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Muslim Community Network creates safe space for young Muslims in New York City schools

January 10, 2018January 10, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Muslim Community Network creates safe space for young Muslims in New York City schools New York, NY- What does it mean to be a young Muslim American in 2018? This is a question that the Muslim Community Network is on a mission to answer in schools throughout New York City. The Muslim Community Network (MCN)…

American Arabs, Christian & Muslim, mainstream, News, religion

Darrell Issa retires from California’s 49th Congressional seat

January 10, 2018January 10, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Darrell Issa retires from California’s 49th Congressional seat This morning, Arab American Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Vista, CA) released the following statement: “Two decades ago, when I stepped away from the business I’d built to enter public service, I never could have imagined that a long-shot bid for U.S. Senate would lead to 18 years in…

American Arabs, mainstream, News, Politics, US Arab Politics

Fifth Wednesday Journal publishes essays from Middle East writers

January 9, 2018January 9, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Fifth Wednesday Journal publishes essays from Middle East writers Fifth Wednesday Journal, a twice yearly publication, released its latest issue which focuses on the experiences and writings of authors whose origins trace to the Middle East and North Africa. The Journal features the submissions of 33 authors and photographers and is now available for purchase….

American Arabs, Arab World, Book Review, Features, Middle East, North Africa, Photographs, Spotlight

Blood in the Desert: Only The Unwavering Power Of Love And Faith Can Overcome Persecution

January 8, 2018January 8, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Blood in the Desert: Only The Unwavering Power Of Love And Faith Can Overcome Persecution Religious persecution was an all-too cruel reality for early Christians in 294 A.D. The Roman Empire searched relentlessly for believers, torturing and killing some and selling others into slavery. It was a dark time for Miriam, an orphaned young woman…

Arab World, Book Review, Features, Middle East

Adalah denounces Israeli blacklist

January 8, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Adalah denounces Israeli blacklist Israel releases ‘BDS blacklist’ banning NGOs from entering country Adalah: ‘BDS blacklist’ is reminiscent of actions taken by South Africa’s apartheid regime which also prepared blacklists in order to punish people and prevent entry. Israel released on Sunday, 7 January 2018 a list of NGOs whose members will be prevented from…

Arab World, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, Press Releases

Jewish Voice for Peace denounces Israeli blacklist

January 8, 2018January 8, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Jewish Voice for Peace denounces Israeli blacklist Letter from Jewish Voice for Peace Executive Director Rebecca Vilkomerson: I’m equal parts furious and sad: The Israeli Strategic Affairs Ministry put Jewish Voice for Peace on the list of organizations now officially banned from entering the state of Israel. We’re racing to figure out what this means and…

American Arabs, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, Press Releases

APN Opposes Israel’s Entry Law Blacklist

January 8, 2018January 8, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

APN Opposes Israel’s Entry Law Blacklist Washington, DC — Israel yesterday published a list of 20 organizations the activists of which will be prevented from entering the country in accordance with Israel’s 2017 Entry Law. Just as we condemn the Entry Law, Americans for Peace Now opposes this blacklist. The Entry Law is aimed at…

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

Harsh anti-Normalization undermines Palestinian interests

January 8, 2018January 8, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Harsh anti-Normalization undermines Palestinian interests Anger and emotion has driven many Palestinians to oppose any contacts with Israelis, calling it “normalization.” That’s a errant policy and a mistake, and it is misleading. Normalization is used by extremists to block any contacts between Palestinians and Israelis regardless of the intended outcome under the misleading belief that…

Activism, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Journalism, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, Politics, Ray Hanania, Saudi Arabia

Ahed Tamimi is HOPE in Action in Palestine #FreeAhedTamimi #FreePalestinianKids

January 6, 2018September 25, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Ahed Tamimi became HOPE in action as a seven-year old when she raised a fist and her voice against fully armed Israeli soldiers. “HOPE has two children.The first is ANGER at the way things are. The second is COURAGE to DO SOMETHING about it.”-St. Augustine. In December Ahed Tamimi, now sixteen was arrested and indicted…

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

Keeping HOPE Alive When I am Sixty-Four

January 2, 2018September 25, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

“When I’m Sixty-Four” by the BEATLES was released in 1967 on the forever young “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album. “HOPE has two children. The first is ANGER at the way things are. The second is COURAGE to DO SOMETHING about it.”-St. Augustine By Eileen Fleming It was 50 years ago last June…

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

St. Stephen and Israel’s Nuclear Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu

December 30, 2017September 25, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

On Thursday Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli nuclear whistle blower published a photo of himself alongside the statue of St. Stephen at St. Stephens Church in east Jerusalem and tweeted: “Life continue. waiting for my freedom to travel, now after 32 years with all the restrictions. nothing changes, nothing to report, nothing to post. see you in…

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

Israel’s Donald John Trump Station and Wailing Walls

December 28, 2017September 25, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

To honor POTUS Trump for his decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv; Israel’s Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz announced Israel’s Donald John Trump Station and the digging of a railway tunnel under Jerusalem’s Old City next to the Western Wall. Jerusalem’s Western Wall and Israel’s Separation Wall…

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

How President Trump and Arab Leaders Are Making Turkey Great Again

December 25, 2017December 25, 2017 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

How President Trump and Arab Leaders Are Making Turkey Great Again By Abdennour Toumi The Arab street has been waiting for a political leader (a-Zae’em) since Gamel and Houari Boumédiène when it comes to making a stand against the Western hegemony led by the U.S. in the region. Lately the Middle East has been experiencing…

Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Iran, Israel, Kurds, Middle East, Opinion, Syria, Turkey

Confronting Iran cornerstone to confronting extremism

December 23, 2017December 23, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Confronting Iran cornerstone to confronting extremism Iran is the cornerstone of increasing extremism in the Middle East and the failure of the Arab World to unite to confront Israeli atrocities. Palestine won’t be free until extremism and extremists are destroyed. By Ray Hanania Arab News, Dec. 21, 2017 – In his National Security and Defense…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Iran, Middle East, Opinion, Ray Hanania, Saudi Arabia

Ahed Tamimi: Symbol of courage and leadership

December 21, 2017September 25, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Ahed Tamimi: Symbol of courage and leadership Nothing has been more inspiring than to watch 16 year old Ahed Tamimi, a young girl standing in front of her home in Nabi Saleh, confronting heavily armed Israeli soldiers mocking them with slaps and telling them to eave her family alone. Tamimi has become the face of…

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

Christmas Message To Mr. Trump From a Palestinian Christian and a USA Citizen of Conscience

December 21, 2017June 12, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Samia Nasir Khoury author of “Reflections from Palestine: A Journey of Hope” emailed the following ‘thank you’ to Mr. Trump titled BLACKMAILING, which inspired a repetition of this American Citizen of Conscience Manifesto directed at Mr. Trump. On the Thursday before Christmas the following gift of knowledge and wisdom in an email from Palestine arrived regarding Mr. Trump titled:…

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

Israel arrests 16 year old girl who slapped soldiers entering her home

December 19, 2017December 19, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Israel arrests 16 year old girl who slapped soldiers entering her home Sixteen-Year-Old Palestinian Girl Arrested by Israeli Army in West Bank Village of Nabi Saleh December 19, Nabi Saleh, Occupied Palestinian Territories – The Israeli army arrested 16-year-old Palestinian human rights activist Ahed last night during a night raid at her home in the…

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

Christian Fundamentalists and Evangelicals in the White House

December 19, 2017August 20, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Once upon a time being an Evangelical was about sharing the gospel [good news] that Jesus actually taught, such as Peacemakers are the children of God. During the reign of President Reagan evangelical became a matter of which lever to pull in a voting booth and Christian fundamentalism spread into the mainstream. Fundamentalists uphold belief…

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