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My Imaginary Friend Is American

October 18, 2014October 18, 2014 rayhanania No Comments

My Imaginary Friend Is American By Yousef Khatib I met my American imaginary friend long time ago in Palestine. We have had mutual interests since childhood: music, movies, food, theatre, cartoon and crayons. Few years later, I started to think that he was just being orientalist so I started hanging out with British imaginary friends….

Yousef Khatib

Jordan King says he is committed to protecting Christian Arabs

October 17, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Jordan King says he is committed to protecting Christian Arabs AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday said that co-existence and fraternity among Muslims and Christians living in Jordan stand as a distinct model in the Middle East. He made his remarks at a meeting with a number of leaders of Christian denominations from…

Arab World, Christian & Muslim, Palestine & Jordan, religion

Notes of a dirty not-too-old man

October 17, 2014October 17, 2014 rayhanania No Comments

Notes of a dirty not-too-old man by Yousef Khatib Here I am, once again, ditching a pile of unfinished projects, texts, drawings and models and creating a new file and folder to overwhelm my morning with a random concept. Let’s hope I finish this one. Notes of a Dirty Not-Too-Man as opposed to Bukowski ‘s…

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Silly

October 16, 2014October 16, 2014 rayhanania No Comments

Silly By Yousef khatib It’s a silly thing how only drag queens smoke shisha in America. I mean, drag queen in Palestine smoke it too with other non drag queens. By the end of the day, no one wonders why their phones’ covers are crystalloids. He smokes it too and Alice does as well. So…

Being a Palestinian in America and Chicago?

October 16, 2014October 18, 2014 rayhanania No Comments

Being a Palestinian in America and Chicago By Yousef khatib Being a Palestinian in America and Chicago Being a Palestinian in America and Chicago? Being a Palestinian in America Being a Palestinian in Chicago Being a Palestinian in America Being a Palestinian in Chicago Being a Palestinian in America Being a Palestinian in Chicago Being…

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Ramallan Morning in Chicago

October 16, 2014October 16, 2014 rayhanania No Comments

Ramallan Morning in Chicago By Yousef Khatib Waking up at 4:00 pm (GMT+3) and 8:00 am (CDT) feels like waking up in two different multiverses. Reading the news, listening to Mashrou’ Leila, waiting for my morning coffee to attack my blood system, and smiling: Where am I? A prestigious bank is offering a lot of…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Yousef Khatib

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…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Christian & Muslim, Commentary, Israel, News, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania, religion, Spotlight

Report accuses Tunisian government of failure to combat terrorism

October 14, 2014September 24, 2018 Ali Younes No Comments

Report accuses Tunisian government of failure to combat terrorism By Ali Younes A recent strategic study in Tunisia accused the current Islamist government in the country of negligence and collaboration with the terrorist and extremist groups. The report published by the Center for the Security and Military Studies attributed the rise of new terrorism threats…

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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…

Activism, American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Palestine & Jordan, Podcast, Press Releases, Ray Hanania

BDS Protestors confront Israeli Shipping line in Tampa

October 12, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

BDS protestors confront Israeli shipping line in Tampa The following is a write up of the Block the Boat Tampa picket and protest which was held in the morning hours of October 11th at the Port of Tampa against the ZIM ship, Alabama. At 5:30 am, activists, community organizers, local labor union members and representatives…

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Hundreds of Israeli public figures urge British Parliament to recognize the State of Palestine

October 12, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania 3 Comments

Hundreds of Israeli public figures urge British Parliament to recognize the State of Palestine Gush Shalom, Israel. Press Release, October 13, 2014 Embed from Getty Images 363 Israeli public figures have signed a letter to the Members of the British Parliament, calling upon them to vote in favor of British recognition of a Palestinian State, to be…

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ISIL plans to attack Baghdad and Saudi Arabia, source close to its top leaders says

October 12, 2014September 24, 2018 Ali Younes No Comments

ISIL plans to attack Baghdad and Saudi Arabia, source close to its top leaders says By Ali Younes Embed from Getty Images A source very close to the senior leadership of the “Islamic State” also known as ISIS or ISIL, told the Arab Daily News over the weekend from Amman Jordan that ISIL has an…

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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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The Voice of Salah e-Eddine Haunts Kobani

October 11, 2014October 11, 2014 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

The Voice of Salah e-Eddine Haunts Kobani By Abdennour Toumi (Suruç, Turkey) After more than two weeks’ resistance, ISO militants have taken over neighboring villages southwest of Kobani (Aïn-el-Arab) forcing an exodus of northern Syria’s ethnic Kurdish population across the border to the southern city of Suruç in Şanliurfa province. As a result the Turkish military has…

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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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PLO Ashrawi urges Britain to recognize Palestine State

October 9, 2014October 9, 2014 rayhanania No Comments

PLO Ashrawi urges Britain to recognize Palestine State A few days ahead of the British parliamentary vote on the recognition of the State of Palestine, PLO Executive Committee member, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, met with correspondents from British media outlets in Palestine to reiterate the official call of the PLO for all states to recognize the…

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President Obama Support a FREE Vanunu END Israel’s Nuclear Deceptions

October 8, 2014September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

President Obama Support a FREE Vanunu END Israel’s Nuclear Deceptions By TNT/Telling Nuclear Truths To be delivered to President Barack Obama We thank you for your March 2014 declassification of 45 years of top-secret documents revealing cabinet secretaries and senior advisers to then President Richard Nixon acceding to Israel becoming a “threshold nuclear state.” We…

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Palestinians enjoy the Eid al Adha despite devastation caused by Israel

October 7, 2014April 13, 2019 Mohammed Asad No Comments

Palestinians enjoy the Eid al Adha despite devastation caused by Israel By Mohammed Asad Palestinians maintained their everyday lives even in the aftermath of the 51-day Israeli military war that killed more than 2,100 Palestinians, mostly civilians and including more than 500 children fatalities. These photographs show how Palestinians are determined to continue their lives and traditions…

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