children at the border is in fact a…

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World denounces Israel for brutality in Gaza Strip

June 15, 2018June 15, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

World denounces Israel for brutality in Gaza Strip The United Nations General Assembly spoke out powerfully against Israeli atrocities including the intentional killing and maiming of civilian protestors who are outside of Israel’s borders. Vicious Nikki Haley gets slapped down by members of the United Nations criticizing her hypocrisy to denounce violence against civilians around the…

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Addressing anti-Arab bias after Sept. 11, to the news media

May 28, 2018September 4, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

Addressing anti-Arab bias after Sept. 11, to the news media A year after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, I was quickly signed by Creators Syndicate to distribute my column, which I described as “defining the moderate Arab Voice.” The column was tough on governments, tough on extremists and tough on “truth”. On Oct….

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Arabs and Muslims would never be whipped again

May 23, 2018May 23, 2018 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

Arabs and Muslims Would Never Be Whipped Again Arab and Muslim masses are changing the imperialist political culture that has been dealt in the region since Bernard Lewis was born. By Abdennour Toumi Arabs and Muslims these days increasingly disapprove of a scornful Arabic saying used by tyrant regimes and arrogant elite as a tool…

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Israel closes Palestinian youth media office in East Jerusalem, alleging terrorism

May 2, 2018May 2, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Israel closes Palestinian youth media office in East Jerusalem, alleging terrorism The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the recent closure of the East Jerusalem office of the Palestinian Elia Youth Media Foundation by Israeli forces and called on authorities to allow the group to work freely. Israeli internal security forces and police on April…

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