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Voices of the Palestinian Diaspora: Ramzy Baroud and Rima Najjar on Identity and Resistance

Aug 21, 2017

SOURCE: TRUTHOUT BY: YOAV LITVIN An activist holds up a Palestinian flag at a protest outside the White House during Donald Trump's meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on February 15, 2017, in Washington, DC. (Photo: Alex Wong /(...)

Congress should think twice on the Israel Anti-Boycott Act

Aug 20, 2017

SOURCE: THE HILL BY: DAVID PALUMBO-LIU In July, Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland and Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio introduced a bill in the Senate, the “Israel Anti-Boycott Act.” A similar bill was placed before the House of Representatives. Both pieces of legislation enjoyed(...)

Arab American Comedian Files Lawsuit Against Daily Stormer Founder

Aug 20, 2017

SOURCE: WOSU BY: KAREN KASLER The Central Ohio man who’s behind the white nationalist website "The Daily Stormer" has gotten a lot of attention since this weekend’s violence in Virginia. He’s now getting hit with a defamation lawsuit filed in(...)

Bay Area stands with Reem’s Bakery in face of pro-Israel attacks

Aug 20, 2017

SOURCE: MONDOWEISS It is a familiar scenario. Somewhere in a Bay Area community space, a Palestinian voice rises and is heard. That voice defies a rigidly enforced popular narrative that casts the mighty state of Israel as the victim and(...)

PLO condemns US lawmakers for bill targeting payments to terrorists

Aug 19, 2017

SOURCE: THE TIMES OF ISRAEL The Palestine Liberation Organization condemned a move by US senators to slash aid to the Palestinian Authority over its stipends to terrorists and their families, saying the proposed legislation amounted to financial extortion(...)

Q&A: Filmmaker on FBI surveillance of her neighborhood and the fight for the records that prove it

Aug 19, 2017

SOURCE: COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW BY: JACKIE SPINNER A still from Assia Boundaoui's film, The Feeling of Being Watched. Courtesy of Assia Boundaoui. GROWING UP, ASSIA BOUNDAOUI felt like she was being watched. She wasn’t the only one. Just about everyone(...)

Iraq’s legendary fashion house revived

Aug 19, 2017

SOURCE: ALMONITOR BY: WASSIM BASSEM BAGHDAD — Models dressed in clothes reminiscent of Iraq’s multicultural past walked among the imposing statues at the Iraqi Museum in an impressive show in July that celebrated the liberation of Mosul, as the Iraqi House of Fashion bolstered its cultural presence(...)

Rasmieh Odeh ordered to be deported, pay $1,000 for immigration conviction

Aug 18, 2017

SOURCE: DETROIT FREE PRESS BY: NIRAJ WARIKOO Rasmieh Odeh, speaks outside of the Theodore Levin U.S. Courthouse in Detroit after a federal judge ordered Rasmieh Odeh, a former Michigan resident, to pay a $1,000 fine and be deported to Jordan. Mandi Wright,(...)

Bella Hadid Covers Vogue Arabia's First September Issue -- See the Pics!

Aug 18, 2017

Source: NBC News 9 By: Jennifer Drysdale Bella Hadid covers the magazine's first September issue, months after her sister, Gigi, graced the cover of its first-ever issue in March. RELATED: Gigi Hadid Pays Tribute to Palestinian Roots in First Ever(...)

Ilan Pappe talks about the Middle East: 'Change will come'

Aug 18, 2017

Source: CS Monitor By: Steve Donoghue AUGUST 15, 2017 —Historian Ilan Pappe's new book The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories continues his work of shining new analytical light on the seemingly intractable Israel-Palestine conflict, following up earlier books(...)

Book Review: The powerful story of a Christian family in Iraq

Aug 18, 2017

Source: Arab News By: Manal Shakir “The Baghdad Eucharist” tells the heartbreaking tale of a Christian family in Iraq who must navigate through the ups and downs of life, political upheaval, religious strife and war. Sinan Antoon, a well-known novelist(...)

How to be a Palestinian supermom

Aug 18, 2017

Source: Al Jazeera By: HyoJin Park8 Nabi Saleh, occupied West Bank - Friday is a day of protest in Nabi Saleh. Manal Tamimi has been going to these protests for as long as she can remember. To her, to be a(...)