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Ahmet Uysal discusses Kurdish independence from Iraq

Posted on October 7, 2017October 7, 2017 By Abdennour Toumi No Comments on Ahmet Uysal discusses Kurdish independence from Iraq
Ahmet Uysal discusses Kurdish independence from Iraq

Ahmet Uysal discusses Kurdish independence from Iraq In wake of the Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum election, Professor Ahmet Uysal has accepted kindly to share his insights with the Arab Daily News. By Abdennour Toumi “Turkey supported the survival of the Iraqi Kurds as an autonomous and proto-state economically and politically. However, an independent Kurdish state…

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Iraqi government threatens journalists over criticism

Posted on August 14, 2017August 14, 2017 By rayhanania No Comments on Iraqi government threatens journalists over criticism
Iraqi government threatens journalists over criticism

Iraqi government threatens journalists over criticism Iraqi regulator threatens TV satirist with legal action Iraqi authorities should stop threatening the pro-Kurdish broadcaster NRT and political satirist Ahmed al-Basheer, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. In a letter NRT received August 10, the Iraqi Communications and Media Commission inquired whether the broadcaster’s Arabic-language channel would…

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Knights of Columbus save Christian town in Iraq

Posted on August 14, 2017August 14, 2017 By rayhanania No Comments on Knights of Columbus save Christian town in Iraq
Knights of Columbus save Christian town in Iraq

Knights of Columbus save Christian town in Iraq In a move that will give many Christians and other religious minorities in Iraq hope for the future, the Knights of Columbus will raise and donate $2 million to save Karamdes (Karemlash), a predominantly Christian town on the Nineveh Plain which was liberated from ISIS late last year. The Knights’ action…

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Beyond the Beltway Radio panel tackles North Korea threat

Posted on April 24, 2017April 24, 2017 By rayhanania No Comments on Beyond the Beltway Radio panel tackles North Korea threat
Beyond the Beltway Radio panel tackles North Korea threat

Beyond the Beltway Radio panel tackles North Korea threat The weekly Sunday radio show Beyond the Beltway, hosted by veteran political writer and commentator Bruce DuMont, tackles the frightening issue of the rising threats of North Korea’s tyrant Kim Jong Un. Panelists included Asian specialist Karl Friedhoff of the Chicago Council of Global Affairs who has…

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Saving Arab Christians in the Middle East

Posted on April 10, 2017April 10, 2017 By rayhanania No Comments on Saving Arab Christians in the Middle East
Saving Arab Christians in the Middle East

Saving Arab Christians in the Middle East The recent massacre of Christians in Egypt by radical Islamic extremists is another reminder of the precarious place that Christians hold in the Muslim World and the Middle East. My column this week, written before the massacre, addresses how Israel is doing more for Christians than the Arab…

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The Crone, Iraq and a Cool Cat

Posted on March 16, 2017September 24, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on The Crone, Iraq and a Cool Cat
The Crone, Iraq and a Cool Cat

The crone is a stock character in folklore and fairy tales The crone is often depicted as a Grandmother, a wise woman, or a midwife. In Jungian psychology, the crone is an archetype. An archetype is the original pattern from which all things of the same kind are based By Eileen Fleming Every woman has within The…

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Trump reinforces relations with Arab World

Posted on February 12, 2017February 12, 2017 By rayhanania No Comments on Trump reinforces relations with Arab World
Trump reinforces relations with Arab World

Trump reinforces relations with Arab World President Trump continued to reinforce American relations with leaders in the Arab World speaking with the President of Iraq and the Emirs of Kuwait and Qatar. The telephone calls come with days of Trump meeting with Israel’s rightwing Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and as Israeli public opinion continues to swing…

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Trump orders plan to destroy ISIS in Iraq and Syria

Posted on January 30, 2017February 10, 2017 By rayhanania No Comments on Trump orders plan to destroy ISIS in Iraq and Syria
Trump orders plan to destroy ISIS in Iraq and Syria

Trump orders plan to destroy ISIS in Iraq and Syria Presidential Memorandum Plan to Defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria January 28, 2017 NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM – 3 MEMORANDUM FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE SECRETARY OF…

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CPJ: Record 259 journalists jailed around the world

Posted on December 13, 2016January 9, 2019 By rayhanania 1 Comment on CPJ: Record 259 journalists jailed around the world
CPJ: Record 259 journalists jailed around the world

CPJ: Record 259 journalists jailed around the world A total of 259 journalists are currently in jails in 31 countries, including 53 jailed in the Middle East. The report from the Committee to Protect Journalists notes that Turkey has the largest number of jailed journalists, 81, followed by China, with 38. Despite political criticism of Russia, that…

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Prosecute Saudis, then prosecute US Soldiers, too

Posted on September 9, 2016September 24, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Prosecute Saudis, then prosecute US Soldiers, too
Prosecute Saudis, then prosecute US Soldiers, too

If we prosecute Saudis can we prosecute US Soldiers? 15 years after the September 11 terrorist attacks and American officials continue to play politics with war crimes. Congress allows prosecution of Saudis for 9/11 under legislation approved this week, but when will they allow the prosecution of American soldiers who engaged in war crimes in Iraq…

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Olympic politics and the Arab World

Posted on August 3, 2016September 25, 2018 By rayhanania 2 Comments on Olympic politics and the Arab World
Olympic politics and the Arab World

The Arab World first entered athletes in the Olympics in 1912 and the number of Arabs competing in the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics continues to increase. But political hurdles by the West and Israel have continued to undermine fair competition and one country in particular has been the target, Palestine. By Ray Hanania…

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Book explores plight of some MidEast Christians

Posted on June 23, 2016September 24, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Book explores plight of some MidEast Christians
Book explores plight of some MidEast Christians

Exploring the plight of Christians in the Middle East makes it a difficult journey for those who wish to include Israel’s abuses of Arab Christians. The issue of Christian persecution in the Middle East, Arab World, Muslim World and in Israel, is not written about enough By Ray Hanania It always amazes me how the brutal…

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Middle East Arab Christians face extinction

Posted on May 10, 2016May 10, 2016 By rayhanania 1 Comment on Middle East Arab Christians face extinction
Middle East Arab Christians face extinction

Arab Christians and Middle East Christians are being abandoned because of their religious beliefs and are the victims of a new level of genocide, an author and former Washington Post and Los Angeles Times Middle East reporter Danial Williams writes. #SaveArabChristians Arab Christians and Middle East Christians “Christians in the Middle East have been abandoned to…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Christian & Muslim, Commentary, Editors Picks, Gulf States, Iraq, Israel, North Africa, Palestine & Jordan, Syria, Turkey

When will the Arab World get off its lazy rich ass?

Posted on April 28, 2016April 28, 2016 By rayhanania No Comments on When will the Arab World get off its lazy rich ass?
When will the Arab World get off its lazy rich ass?

The Arab World is a shambles caused through its own poor leadership. A combination of religious fanaticism built around Islam, and oppression of its people through brutality and oppression, the Arab World has cornered itself in a tight squeeze of irrelevancy By Ray Hanania In 2007, a billionaire American Jew named Sheldon Adelson took profits…

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Role of Muslims to confront terrorism

Posted on April 5, 2016April 5, 2016 By rayhanania No Comments on Role of Muslims to confront terrorism
Role of Muslims to confront terrorism

As violence by extremist Muslims occur around the world, people are trying to understand the factors causing this occurrence in a world that is filled with violence by every religious group and movement. Guest columnist Dr. M. Basheer Ahmed heads up the Muslim Community Center for Social Services, based in Dallas, Texas, and is often asked to address…

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American Arabs, Bloggers, Christian & Muslim, Commentary, religion, Terrorism

Antiquities threatened in Middle East region

Posted on January 24, 2016September 24, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Antiquities threatened in Middle East region
Antiquities threatened in Middle East region

Antiquities threatened in Middle East region Antiquities and heritage sites representing the history of mankind throughout the Middle East and North Africa are being threatened by terrorists including Daesh (ISIS). A coalition of world leaders and activists called the Antiquities Coalition has been formed to help bring more public attention to the destruction of heritage…

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Arab World, Iraq, News, Terrorism

Recipe: Arabian lamb, egg skillet for breakfast

Posted on December 28, 2015December 28, 2015 By rayhanania No Comments on Recipe: Arabian lamb, egg skillet for breakfast
Recipe: Arabian lamb, egg skillet for breakfast

Long before we had technology to chill food, the early bedouins and family clans in Palestine, Jordan and the Levant including Syria and Lebanon, learned to cook using common sense. Lamb and goat were small animals and turned out to be a great meat source. Cattle would have been wasted. A breakfast was always an…

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War on Terror is the dumbest idea ever floated

Posted on November 19, 2015 By Mike Ghouse No Comments on War on Terror is the dumbest idea ever floated
War on Terror is the dumbest idea ever floated

Mike Ghouse Indeed, war on Terror is the dumbest idea ever floated, there is another way to handle it; the Islamic way If a thief breaks into your home, would you ask him his religion? And if he were to says, he belongs to your faith; would you let him get away? When a terrorist…

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