Category: Ray Hanania

How anti-Arab haters undermined Chicago Arab Heritage

November 3, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania 1 Comment

Roxane Assaf of the former Chicago Arab Advisory Commission discusses campaign to undermine Arab heritage in Chicago and remembers how much culture the Arabesque Festival brought to Chicago’s ethnic diversity and cultural richness By Ray Hanania Roxane Assaf, the brilliant member of the now defunct Advisory Commission on Arab Affairs, discusses the campaign to undermine American…

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Arabs of Chicagoland to celebrate Arab Heritage Month in November

October 23, 2014October 2, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Arabs of Chicagoland to celebrate Arab Heritage Month in November By Ray Hanania Although Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel gutted the involvement of American Arabs in Chicago government, the world is bigger than his pettiness and anti-Arab racism. Emanuel eliminated the Advisory Commission on Arab Affairs after his election in 2011. He used the consolidation of…

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Farouk Shami urges diaspora to build industry and jobs in Palestine

October 19, 2014October 19, 2014 rayhanania 1 Comment

Farouk Shami urges diaspora to build industry and jobs in Palestine By Ray Hanania Palestinian American businessman Farouk Shami, who has used his entrepreneurial success and his high public profile activism to strengthen a more positive image of Palestinians, urged the attendees at the 16th Annual Convention of the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation to build…

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Ashrawi warns Israel destroying Christian presence in the Holy Land at Middle East Christian confab

October 19, 2014October 19, 2014 rayhanania 1 Comment

Ashrawi warns Israel destroying Christian presence in the Holy Land at Middle East Christian confab By Ray Hanania Last September, Middle East Christians were thrust into a spotlight they have long deserved when U.S. Senator Ted Cruz told a questionable Washington D.C. group ostensibly organized to “defend them” that if they didn’t support Israel then…

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Conference explores the important role of Christians in Middle East peace

October 15, 2014October 15, 2014 rayhanania No Comments

Conference explores the important role of Christians in Middle East peace The most important gathering of Christian Arab voices on Palestine and Peace By Ray Hanania The Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation (HCEF) will holds its 16th Annual Convention this weekend, Oct. 17 and 18, 2014 at the Marriott Hotel in the nation’s capitol exploring…

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Podcast: Jewish Voice for Peace activist Seth Morrison on peace

October 13, 2014October 2, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Podcast: Jewish Voice for Peace activist Seth Morrison on peace Seth Morrison of Jewish Voice for Peace talks about the challenges facing the movement to bring peace to Palestine and Israel through compromise during an interview Friday, Oct. 10, 2014 on Talk of the Town Radio on WCEV 1450 AM radio and www.YahalaVoice.com. Morrison explains…

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Gaza residents await reconstruction in wake of Israeli war crimes

October 12, 2014October 12, 2014 Mohammed Asad No Comments

Gaza residents await reconstruction in wake of Israeli war crimes US Pledges $212 million during conference this week in Cairo By Mohammed Asad with Ray Hanania Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip await word from the reconstruction conference being held in Cairo, Egypt of Arab World leaders on when they might see the rebuilding of…

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Hanania releases new book on PoweR PR strategies for Minorities

October 9, 2014October 2, 2018 rayhanania 1 Comment

Hanania publishes new book, PoweR PR, offering communications strategies for Minorities Veteran syndicated columnist and former award winning Chicago City Hall political reporter Ray Hanania released his newest book this week called “PoweR PR: Ethnic Activist’s Guide to Strategic Communications & challenging the biased Mainstream Media” intended to help minorities and ethnic groups that have been marginalized and excluded from the “Biased Mainstream…

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Hanan Ashrawi & Archbishop Atallah Hanna headline HCEF 16th Annual Conference

October 6, 2014April 29, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Hanan Ashrawi & Archbishop Atallah Hanna headline HCEF 16th Annual Conference Full Program of Events has been finalized!!! You are all invited to register for the Conference & Awards Banquet! The Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation is proud to share the complete program for the 16th international Conference! We are optimistic that 16th International Conference: “Together in Faith for the Common Good” will…

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Podcast: Mayoral candidate Fioretti vows to re-establish Chicago Arab Advisory Commission

October 3, 2014April 13, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Podcast Mayoral candidate Fioretti vows to re-establish Chicago Arab Advisory Commission Fioretti promises to recognize and work with Chicago’s rich racial and ethnic diversity that Mayor Emanuel has abandoned By Ray Hanania Chicago Mayoral candidate Robert “Bob” Fioretti said that one of his first acts as mayor will be to re-establish the role of the city’s “vibrant and…

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Podcast: Who’s Who in Iraq, Syria conflicts

September 29, 2014November 30, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Podcast: Who’s Who in Iraq, Syria conflicts Discussion with Ali Younes, Ray Hanania Sept. 9, 2014 (09-26-14) The Editors of The Arab Daily News discuss the various factions and political forces involved in the wars and violence taking place in Iraq and Syria. Who’s who in the conflict? Younes and Hanania discuss the regime of…

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Israel controls Palestinians physically, but Palestinian fanatics control their minds

September 28, 2014November 30, 2020 rayhanania 3 Comments

Israel controls Palestinians physically, but Palestinian fanatics control their minds By Ray Hanania When you say the name Amira Haas, the reporter for the award winning English language Israeli newspaper Haaretz, you immediately think of a courageous Israeli who is willing to stand up to the rising rightwing hatred in Israel, at great peril. But…

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Muslim Scholars denounce ISIL Islamic State and leader

September 25, 2014November 30, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Muslim Scholars denounce ISIL Islamic State and leader By Ray Hanania It never fails that Americans and many anti-Arab and anti-Muslim haters always demand, “Why don’t Arabs and Muslims denounce terrorism and extremism?” They do, but you are not looking and you don’t care. And sure enough this week, 126 prominent Muslim scholars issued a…

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Podcast: Sir Rateb Rabie on Middle East Christians

September 22, 2014August 20, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

Podcast: Sir Rateb Rabie on Middle East Christians By Ray Hanania Holy Land Ecumenical Foundation President Sir Rateb Rabie discusses the challenges facing Christians in the Middle East. He talks about the anti-Christian views of Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz at a recent conference at the so-called “In Defense of Christians” conference held in Washington…

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Cooking Middle Eastern food is a passion and necessity for American Arabs

September 20, 2014August 20, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

Cooking Middle Eastern food is a passion and necessity for American Arabs By Ray Hanania I remember watching my mother standing in the kitchen in the afternoon preparing the evening’s meal. She was Palestinian from Bethlehem and all of her recipes were phenomenal Palestinian and Middle East food dishes. One of my favorite is grape…

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Obituary: Azizah Magazine Publisher Tayyibah Taylor

September 19, 2014June 12, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

Obituary: Azizah Magazine Publisher Tayyibah Taylor By Ray Hanania Tayyibah Taylor was a different kind of Muslim. She was a woman who shattered the stereotypes against women in the media and broke the restrictions oftentimes imposed on Muslim women. Although she was not Arab, she was an influential role model for Arabs and non-Arabs alike. I met Tayyibah…

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Israel whitewashes another series of civilian massacres

September 18, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Israel whitewashes another series of civilian massacres By Ray Hanania Israeli soldiers committed more war crimes during the 51 day missile and tank assault on the civilian population of the Gaza Strip than was investigated in 20 years by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Yet as it has done in almost every instance in the past,…

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Podcast: Sam Rasoul discusses Arab political empowerment; Rateb Rabie discusses fate of Middle East Christians

September 15, 2014November 30, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Sam Rasoul discusses Arab political empowerment; Rateb Rabie discusses fate of Middle East Christians 4 pm CST: Ray Hanania, host of Talk of the Town Radio show on www.YalahaVoice.com and WCEV 1450 AM Radio, interviews Virginia 11th District Delegate (State legislator) Sam Rasoul on his political career and his successful election in November 2013 and his election…

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