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Will Bernie Sanders and Americans Engage in this Civil Discourse?

September 15, 2015September 15, 2015 Eileen Fleming 1 Comment

On Monday, Presidential hopeful Senator Bernie Sanders engaged in a civil discourse at Liberty University, a leading evangelical Christian college, and built “common ground” beginning with the Bible. By Eileen Fleming Senator Sanders told the Liberty University crowd: I came here today, because I believe from the bottom of my heart that it is vitally…

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Will US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation Respond?

September 3, 2015September 24, 2018 Eileen Fleming No Comments

The U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation is the largest and most diverse coalition of hundreds of groups and organizations working to change U.S. policy toward Palestine/Israel to support human rights, international law, and equality. By Eileen Fleming with contribution from Hal The US Campaign will be holding its 14th Annual National…

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9/11 Plus 14

September 1, 2015September 1, 2015 Eileen Fleming 2 Comments

On That Day we called 9/11, fourteen years ago everything changed except how we think! By Eileen Fleming There is no agreement on the number of people that have been killed so far in the ‘War on Terror’ as it has been defined by the Bush Administration to include the war in Afghanistan, the war…

Documentary captures vanishing life in Ohio’s Little Syria

August 3, 2015September 29, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Arabs immigrated to many locations in America beginning sometime in the middle of the 19th Century. Why they chose different city locations depends on the industry and job opportunities at the time. Some of those stories have been documented, but most have been lost to time and the absence of a strong community-focused news media…

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Iran Deal and the Real Deal: Israel’s WMD and AIPAC

July 17, 2015June 12, 2019 Eileen Fleming No Comments

This week AIPAC’s executive director, Howard Kohr ordered his staff to cancel their summer vacations in response to the Iran Deal which has been welcomed by the International community except for Israel. By Eileen Fleming On Monday, the U.N. Security Council is scheduled to vote on a resolution circulated to council members Wednesday…

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Concern for Americans in Yemen Grows

July 14, 2015July 14, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

The Detroit-based American Human Rights Council (AHRC) urges immediate attention to American citizens in Yemen as crisis there grows The American Human a Rights Council (AHRC-USA) expresses its serious concerns regarding American citizens and permanent residents who have been stranded in Yemen with no means or ability to depart Yemen due to the escalating conflict…

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Witch-hunts, USS LIBERTY and If Americans Only Knew!

July 10, 2015September 24, 2018 Eileen Fleming 2 Comments

The latest witch-hunt to discredit Alison Weir, [founder and executive director of If Americans Knew and president of the Council for the National Interest] is disgracing her attackers as it underscores the dire need to educate Americans: In particular our elected representatives regarding Israel’s attack on the USS LIBERTY; which this activist reporter contends is…

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American Arab Saad helps Blackhawks win Stanley Cup

June 15, 2015June 15, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

American Arab player Brandon Saad made a critical goal for the Chicago Blackhawks in the 4th game of the Stanley Cup Play-offs against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The goal helped the Blackhawks gain momentum to tie up the series and then go on to win two more games taking the championship Monday night By Ray…

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American Arab produces new horror film

June 7, 2015June 7, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Malik B. Ali and his late brother Waleed B. Ali launched a business Maljack Productions that began by acquiring the rights to old films abandoned by the movie industry, but in recent years has now began producing its own films. Now known as MPI, the company owns the rights to 2,500 films including the classic…

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Nick Rahall ends 38 years in U.S. Congress

May 21, 2015October 2, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Veteran American Arab congressman retires from his West Virginia congressional district after serving 38 years representing Americans and American Arabs. Rahall is the longest serving American Arab in politics and most admired in public life. His voice for principle and justice will be missed By Ray Hanania When I first got involved in politics in the early…

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The Mother of Mother’s Day

May 6, 2015May 6, 2015 Eileen Fleming No Comments

By Eileen Fleming The genesis of Mother’s Day in the U.S.A. began with Anna Jarvis, an Appalachian homemaker who organized for a day to raise awareness of poor health conditions in her community. Fifteen years later, Julia Ward Howe, a Boston poet, pacifist, suffragist, and author of the lyrics to the “Battle Hymn of…

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US Census will “test” using Middle East in count

April 27, 2015June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

American Arabs have been urging the U.S. Census for years to include a category that will help empower America’s growing Arab community. But racism among public officials has stood in the way. But Census officials said this week that they will “test” using a new category to include American Arabs “Middle East and North Africa” this…

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Resurrection of Mordechai Vanunu Ends the Legend of Vanunu

April 2, 2015September 24, 2018 Eileen Fleming 2 Comments

By Eileen Fleming On Palm Sunday 2015, Israel’s Nuclear Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu resurrected his Facebook and Causes connections which ended my Administrative duties over the last three years while Vanunu was on sabbatical from the WWW. Vanunu inherited 21,000+ supporters at what had been known as TNT/Telling Nuclear Truths which he re-christened “Mordechai vanunu”. Vanunu…

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The American language of race and stereotypes

February 19, 2015February 19, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Racism and stereotypes can be used to denigrate and destroy people in America, but they can also have a positive value to help Americans, who are consumed with issues of race and stereotypes, to better understand the targets of hatred. Television sitcoms can become a means of educating not hating By Ray Hanania For years…

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Morocco celebrates longest relationship with America

February 16, 2015 rayhanania 2 Comments

By Ray Hanania One of my first journalism reports was written in 1976 when I was asked by the City of Chicago to cover a meeting between Morocco’s Washington D.C. Ambassador and Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley. The meeting was at City Hall and was intended to commemorate the longstanding friendship between the Arab country of Morocco and the…

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Press Release Obama condemns Chapel Hill killings

February 13, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Press Release Obama condemns Chapel Hill killings: We are all one American Family THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2015 Statement by President Barack Obama ont he Chapel Hill Shootings Yesterday (Thursday), the FBI opened an inquiry into the brutal and outrageous murders of Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, Deah…

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Warren and Amal David bring America to the Arabs

February 7, 2015February 7, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

By Ray Hanania Longtime American Arab activists Warren and Amal David are touring the country to promote their newest online venture, ArabAmerica.com. At a luncheon they hosted in Saturday at Fattoush Restaurant in Chicago’s Southwest Suburbs, the heart of Chicagoland’s Arab American community, the David’s presented their community news and information website to a gathering of 40…

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Houston Arab Community Center elects new leaders

January 23, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

By Ray Hanania The Arab Community Center of Houston, one of the most active and energetic organizations in the American Arab community, announced the election of its new board members this week. “The ACC accomplished many things in 2014 and we anticipate that 2015 will be even better,” newly elected ACC President Kamal Khalil announced. “To start…

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