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Organic Arab American ethnic community journalism vanishing

June 13, 2023June 13, 2023 rayhanania No Comments

Organic Arab American ethnic community journalism vanishing By Ray Hanania In October 1999 when the fledgling National Arab American Journalist Association (NAAJA) hosted its first national Writer’s Conference in Chicago, nearly 300 journalists, writers and students attended in the hopes of creating a broader network that pushed the Arab community’s interests in writing into breaking…

American Arabs, Arab Radio, Bloggers, Civil Rights, Commentary, Media Bias, Opinion, Ray Hanania, US Arab Politics

ADC Panel August 16 explores how media portrayed Arabs after Sept. 11

August 13, 2021August 17, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

ADC Panel August 16 explores how media portrayed Arabs after Sept. 11 ADC Presents a virtual online Zoom forum exploring the Post September 11th Media Portrayal of Arabs & Muslims with a panel of professional journalists. veteran journalist Ali Younes, who will be joined by Program Director at Rethink Media Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani; Arab News…

Activism, American Arabs, Arab News, Civil Rights, Event, Journalism, Media Bias, News, News Media, Ray Hanania, Social Media, Television

ADC urges probe of rising discrimination against Arab Americans

August 10, 2021August 10, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

ADC urges probe of rising discrimination against Arab Americans In response to the recent surge of discrimination cases aimed at silencing pro-Palestinian voices in the work place, ADC has requested that the House Education and Labor Committee hold a hearing into the discriminatory practices happening across the country. In a letter to Chairman Bobby Scott…

American Arabs, Civil Rights, Congress, News, racism, Social Media, US Arab Politics

Reddit criticized as an anti-Arab, anti-Muslim racist social media

September 4, 2019September 4, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

Reddit criticized as an anti-Arab, anti-Muslim racist social media By Ray Hanania After being excluded from Reddit repeatedly, and communicating with dozens of other Arabs and Muslims in the U.S. and in the Middle East, it’s clear that Reddit is run by a pack of racist Arab-hating and Muslim hating activists who manage and control…

Bloggers, Commentary, Culture, Israel, Media Bias, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, racism

Media bias against Arabs comes out at Saudi press conference

February 14, 2019February 20, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Media bias against Arabs comes out at Saudi press conference Upfront at the table of mainstream news media bias and hypocrisy at a press briefing held at the Saudi Embassy in Washington D.C. The event only reinforced my belief that the U.S. news media is anti-Arab, anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian. By Ray Hanania I had the…

American Arabs, Arab News, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Gulf States, Israel, Media Bias, Middle East, News Media, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, racism, Ray Hanania, Saudi Arabia, Writers Promote

Google discriminates against Arab news sites

April 17, 2018May 8, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Google discriminates against Arab news sites Google is one of the most important online news and information sites so when it discriminates against pro-Arab writing and promotes pro-Israel writings, there is something wrong. It’s racist, actually, and the Arab World should be aware of Google’s biases. Google needs to change. It’s about fairness, objectivity and…

Activism, Bloggers, Business, Commentary, Israel, mainstream, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, Politics, Ray Hanania, Technology, Writers Promote

Facebook racism targets Palestinians & Arabs

April 1, 2018April 2, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Facebook racism targets Palestinians & Arabs Jewish Voice for Peace, one of several Jewish American organizations that advocates for peace based on compromise and justice between Palestinians and Israelis, reports that Facebook is actively censoring posts by Palestinians and pro-Palestinian users, while ignoring racist and hate-filled posts from pro-Israel extremists. Facebook has a history of…

American Arabs, Arab World, Editors Picks, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, Social Media

Man indicted for threatening Arabs in Washington D.C.

February 22, 2018February 22, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Man indicted for threatening Arabs in Washington D.C. AAI Welcomes DOJ Indictment for Hate Crime Against Man Who Repeatedly Threatened Organization On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice charged a Virginia man with four counts of threatening Arab American Institute (AAI) staff because of their Arab ancestry and three counts of threatening AAI employees for their advocacy…

American Arabs, mainstream, News, racism

Beware of pro-Israel Quora.com

February 1, 2018February 1, 2018 rayhanania 2 Comments

Beware of pro-Israel Quora.com The social media “question” site Quora.com recently pushed me to join so I did. I thought it might help with columns I write. You post a question and strangers answer. I posted a question this week that apparently Quora didn’t like. Why haven’t the Arabs done more to protest against President…

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Boim murder was tragic, but Corrie murder is even worse

May 17, 2017May 17, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Boim murder was tragic, but Corrie murder is even worse David Boim and Rachel Corrie were born only months apart, but their cases couldn’t be more distinct when it comes to the issues of justice, fairness and righteousness. Boim, a 17 year old with dual American and Israeli citizenship, was killed by Hamas militants in 1996 as he…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Israel, Journalism, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, racism, Ray Hanania, Terrorism

My column in the Arab News, anti-Arab hate at Universities

March 30, 2017June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

My column in the Arab News, anti-Arab hate at Universities Many American universities are focused on alleged rising hate and anti-Semitism on their campuses but little is being done to address the bigger problem of rising anti-Arab hate on college campuses. The claims of rising anti-Jewish hate on campuses is being driven by biased pro-Israel politics…

American Arabs, Christian & Muslim, Israel, Middle East, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania, Writers Promote

Jerusalem Post columnist twists the facts

October 14, 2015January 25, 2016 rayhanania 1 Comment

Lahav Harkov, the Knesset reporter for the Jerusalem Post, took to Twitter to publish lies in response to my criticism of her opinion column, published in the New York Post. By Ray Hanania I have been attacked by a lot of fanatics on both sides of the fence. Arab extremists and Israeli extremists, and rightwing…

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Double standards and pro-Israel hypocrisy slam al-Jazeera America

May 5, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Al-Jazeera America has faced one major political hurdle after another as it tries to break through the politically motivated bias that dominates the often biased and racist mainstream American news media which prioritizes pro-Israel news above facts. Now, the allegations of one obscure employee is being used to challenge the professionalism of the news organization which provides the…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, News Media, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania

Loyola University effort to censor Arab students falters

November 3, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Loyola SJP found Responsible for 1 of 6 Charges, Sanctioned with Probation & Dialogue Training; Hillel Only Sanctioned with Administrative Training for Violating Similar Rules. On Friday evening, October 31, Loyola University- Chicago (LUC) released its decision regarding a number of disciplinary charges against Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)-LUC, finding the group Not Responsible…

Activism, American Arabs, News, Palestine & Jordan

Holocaust survivor criticizes Israel after descendants are killed

August 17, 2014August 20, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR’S DESCENDANTS massacred by Israel in Gaza: In a not so uncommon twist, a Holocaust survivor returned his Holocaust Award to the “State of Israel” this week after announcing that the family of one of his descendants, a nephew, were among the 2,000 civilians massacred by Israel’s war crimes assault against the Gaza Strip. Hank…

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Arab Americans left out of Chicago event, again

May 15, 2014August 20, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

Arab Americans left out of Chicago event, again By Ray Hanania When the United States government called on me during my sophomore year in college to fight in Vietnam, I didn’t wait until they drafted me. There was as chance they wouldn’t, but my number was around 65. So I went and enlisted for four…

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