Category: Syria

Saving Arab Christians in Middle East & America

November 15, 2016June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Saving Arab Christians in Middle East & America #SaveArabChristians New Facebook Group documents killings of Arabs & Middle East Christians. Please support, share: www.facebook.com/groups/160992707701045 By Ray Hanania I can’t believe that whenever someone brings up the topic of “Saving Arab Christians,” people in the Middle East community get angry and upset. I get angry responses on…

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Run, run From the Jungle

October 25, 2016October 25, 2016 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

Run, run From the Jungle This human drama is turning into a French political disaster on the eve of the presidential election (April, 2017), in the wake of the rising French anti-migrants and immigrants sentiment. By Abdennour Toumi On Monday, demolition crews under orders from French authorities began to take down the infamous Calais “refugee”…

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Real threat facing the Middle East is Iranian extremism

October 13, 2016September 25, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Real threat facing the Middle East is Iranian extremism Published in the Arab News, Oct. 13, 2016 By Ray Hanania Although much is made of the rising threat of ISIS and al-Qaeda in the Middle East, one axis more threatening, is the violent coalition of Syria and Hezbollah, led by Iran. Iran is one of…

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Jordan’s King offers insight into war on terror

September 26, 2016September 25, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Jordan’s King offers insight into war on terror. Jordan’s King Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein pulled back the veil on some of the myths confronting the Middle East and the failures of the Western World to confront Daesh (ISIS) during an interview on the American TV News program 60 Minutes Sunday (Sept. 25, 2016). The West needs…

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M’Sakhan sumac chicken, caramelized onions

September 25, 2016September 25, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Recipe: M’Sakhan sumac chicken, caramelized onions, traditional Arab chicken meal By Ray Hanania One of my favorite Arabian food dishes is M’Sakhan (Musahkhan, M’Sahkhan), spiced sumac chicken on a bed of chicken broth soaked Pita Bread and covered in caramelized onions. M’Sakhan literally means “warming the bread” in Arabic. The recipe is very popular in…

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Why Muslims and Arabs should vote for Trump

September 14, 2016September 24, 2018 rayhanania 3 Comments

Why Muslims and Arabs should vote for Trump. Trump’s loose rhetoric has provoked Muslims and Arabs into an unprecedented level of activism. But that activism will probably disappear if Hillary Clinton is elected president. Clinton represents a continuation of the status quo, where governments officials (Republicans and Democrats) have lied to Arabs and Muslims about equality and…

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Obama names first Muslim Federal judge

September 7, 2016 rayhanania No Comments

Much is being made of President Barack Obama appointing the “first” Muslim as a judge on the Federal Court, but few seem to take notice of the American Arabs who have been appointed to the Federal bench and to judgeships across the country. Obama nominee Abid Riaz Qureshi is the first Muslim to be appointed to a Federal court position. The…

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US Arab Radio celebrates 11th Year

August 16, 2016October 30, 2018 rayhanania 1 Comment

US Arab Radio celebrates its 11th Year as one of the only daily radio program addressing American Arab and Muslim issues. The need to expand and support our American Arab and Muslim media is critical to our community’s effectiveness in this country. Only a few media — the Arab American News and US Arab Radio,…

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Washington Report magazine needs support

August 3, 2016January 9, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

Washington Report on Middle Affairs launches fundraising drive to raise $40,000 to cover printing and its book section. The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs is one of the most informative publications in America on Middle East issues. No other publication offers the depth and detail on issues related to the Arab World, Muslims and the…

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Olympic politics and the Arab World

August 3, 2016September 25, 2018 rayhanania 2 Comments

The Arab World first entered athletes in the Olympics in 1912 and the number of Arabs competing in the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics continues to increase. But political hurdles by the West and Israel have continued to undermine fair competition and one country in particular has been the target, Palestine. By Ray Hanania…

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Temporary Protected Status extended for Syrian refugees

August 1, 2016August 1, 2016 rayhanania No Comments

Temporary Protected Status extended for Syrian refugees Syrian refugees given extension for protected status in the United States. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson has redesignated Syria for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and extended the existing TPS designation for the country from Oct. 1, 2016, through March 31, 2018. This allows eligible nationals of Syria…

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Community salutes American Arab Tony Rezko

May 31, 2016May 31, 2016 rayhanania No Comments

Tony Rezko remains an icon in the American Arab community and it was no surprise that more than 250 people including friends, family and government officials would come together in Chicago recently to celebrate his release from Federal custody recently in Chicago. In addressing the gathering at the Al Hambra Palace on May 12, 2016, Rezko said…

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Middle East Arab Christians face extinction

May 10, 2016May 10, 2016 rayhanania 1 Comment

Arab Christians and Middle East Christians are being abandoned because of their religious beliefs and are the victims of a new level of genocide, an author and former Washington Post and Los Angeles Times Middle East reporter Danial Williams writes. #SaveArabChristians Arab Christians and Middle East Christians “Christians in the Middle East have been abandoned to…

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Syrian refugees in Gaza join call for change in Syria

May 2, 2016February 10, 2017 Mohammed Asad No Comments

Syrian refugees in Gaza join call for change in Syria Syrian refugees in Gaza join in supporting the call for more international help for Syrians fleeing the violence and war in Syria. The Palestinians are protesting against the Syrian regime which critics have said is using the ISIS violence as a cover to block Democratic change…

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When will the Arab World get off its lazy rich ass?

April 28, 2016April 28, 2016 rayhanania No Comments

The Arab World is a shambles caused through its own poor leadership. A combination of religious fanaticism built around Islam, and oppression of its people through brutality and oppression, the Arab World has cornered itself in a tight squeeze of irrelevancy By Ray Hanania In 2007, a billionaire American Jew named Sheldon Adelson took profits…

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Queen Noor: People not governments can bring peace

April 18, 2016September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Her Majesty Queen Noor speaks of global peace and humanitarianism at Judson University’s World Leaders Forum Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan captivated a crowd of 450 people who gathered for the World Leaders Forum today at Judson University. A world-renowned humanitarian activist, Queen Noor addressed topics such as Syrian refugees, water supply and women’s…

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The West’s fluid definition of terror

March 26, 2016 rayhanania 1 Comment

Innocent civilians are murdered and seriously injured everyday in Palestine and throughout the Middle East from terror, but the West always seems to have two standards for suffering, one for themselves and one for the people the West brutalizes. This essay explores the hypocrisy of the West in the aftermath of the terrorism in Brussels and…

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Sykes-Picot Agreement, Myth vs Reality

March 21, 2016March 21, 2016 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

The Sykes-Picot Agreement symbolizes the secrecy by which France and Britain decided to carve up the Middle East based on their economic and power issues and not on the interests of the people of the Middle East. And while the agreement was never realized, it set the stage for the turmoil that has plagued the…

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