SOURCE: NEW YORK POST BY JONATHAN S. TOBIN For months, the Trump administration has been coping with a huge problem to which it has no solution. Iran has been the big winner of the conflicts in Iraq and Syria. Its intervention in the Syrian civil war and influence over its Shia allies in Iraq has … Continued
SOURCE: HUFFPOST BY JOSEPH BRAUDE As a member of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Task Force on Countering Terrorism and Ideology, I interviewed its co-chairman, Governor Tom Kean, as part of an effort to spread the message of the report to an Arab audience. It was published in Majalla, Saudi Arabia’s flagship news magazine, and included an open invitation … Continued
SOURCE: SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND BY RAY HANANIA Kennedy will respect Arabs, Muslims as Illinois governor Illinois gubernatorial candidate Christopher Kennedy told a gathering of influential Arab and Muslim community activists Saturday that he would defend their rights as Americans and respect their cultural and religious identities. Kennedy said when his family immigrated to America, they faced … Continued
Former president issues scathing criticism of US foreign policy, says Netanyahu has no intention of reaching two-state solution SOURCE: THE TIMES OF ISRAEL BY AP ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter offered a damning indictment of US foreign policy and domestic affairs Tuesday, saying he had little faith US President Donald Trump could make … Continued
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
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