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USS Liberty Survivors of The Six-Day War Read and Write  

Posted on August 2, 2020August 2, 2020 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on USS Liberty Survivors of The Six-Day War Read and Write  
USS Liberty Survivors of The Six-Day War Read and Write  

On 8 June 1967, thirty four Americans were killed, 174 wounded and scarred for life because the USA Government failed to support the USS Liberty troops while Israel was attacking them with bombs, bullets, and torpedoes; and continues to disrespect the Liberty troops request to speak to the American people during an open Congressional hearing….

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Something for everyone at La Grande-Poste Garden Vendor Books

Posted on April 9, 2017April 9, 2017 By Abdennour Toumi No Comments on Something for everyone at La Grande-Poste Garden Vendor Books
Something for everyone at La Grande-Poste Garden Vendor Books

Something for everyone at La Grande-Poste Garden Vendor Books Walking up to the la Grande-Poste Garden, one encounters joyful and excited faces of so many people, who gather at the book-vendor’s tables. By Abdennour Toumi Passers-by rush for books, confirming that used-book merchants have broken the myth that Algerians do not read unless they need…

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Senior Correspondent: 7th Book and Bookend

Posted on February 21, 2016February 21, 2016 By Eileen Fleming 2 Comments on Senior Correspondent: 7th Book and Bookend
Senior Correspondent: 7th Book and Bookend

Senior Non-Arab Correspondent for The Arab Daily News seventh book is the bookend to her first; Inspired by a 1948 Palestinian Muslim refugee who responded to 911 by establishing The Olive Trees Foundation for Peace. Eileen Fleming explains: Before the events of 11 September 2001, I was an apolitical privileged American who had embarked upon…

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IMAGINE a Thanksgiving of Real Peace: Paix, Salaam, Shalom

Posted on November 16, 2015November 16, 2015 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on IMAGINE a Thanksgiving of Real Peace: Paix, Salaam, Shalom
IMAGINE a Thanksgiving of Real Peace: Paix, Salaam, Shalom

Thanksgiving season took a left to the liver on Friday night in the worst peacetime attack in France since World War Two. By Eileen Fleming Friday night in France three Islamic State jihadist cells coordinated near simultaneous attacks in bars, a concert hall and soccer stadium in unconscionable acts of revenge for French military action…

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Ambassadors for Peace and Divisiveness: Nasr and Oren




Posted on June 19, 2015September 24, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Ambassadors for Peace and Divisiveness: Nasr and Oren



Ambassadors for Peace and Divisiveness: Nasr and Oren




By Eileen Fleming Israel’s former ambassador to Washington, USA born Michael Oren exemplifies the latter and Kameel Nasr from Lebanon and Boston the former. Oren served as Israel’s ambassador in Washington from 2009 to 2013 and is now a Knesset member in Israel’s center-right Kulanu party. Launching his new book “Ally: My Journey Across the…

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USS LIBERTY Spook Exposes Liberty Injustices

Posted on May 12, 2015October 13, 2018 By Eileen Fleming 5 Comments on USS LIBERTY Spook Exposes Liberty Injustices
USS LIBERTY Spook Exposes Liberty Injustices

By Eileen Fleming   Ernest A. Gallo ‘retired’ from the CIA to Florida and became an activist and author of LIBERTY INJUSTICES: A Survivor’s Account of American Bigotry Since 2002 Gallo has served as the Chairman and Liberty Foundation President of the USS liberty Veterans Association and travels extensively to ignite fires in his listeners…

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Family Maters: Addictions and Yoga #SuicidePrevention #JimKaz

Posted on March 12, 2015September 24, 2018 By Eileen Fleming 1 Comment on Family Maters: Addictions and Yoga #SuicidePrevention #JimKaz
Family Maters: Addictions and Yoga #SuicidePrevention #JimKaz

By Eileen Fleming VENTURA, Ca.-  Before the brother of the first non-Arab reporter for The Arab Daily News committed suicide on Feb. 11, James A. Kasmir wrote about his struggles with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and prescription drug addictions in short stories, plays, poems and autobiographical files in a computer at Straight Up. Straight Up is…

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Letters to Manifestos

Posted on January 15, 2015January 14, 2018 By Eileen Fleming 1 Comment on Martin Luther King, Jr. Letters to Manifestos
Martin Luther King, Jr. Letters to Manifestos

Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be observed in the United States on Jan. 19 this year, but he was born on Jan. 15, 1929. In his manifesto from Birmingham Jail, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. directly challenged his “fellow clergymen.” By Eileen Fleming I have taken a few liberties with King’s masterpiece, added a…

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Breathing in a new life in 2015 and Exhaling 2014 with a Deep Sigh

Posted on December 29, 2014September 24, 2018 By Eileen Fleming 1 Comment on Breathing in a new life in 2015 and Exhaling 2014 with a Deep Sigh
Breathing in a new life in 2015 and Exhaling 2014 with a Deep Sigh

By Eileen Fleming The first thing we take in life is a breath and the last thing we give up is a breath. But unlike any other function of the body, breathing relies equally on the voluntary and involuntary nervous systems. In the West, most of us never focus on even one of the 20,000…

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UN Resolution Israel Must Renounce Nuclear Arms and USA Media remains MIA

Posted on December 4, 2014August 20, 2019 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on UN Resolution Israel Must Renounce Nuclear Arms and USA Media remains MIA
UN Resolution Israel Must Renounce Nuclear Arms and USA Media remains MIA

By Eileen Fleming On Tuesday, ABC NEWS filed the AP Report UN Resolution: Israel Must Renounce Nuclear Arms: The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved an Arab-backed resolution calling on Israel to renounce possession of nuclear weapons and put its nuclear facilities under international oversight. The resolution, adopted in a 161-5 vote, noted that Israel is…

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Israel Palestine Religion VS Spirit and Imagination

Posted on November 20, 2014September 24, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Israel Palestine Religion VS Spirit and Imagination
Israel Palestine Religion VS Spirit and Imagination

By Eileen Fleming Sixty-six years of political conflict in Israel Palestine, the so-called Holy Land has focused on borders, settlements, checkpoints, terrorism and human rights has now morphed into Debates over access to sites in Jerusalem’s Old City, where Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven and where Jews believe their holy ancient temples…

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