Category: Spotlight

Strawberry harvest continues in Gaza Strip, Palestine

January 20, 2015 Mohammed Asad No Comments

By Mohammed Asad Palestine Strawberries from the Gaza Strip are ranked as being among the world’s best. Every year, the Palestine Strawberry industry employs hundreds of farmers to harvest the strawberry crops to pick, package and ship the popular fruit to locations around the world. Despite exporting restrictions imposed by Israel’s military occupation, which controls the flow of…

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Bobby Jindal Shows his Racism,Ignorance ,Should Apologize to Muslims

January 19, 2015June 12, 2019 Ali Younes 1 Comment

By Ali Younes Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal finally spoke the truth and showed his true colors during his recent interview with CNN when he decried and insulted Muslims and Islam. The truth Jindal revealed was not about Islam or Muslim as he thinks he did, rather, it was about his racist and twisted views of…

Ali Younes, American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Spotlight, US Arab Politics

Celebrating the Baptism of Christ on the Jordan River

January 18, 2015January 18, 2015 Maria Khoury No Comments

By Maria C. Khoury, Ed. D. It was simply a most glorious celebration of the Epiphany on the Jordan River today according to the Old Julian calendar. There were hundreds of priests, nuns and thousands of people from all walks of life coming to the precious site where over 2,000 years ago “…the heavens were…

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Netanyahu exploits Charlie Hebdo for his own motives

January 17, 2015January 18, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

By Amer Sabaileh When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attended the march against terrorism in Paris last week in the wake of terrorist attack against French satirist newspaper Charlie Hebdo, he was in reality marching for his own agendas, not against terrorism. His Paris appearance was critically designed to position himself as a direct partner…

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I Am Not Charlie Hebdo: I Am Not the Terrorists Either

January 15, 2015August 20, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

By Ray Hanania The absence of our story as Arab-Americans may explain why so many Americans hate Arabs and Muslims, especially in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo Massacre. Most Americans lump Arabs and Muslims into one category of spite because, to be honest, most Americans are uneducated and ignorant about the facts. I blame…

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Zionism is the cause of Middle East violence

January 12, 2015January 12, 2015 Jafar Ramini 2 Comments

By Jafar M. Ramini In the last 125 years, Zionism has enjoyed what I would call ‘a golden age’. They had a plan. They had the finances. They had the cunning. They had brute force and they were not bashful about using it. A group of Atheists looking for a destination to put down roots…

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Paris in Crisis: A clash of aberration

January 11, 2015September 24, 2018 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

By Abdennour Toumi Ankara – Turkey — I thought the West had finally gained some understanding of Arabs and Muslims in the aftermath of the 9/11 tragedy a decade ago. For instance Americans attended Arabic classes en masse at any nearby community college or state university program. Their interest greatly increased book sales about Arabs and…

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Charlie Hebdo, terrorism and the debate on morality

January 10, 2015June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

By Ray Hanania When human life is lost, it is difficult to have an unemotional discussion about the issues that might be involved when morality clashes with emotions. That’s what happened when a group of terrorists murdered 12 people in an attack on the offices of a satire newspaper in Paris last week, and then…

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Winter storm gathers over Occupied Palestine

January 10, 2015 Mohammed Asad 1 Comment

By Mohammed Asad A winter storm brought unusually cold weather and snow and rain to Occupied Palestine this past week. Snow blanketed much of the Holy Land adding a nice touch to the Orthodox Christmas which was celebrated throughout occupied Palestine. Hit hardest were residents of the Gaza Strip which was devastated by Israel’s war…

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Western Media should not treat Islam as a target of its insults in the name of freedom of press

January 10, 2015January 10, 2015 Ali Younes 13 Comments

By Ali Younes Muslims and Islamic organizations across the world condemned in strongest terms, and rightly so, the massacre against the journalists and editors of the satirist French Magazine Charlie Hebdo, even when at the same time disagreed and disapproved with Charlie Hebdo’s insults against the Muslim faith. Western media acts free of any legal…

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Muslim Council of Imam’s condemns Paris massacre

January 9, 2015January 9, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

MMCC Imam’s Council Condemn the Paris shootings The Imams Council of the Michigan Muslim Community Council deplores the actions of the misguided Muslims who in the name of our faith took the lives of 12 people. The terrorists stormed the Charlie Hedbo magazine offices yesterday killing journalists, including its founder, Charlie Hebdo, and its current…

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Muslim community helps Detroit in water crisis

January 9, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Detroit’s Muslim community helps those in need during water crisis: Giving water is the best form of charity, according to the Prophet (PBUH) MMCC and Islamic Relief-USA gave $100,000 to Detroit residents this week to help with the water crisis. Over 25,000 Detroit residents have had their water shut off since last year due to aggressive…

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Analysis: Palestinian leadership not immune to change

January 8, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

By Amer Sabaileh The Palestinian leadership is facing many problems and conflicts not only with Israel in trying to end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, but also facing major serious conflicts from within its ranks. Intra-Palestinian squabbles are no longer along the Fatah-Hamas divide that define these conflicts, but now it is within the…

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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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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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