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Black Ops and Fort Hood

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Malik Hassan, Fort Hood Shooter, Fort Hood, Afghanistan, Texas, Virginia Tech, Arabic, Alyssa Peterson, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

There are lots of places to start looking if we want clues as to what happened at an Army base at Fort Hood, Texas. One obvious clue is Virginia Tech....

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Egyptian Divorcées, Girls Only, Burst Onto Web Radio Scene

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 11.21.2009 | World

Read More: Assafir, Arab World, DivorcéEs, Egypt, Robert De Niro, Tchaikovsky, Hussein Fahmy, Al Pacino, Brian Adams, Sting, Amani El Tunsi, Webcasts, Lebanon, Mahasen Saber, Arabic, Koran, Ed Harris, Moslem, Asharq Al-Awsat, Cairo, Blogposts, Banat W’ Basssss, Omar Sharif, Ayza Atala Wa, Jack Nicholson, Motalakat Radio, World News
Magda Abu-Fadil

Motalakat is an online radio station launched by Mahasen Saber, a thirty-something Egyptian divorcée and mother for other Egyptian women.

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In Qatar and Egypt, Education Reform Means Learning In English

Journalism Boot Camp | Posted 08.22.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Usaid, Doha, Middle East, Northwestern University, Education-City, Qatar, Muslim World, English Language, Brain Drain, Arabs, Education, Academic, The American University in Cairo, Arab, Cairo, English Language Skills, Georgetown University, Arabic, Education Reform, World News
Journalism Boot Camp

English instruction in Qatar's schools, according to government plans, is to tailor students for higher education and jobs in English-language workplaces and universities.

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Israel Road Signs To Read In Hebrew Only

Huffington Post | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel Road Signs, Foreign Affairs, English, Israel Road Signs Hebrew, Hebrew, Arabic, Israel, Advocacy, World News

In what is sure to be a controversial move, the Israeli Transport Authority announced a new policy on Monday whereby all road signs will read only in ...

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Israeli Border Police Abuses Hit YouTube, Filed Under 'Comedy' (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Arabs, Foreign Affairs, Israeli Border Police, Hebrew, Arabic, Border Police Israel, Israel, Israeli Border Police Abuses, Advocacy, Video, Israeli Border Police Video, Israeli Border Guard Youtube, Haaretz Israel Border Police Huffington, Israel Police Border, Israeli Border Videos, World News

Videos posted to YouTube last year have emerged that show Israeli Border Police harassing and humiliating Palestinians for their own amusement, Haaret...

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'Bill Clinton is Syrian' and Other Tales of Obama's Speech From Damascus

Freddy Deknatel | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

Read More: Arab World, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Syria, Bill Clinton, Arab Opinion, Damascus-Syria, Cairo Speech, Barack Obama, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Syrian, Reactions to Obama's Cairo Speech, Hillary Clinton, Arabic, Obama Cairo Speech, Obama Israel, Syrian-Public-Opinion, Condoleezza Rice, World News
Freddy Deknatel

Syrians will continue to ignore gestures of American reconciliation and Obama's optimistic oratory until an American ambassador is returned to Damascus and sanctions are lifted.

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CNN Reporter Turned Princess Starts Jordanian J-School

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Upi, Sciences Po, French, Iraq, Arabic, Paris, English, Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, Amman, Un, Royal Film Commission, Lakhdar Brahimi, Jordan, Nic Robertson, Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, European Union, Jane Arraf, Facebook, Princess Rym Ali, New York, Iraq War, Le Monde, Cnn, Saddam Hussein, Cairo, Jordan Media Institute, King Abdallah II, Rym Brahimi, Francoise Chippaux, Baghdad, Queen Rania, Algeria, Italian, Saachi, Sorbonne, Zain, Amman-Jordan, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

Princess Rym's advice to young journalists today is: "Be persistent. Don't take no for an answer. Remember why you're doing this. It's not about you, it's about the story."

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Facebook Now In Arabic, Hebrew

BBC | Posted 04.12.2009 | World

Read More: Arabic Facebook, Middle East, Foreign Affairs, Hebrew Facebook, Hebrew, Arabic, Facebook, Israel, Advocacy, World News

The social-networking site Facebook has added Arabic and Hebrew to more than 40 language versions already available to web users....

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Changing the World, One Note at a Time

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 02.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Marc Kielburger, Music, Craig Kielburger, Protest Music, Michael Franti, HIV/AIDS, Dreadlocks, Barack Obama Song, Reggae, Arabic, Singing, Barack Obama, Entertainment News
Craig and Marc Kielburger

Michael Franti's music is meant to rally the public and raise awareness. But, he wanted to take the music further. To protest the world's injustices, he needed to experience them, so, he headed to Baghdad.

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Finding a Wall of Paranoia and Fear in Israel

Zaina Arafat | Posted 01.03.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestinian-American, World, Pakistan, Israel-Palestine, Israeli Soldiers, Israel Palestine Wall, Israel Checkpoints, Palestinians, Iran, Israel Wall, West Bank, Israeli Defense Forces, Jerusalem, Israel Palestine Checkpoints, Ramallah, Palestinian, Operation Defensive Shield, Arabic, Idf, Palestinian Id Card, Israel, International, Nablus, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, World News
Zaina Arafat

Traveling through Israel and the West Bank is an especially unpredictable experience for me. The Israeli soldiers who patrol the checkpoints can choose to treat me as either an American or as a Palestinian.

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The World's First Privatized City

Avi Lewis | Posted 11.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Television, Arabic, Al Jazeera English, TV News, Al Jazeera, Media News
Avi Lewis

"American-style capitalism" is having its worst public relations month ever, and the world is questioning the excesses of free-market orthodoxy in the wake of financial meltdown.

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Rewind to Ramadan

Saadia Zahid | Posted 11.13.2008 | Style

Read More: Oud, Ramadan, Ramadan Underground Parties, Capitalism Middle East, Ramadan Sub-Culture, U.a.E., Arabic, Eid Al Fitr, Shisha, Kareem, Khaymas, Majlises, Suhour, Emirati, Iftar, Style News
Saadia Zahid

During Ramadan, nightlife transforms from shots at nightclubs to shots of morrocan tea and card games. Door policies switch from no national dress to no sleeveless tops and short dresses.

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Will Facebook Be In Arabic Next?

Silicon Alley Insider | Vasanth Sridharan | Posted 09.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Facebook in Arabic, Social Networking, Social Networking Sites, Business News, Arabic, Facebook, Business News

Credit a big chunk of Facebook's international growth to the local-language editions they've been running: They recently launched in Chinese and Russi...

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