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Last Lunch—Reflecting on Aljazeera’s Documentary of Yemen’s President Al-Hamdi

October 21, 2020October 25, 2020 Managing Writer 1 Comment

Last Lunch—Reflecting on Aljazeera’s Documentary of Yemen’s President Al-Hamdi By Gamal Gasim After more than four decades of deliberate regional media oversight, there is now a serious, thought-provoking documentary film on the assassination of Yemen’s popular President, Ibrahim Mohammed Al-Hamdi. The tragic killing of President Al-Hamdi, alongside his own brother Abd Allah Al-Hamdi and two…

Arab World Politics, Features, Guest Columnist

Special Adviser on Iran spells out war crimes of Qassem Suleimani and Iran

January 11, 2020January 11, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Special Adviser on Iran spells out war crimes of Qassem Suleimani and Iran President Trump’s U.S. Special Representative for Iran and Senior Policy Advisor to Secretary of State Brian Hook presents briefing on expanded sanctions on Iran and takes questions from some reporters. Hook detailed specifics about Qassem Suleimani’s killing of Americans, but defends Israel against…

Arab World, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, News, Politics

Lebanon turmoil stoked by pro-Iranian extremists

November 14, 2017November 14, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Lebanon turmoil stoked by pro-Iranian extremists The murder of Rafic Hariri weighs heavy over freedom in Lebanon, 12 years later. And the same forces of violence and extremism are seeking to enforce more change through terrorism. Hariri’s son Saad faces threats of violence from Syria, Iran and Hezbollah extremists By Ray Hanania If people want…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Gulf States, Iran, Lebanon, Middle East, Opinion, Politics, Ray Hanania, Syria, Terrorism

Israel suspected in murder of Palestinian Mazen Faqha

March 26, 2017 Mohammed Asad 2 Comments

Israel suspected in murder of Palestinian Mazen Faqha Mazan Faqha was a political prisoner in Israel released in the 2011 prisoner exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit on June 25, 2006. Shalit was with a group of soldiers at a military outpost when members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Bridgade captured him, holding him for five years. The…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Middle East, Mohammed Asad, Palestine & Jordan, Photographs

Perfect Assassination of Jordanian Writer

September 28, 2016September 28, 2016 Hakim Khatib No Comments

Perfect Assassination of Jordanian Writer, Nahed Hattar. A Jordanian writer, accused of sharing a cartoon considered offensive to Islam, killed two weeks after his release from prison on bail. A perfect assassination starts with demonizing of a person and ends with a condemnation of the assassin. By Hakim Khatib A Jordanian writer, accused of sharing a…

Activism, Bloggers, Christian & Muslim, Commentary, Guest Columnist, Hakim Khatib, Palestine & Jordan, Terrorism