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National Wildlife Federation names Oday Salim as staff attorney

August 2, 2018August 2, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

National Wildlife Federation names Oday Salim as staff attorney National Wildlife Federation Hires Oday Salim as Staff Attorney, Director of U of M Law School Environmental Law & Sustainability Clinic National Wildlife Federation Great Lakes Regional Center announced the hire on August 2, 2018 of Oday Salim as staff attorney, which comes with an appointment…

American Arabs, Features, mainstream, News

Overview of the Israeli Palestinian Comedy Tour

July 30, 2018April 13, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

Overview of the Israeli Palestinian Comedy Tour The Israeli Palestinian Comedy Tour was co-founded by Palestinian Ray Hanania and Israeli Charley Warady. It included Jewish American comedian Aaron Freeman and Israeli comedian Yisrael Campbell. The group performed comedy shows before live audiences throughout Israel in 2007 including in West Jerusalem, East Jerusalem, Jaffa, Hebron, Tel…

Entertainment, Features, Humor

USS Liberty: No Mistake About USA Government Cover-Up and Media Spin

July 27, 2018September 2, 2022 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Never forget the USS Liberty USS Liberty Veterans Associations current three-term president Ernest Gallo is famous for saying: “We must never forget the holocaust, however, in concert, it is equally important for the future of the United States to never forget the USS Liberty.” The grassroots movement ‘We American and the USS Liberty’ exists to…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

UN Human Rights group urges Egypt to release songwriter El Behairy

July 26, 2018July 26, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

UN Human Rights group urges Egypt to release songwriter El Behairy UN human rights experts* have urged Egyptian authorities to release poet Galal El Behairy, who has been detained since February for writing a song critical of government policies. Mr. El Bahairy wrote the lyrics to the song ‘Balaha’, performed by Ramy Essam, and released…

Arab World, Civil Rights, Egypt, Middle East, News

Affaire d’État or Scandal, the Palace Is Boiling

July 25, 2018August 20, 2019 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

Affaire d’État or Scandal, the Palace Is Boiling President Macron’s supporters prefer to compare him to President Obama rather than President Nixon, and believe he will survive the storm. By Abdennour Toumi First heat waves of the summer season in Paris have produced an unusual sweat and wet in the town; everybody is trying to…

Abdennour Toumi, Bloggers, Commentary, Europe, immigrants, Opinion

Congresswoman McCollum stands out as principled voice on human rights

July 25, 2018July 25, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Congresswoman McCollum stands out as principled voice on human rights Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in regards to her bill, the Promoting Human Rights by Ending Israeli Detention of Palestinian Children Act, H.R. 4391. Video of Congresswoman McCollum’s remarks can be seen here. Congresswoman McCollum’s full remarks are below: Mr. Speaker,…

American Arabs, Civil Rights, Editors Picks, Israel, Media Bias, News, Palestine & Jordan, Politics, Video

PBS to air documentary on struggle of Iraqi family August 27, 2018

July 24, 2018July 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

PBS to air documentary on struggle of Iraqi family August 27, 2018 Caught in the Crossfire, an Iraqi Family Remains Determined to Rebuild in ‘Nowhere to Hide,’ Airing August 27, 2018 on PBS. The documentary is described as an Unforgettable Look at a Battle-Torn Iraq and War’s Human Consequences Fifteen years after the U.S. invasion…

Arab World, Entertainment, Iraq, Kurdish, Kurds, Middle East, News, Television

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…

Arab World, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, racism

Soccer and Politics in a Day of Glory

July 18, 2018July 18, 2018 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

Soccer and Politics in a Day of Glory There is a vicious circle here, the French mainstream media act with hypocrisy because of the perception the Adopter has developed vis-à-vis the Adopted. By Abdennour Toumi Soccer is a social activity within the community that is contrary to circumstantial triumphalism and seed nationalism; it is about…

Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Europe, Middle East, Opinion, Paris, Sports

Left doesn’t care about Muslims, only uses them as wedge

July 17, 2018September 24, 2018 rayhanania 1 Comment

Left doesn’t care about Muslims, only uses them as wedge Activists on the Left often claim that they champion the rights of others including Muslims and sometimes Arabs, but the truth is they really don’t support us. They just don’t mind using us for their own political agendas. Activists on the Left have been no…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Election, mainstream, Media Bias, Opinion, Politics, Ray Hanania, religion, US Arab Politics

Pharmacists Can Do More than Fill a Prescription

July 13, 2018July 14, 2018 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

Pharmacists Can Do More than Fill a Prescription The dialectic of egalitarism and misogyny has been poisoning the real debate for decades in Arab societies. By Abdennour Toumi Since the burst of the political Tunisiami hit the most immune Arab tyrant castles and made others vulnerable, the materialization of the revealed demands are democratic values,…

Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Middle East, North Africa, Opinion, Tunisia, Women's rights

POTUS Trump Colludes in Israel’s Nuclear Deceptions and What The New Yorker Missed

July 12, 2018September 25, 2018 USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment

In June The New Yorker reported on a 13 February 2017, White House meeting regarding a ‘secret’ letter concerning Israel’s nuclear arsenal under the title: How Trump and Three Other U.S. Presidents Protected Israel’s Worst-Kept Secret: Its Nuclear Arsenal By Eileen Fleming Staff writer for The New Yorker Adam Entous described a tense scene in…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan

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…

Arab World, Arab World Politics, Middle East, News, racism

Journalists under assault in Syria

July 11, 2018July 11, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Journalists under assault in Syria At least 70 Syrian journalists trapped in southwestern Syria The Committee to Protect Journalists today expressed concern about dozens of Syrian journalists and media workers trapped in the southwestern Syrian provinces of Daraa and Quneitra. At least 70 journalists and media workers are caught in Quneitra between advancing forces aligned…

Arab World, Journalism, Media Bias, Middle East, News, News Media, Syria

CPJ urges Egypt to release journalists on trial for false news

July 10, 2018January 9, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

CPJ urges Egypt to release journalists on trial for false news Washington, D.C., July 10, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Egyptian authorities to drop the charges against a group of journalists held in pretrial detention for false news and release the journalists immediately. Cairo’s national security prosecutor on July 4 charged at least…

Arab World, Egypt, Journalism, Media Bias, Middle East, News

Unholy Land: An Unconventional Guide to Israel

July 10, 2018July 10, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Unholy Land: An Unconventional Guide to Israel Cosmopolitan writing on travel, food, culture, sex, and politics, from some of Israel’s greatest young writers Part hipster travelogue, part from-the-ground-up look at Israeli politics, Unholy Land offers a kaleidoscope through which the reader will view the country and the region in new light and color. Actor Rana…

Book Review, Entertainment, Features, Israel, Middle East, Palestine & Jordan

Diary of the Tel Arad (Khan al-Ahmar) Palestinians

July 9, 2018September 29, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Diary of the Tel Arad (Khan al-Ahmar) Palestinians Anne Frank and her family hid from the Nazi soldiers until they were discovered towards the end of the war. But Anne Frank’s diary speaks only of the fear, frustrations, and tension of life before they were taken to the concentration camps. That experience of fear is…

Bloggers, Commentary, Europe, Israel, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, Terrorism

A Lone Voice Reclaiming Jesus with The Word by Beatles

July 5, 2018September 25, 2018 USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment

Reclaiming Jesus is a manifesto and movement led by a diverse group of Christian clergy including Rev. Jim Wallis, President and Founder of Sojourners who articulates the biblical call to social justice as the way to transform individuals, communities, the church, and the world. A lone voice in the wilderness is an English idiom for someone who expresses…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Eileen Fleming, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan