The League of Arab States has scrapped a planned reception at the conference SOURCE: THE SUN BY MATT DATHAN JEREMY Corbyn faced humiliation after it emerged that the League of Arab States will boycott Labour party conference later this month. The group has cancelled a reception of Arab state ambassadors at the party’s gathering in … Continued
Washington had explicitly guaranteed their safety—and recently declassified documents reveal that US diplomats were told by the Israelis what they and their allies might be up to. SOURCE: THE NATION BY RASHID KHALIDI On the night of September 16, 1982, my younger brother and I were baffled as we watched dozens of Israeli flares floating … Continued
SOURCE: THE DETROIT NEWS BY MICHAEL GERSTEIN 80CONNECTTWEET 1LINKEDIN 61COMMENTEMAILMORE Lansing — If Michigan elects a Democratic governor in 2018, it could be a historic first. Voters could elect the nation’s and state’s first Muslim governor, Michigan’s first black governor or its first Indian-American governor. Or they could pick the state’s second female governor. So far, not a … Continued
SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL POLICY DIGEST BY: SARA AHMED U.S. aid to Egypt has always been a controversial topic. Egypt consistently scores poorly on the World Economic Global Gender Gap Report ranking (136) out of the (145) countries listed for the year (2015). Egypt’s recent actions against Human Rights NGOs documented in Case No. (173) which urges conducting a thorough analysis … Continued
By: Ani Karapetyan/Contributing Writer The Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (Syria) that declared itself a caliphate in 2014, has become infamous with its brutal murders in Syria and Iraq in recent years. This movement is associated with videotapes with the execution of American journalists, provoking hatred between Sunni and Shia Muslims. It’s also associated … Continued
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 that would curtail Palestinian rights. PA President Mahmoud Abbas chaired a Saturday meeting of the … Continued
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, Detroit Free Press Buy Photo (Photo: Mandi Wright, Detroit Free Press) CONNECTTWEET 67LINKEDIN 9COMMENTEMAILMORE A federal judge … Continued
Source: The New Yorker By:Elias Muhanna Hamed Sinno, the lead singer and lyricist of the Lebanese group Mashrou’ Leila, may be the most prominent gay musician in the Arab world. KARIM SAHIB On a recent breezeless afternoon, I met two young Saudi women sitting on the grass outside the Prospect Park Bandshell, in Brooklyn. They … Continued
Source: Washington Examiner By: Timothy P. Carney “America Was Never Great” caught on as a slogan in some circles of the Left as a counter to Donald Trump’s slogan, “Make America Great Again.” The New Republic and Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King applauded the idea. https://v.connatix.com/b03ca50a-46cc-4b83-9d20-08294b6b1a75/Contents/101876/79cdf7a2-83a8-4933-aa6f-3f4d26f43cb8_desktop_low_240.mp4 King’s argument, echoed by others, is that America never was great … Continued
It might be useful to step back from examining any one conflict and instead simply try to identify larger historical and political patterns that help us understand the players and the issues at stake. By: Rami G. Khouri Source: The Cairo Review The dispute between Saudi Arabia/United Arab Emirates and Qatar has added major new … Continued
By Kim Ghattas- Foreign Policy The Chicago Tribune Whenever I’m pondering the Middle East’s love-hate relationship with America, I flick through the pages of a book I discovered recently. In the wake of President Donald Trump’s recent military strike against Syria and the avalanche of conflicted reactions it provoked in the Middle East – from … Continued
BY: Diego Reyes/Contributing Writer March marks Women’s History Month where the world celebrates women’s contributions to history, culture, and society. It is important to recognize the great achievements that have been made in the world of politics, an area where women are still underrepresented around the world.For Arab women in particular, outsiders have questioned their … Continued
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