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(Not) Flying While Muslim

Dean Obeidallah | Posted 02.02.2009 | World

Read More: Islamophobia, Muslim, Airport, Arab, Terrorism, Discrimination, Flying, Airtran, Irfan, Obeidallah, Muslim Airtran, Airtran Arab, Dean Obeidallah, Not Flying While Muslim, Flying While Muslim, Arab While Flying, (Not) Flying While Muslim, World News
Dean Obeidallah

As an Arab-American comedian who flies a great deal for work, I want to offer my experience to other brown people in the hopes it helps you get on your flight.

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The Lesson Israel Should Have Never Learned

Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 01.29.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Lebanon, Hamas Gaza, Airstrikes, 2006 War, Lebanese Fighting, Gaza Airstrikes, War Wire, Arab, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Hezbollah, Israel Airstrikes, Israel, Bombing, Israel Hamas, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Israeli Airstrikes, Gaza, Gaza City, Israel Gaza Operation, World News
Nathan Gonzalez

Israel, torn in anger and exaggerated feelings of vulnerability, is unlikely to stop bombing until it realizes that is has once again shot itself in the foot.

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Shoe Fetishism...The Arab Way!

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 01.16.2009 | World

Read More: George Bush, Shoe Fetish, Journalist, Iraq, Media, Facebook, Wikipedia, Seymour Hersh, Abu Ghraib, Shoe Tossing, The Dark Knight, Arab, Middle East, Nikita Khrushchev, Sy Hersh, Muntazer Al-Zaidi, Shoe, World News
Faisal J. Abbas

If our journalists in the Arab world were as good at investigating and writing stories as they were in shoe tossing, we would have perhaps uncovered a whole series of Abu Ghraibs or even more horrific stories.

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EU Votes To Upgrade Israel Relations Despite Arab Lobbying

Haaretz | Posted 01.08.2009 | World

Read More: Europe Israel Relations, Eu Israel, Arab, Middle East, European Union, Israel, Eu, Europe, World News

The European Union's 27 foreign ministers unanimously approved upgrading relations with Israel on Monday, despite vigorous efforts by the Palestinian ...

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Obama and the Muslim World

Omid Safi | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, Religion, Afghanistan, Arab, President Obama, 9/11, Martin Luther King Jr., Iran, Election, Muslim, Iraq, Israel, 2008 Election, Obama Foreign Policy, Politics News
Omid Safi

This is not just about us. It is also about the world, and our place in the world community, and a return to an ethic of sharing and generosity.

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Lebanese Editor Defies Norms With Magazine Glorifying the Body

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 01.07.2009 | World

Read More: An-Nahar, Al Arabiya, Arab, Saudi Arabia, Body, Islamic Fundamentalism, Lebanon, Booker Prize, Joumana Haddad, Jasad, Raidy, World News
Magda Abu-Fadil

Joumana Haddad is provocative, sensual and dares the censors with a magazine aimed at shattering Arab taboos on eroticism, sexuality, and everything having to do with the human body.

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Along For the Ride: Dubai

Andrea R. Vaucher | Posted 12.27.2008 | Style

Read More: Dubai, Al Maha, Travel, Arab, Burj Al Arab, Six Senses, Mall of the Emirates, United Arab Emirates, Gulf, Style News
Andrea R. Vaucher

Nothing that I read about Dubai had given me a glimpse of its soul. And now I know why. It doesn't have one.

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McCain Will be Crushed

Diane Francis | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, John McCain, Arab, Ronald Reagan, Terrorism, McCain Attack Ads, Racism, Bill Ayres, US Presidential Election, Republicans, Barack Obama, Presidential Debate Reaction, George Bush, John McCain, Ronald Reagan, Terrorism, Arab, McCain Attack Ads, Racism, US Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Republicans, Presidential Debate Reaction, Bill Ayers, Politics News
Diane Francis

The third debate cinched Obama's landslide. Here's what I wrote in the Financial Post: It's all over but the crying The only "victory" the Republican...

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John McCain's Big Problem

Brad Mirman | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Presidential Politics, Arab, Barack Obama Muslim, Palin, Obama Arab, Obama, Mccain, Barack Obama Race, 2008 Election, John McCain, Mccain Crowds, Bill Ayers, Politics News
Brad Mirman

The issue the McCain campaign feels is giving them the most traction is an ugly one, and not worthy of someone who wants to lead the most powerful nation on earth.

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An Arab Can't Be A Good Family Man?

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Presidential Race, Obama, Mccain, Bigotry, Arab, War, Politics News
Blake Fleetwood

If McCain were smarter, he could have seized the moment when a woman at a rabid right wing rally said, "We can't trust Obama... He's an Arab," and have knocked it out of the park.

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Is Muslim The New Queer?

Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 11.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Islam, John McCain, Holocaust, Barack Obama, Danish King, Muslim, Gender Politics, Arab, Nazis, Politics Race, Sarah Palin, Germans, Racism, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, Home News
Hanna Ingber Win

When Obama gets called Muslim, there are many Americans who are quick to correct the facts and make sure the public knows Obama isn't Muslim. But where are the people speaking up and saying that Muslims are not bad people? How come almost nobody is saying it's not OK to hate?

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Stop the Presses!! McCain Reveals a Little Humanity!

Tom D'Antoni | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Obama, Mccain, Arab, Politics News
Tom D'Antoni

Of course, his campaign didn't stop running their racist TV spots. Anybody who denies that the McCain campaign's tactics aren't racist is either kidding themselves or are simply Republicans.

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