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Fort Hood Shootings: Soldiers Often 'Racialize' to Cope

Aaron Glantz | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Psychiatry, Arabs, Fort Hood, Homeless, Iraq, Ptsd, Fort Hood Shootings, Arab Americans, Veterans, Politics News
Aaron Glantz

I was surprised that it was a psychiatrist that shot a lot of people. It's no longer surprising to me that returning veterans would kill a bunch of people. But this guy was a psychiatrist who hadn't been deployed.

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Hillary Clinton: US Wants Israel To Stop Building West Bank Settlements 'Forever'

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

Read More: Jews, Gaza, Abbas, Palestine, Settlements, Two State Talks, Settlers, Peace, Palestinians, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, Jerusalem, Arabs, Clinton, Mideast Peace, Two State Solution, Gaza Strip, Egypt, Israel, Hosni Mubarak, Mubarak, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hillary Clinton, World News

CAIRO — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defended the U.S. stance toward Israeli settlement building to worried Arab allies on Wednesda...

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Can Arab/Muslim Countries Criticize Israel Under the UN Anti-Blasphemy Resolution?

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 10.30.2009 | World

Read More: Koran, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Islam, Israeli Settlements, Bible, Gaza, West Bank, Judaism, Association for World Education, Pakistan, United Nations, Oic, Fgm, Canada, Arabs, Awe, Occupation, Female Genital Mutilation, Egypt, Torah, UN Human Rights Council, Quran, International Humanist and Ethical Union, Blasphemy, Zionism, Israel, Old Testament, Doru Costea, Sharia, Iheu, Avigdor Lieberman, Benjamin Netanyahu, Middle East, World News
Ali A. Rizvi

How do the Arab/Muslim countries of the OIC plan to continue their criticism of the Israeli occupation and settlement expansion without, in a way, violating their own proposed resolution?

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Tony Blair Assailed At Palestinian Mosque, Called A 'Terrorist' (VIDEO)

Reuters | Sangwon Yoon | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Arabs, Palestinian Mosque, West Bank, Terrorism, Israelis, Tony Blair, Terrorist, Hebron, Palestine, Palestinians, Middle East Envoy, European Union, World News

Tony Blair, the Middle East envoy for the "Quartet" of powers - the European Union, the United States, Russia and the United Nations, was assailed by ...

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The Other Arab World

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 10.02.2009 | World

Read More: Irex, Community Media Network, Arabs, Women, Arab, Palestinian, Virginity, Filmmaker, Royal Film Commission, Mepi, World News
Daoud Kuttab

Four documentaries recently screened in Jordan give a rarely seen view of the Arab world and the lives of young Arabs searching for answers to philosophical questions of who they are and what they want.

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Arabs Urge Obama To Present Mideast Peace Outline

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Arab Obama, Arab-Israeli Peace, Arabs, Middle East Peace, Middle East, Israel-Palestine, Arab World, Israel, Israel-Palestinian Conflict, Arab-Israeli Conflict, World News

UNITED NATIONS — The head of the Arab League and the Egyptian foreign minister on Friday urged President Barack Obama to present his own outline...

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8th Anniversary of Sept 11: Do We Understand Them?

Mohamed Elmenshawy | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Arabs, Terrorism, 9/11 Anniversary, George W. Bush, 9/11, Admiral Mike Mullen, 9-11, Muslim, September 11th, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, World News
Mohamed Elmenshawy

For the Obama administration to continue its focus only on improving the image of the United States abroad, through the approach of "strategic communication" or "public diplomacy," is to see only half of the picture.

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Dining Room Table 2010

John R. Bohrer | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele, Joe Klein, Republicans, 2010, Republican Party, 2010 Elections, Sarah Palin, Jim Greer, Arabs, Oxymoron, Democratic Party, Midterm Elections, Gop, Dyna Moe, Politics News
John R. Bohrer

Tthe Republican Party is barreling forward to the mid-term elections without an objective. If it's a "wave" they're riding, rest assured that they have absolutely no idea where it's going to crash.

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Billable Hours

Gershon Hepner | Posted 10.19.2009 | Home

Read More: Oil, Arabs, Nathan Koppel, Attroney Fees, Ashby Jones, Home News
Gershon Hepner

There's one new thing that that we'll now let them keep: / the self-respect that each billed hour kills.

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French TV Airs First Ever Ad on Halal Foods!

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 09.27.2009 | World

Read More: Ramadan, North Africa, France, Islam, French, American Muslims, Africa, Halal, Muslims, Arabs, Tv, French Muslims, TV Commercials, Food, Meat, World News
Naazish YarKhan

According to reports, "Supermarkets have been expanding their shelf space for halal products, recognizing that sales do go up in the month of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting for Muslims."

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Rana Husseini: Jordanian Journalist Who Exposed 'Honor Killings' Tells Story In New Book

WideAngle | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

Read More: Turkey, Jordan, Kurds, Afghanistan, Books, Pakistan, Foreign Affairs, Honor Killings, Murder in the Name of Honour, Jordan Honor Killings, Arabs, Egypt, Jordan Honor Killing, Muslims, Rana Husseini, Book, Jordan Honor Killing Laws, Muslim, Honor Killing, Syria, Druze, Advocacy, World News

"Jordan Farmer Kills Sister Over Alleged Affair," read a recent headline from the Agence France-Presse. The 24-year-old man stabbed his sister afte...

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Iraq: Kurd-Arab Strife Takes Center Stage

Washington Post | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

Read More: Iraqi Kurds, Iraq Kurds, Arabs, Kurds, Kurd, Foreign Affairs, Kurds Arabs, Kurdistan, Kurdish Rebels, Iraq, Kurd-Arab Tension, Advocacy, War Wire, World News

Louis Khno is a city councilman whose city is beyond his control. In his barricaded streets are militiamen -- in baseball caps and jeans, wielding Kal...

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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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The Arabs Need a Nelson Mandela, Who Knows When to Go

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, Lebanon, Yemen, Gamal-Abdel-Nasser, Algeria, Morocco, Democracy, Fatah, Hamas, Bashar Al-Assad, Nelson Mandela, Arabs, Egypt, Israel, Kuwait, Syria, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

We desperately need a visionary leader in the Arab world, monarch or republican, who steps aside and oversees in his lifetime a peaceful democratic transfer of power.

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If Only the Uighurs Were Buddhist and China Was Israel

Mona Eltahawy | Posted 08.08.2009 | World

Read More: Women, Sting, Twitter, Bloggers, U.S., Tibet, Facebook, Uighurs, Bjork, Darfur, Arabs, Buddhist, Sudan, Egypt, Xinjiang Province, Muslim, Israel, China, Bono, World News
Mona Eltahawy

If these Uighurs were Buddhists, Bjork, Sting, Bono and all those other one-named saviors of the world's poor and oppressed would have held "Free Xinxiang" concerts already.

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Georgia State University Stands Behind a Professor Who Discriminated Against An Arab and Muslim Woman

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Institution of Higher Learning, News, Mary Stuckey, Big News, Workplace Discrimination, Terrorist, Higher Education, Georgia State University, Slma Shelbayah, Middle East Institute of Georgia State University, Arabs, Anti-Arab, Dr. Mary Stuckey, College, Discrimination, Bomb in Hijab, President Mark P. Becker and Slma Shelbayah, Bomb, Islam, Anti Muslim, Hijab, Holy Quaran, Politics, Dr. Mary Stuckey Racist Remarks, President Mark P. Becker, Dona Stewart, Rhetoric of Hatred, Racism, Dr. Mary Stuckey Anti Arab Remarks, Muslims, Arab, Racial Profiling, Mary E. Stuckey, Tenured Professors, Terrorism, Gsu, Quaran, Shelbayah, Politics News
Yvonne R. Davis

It seemed okay in 2008 for a University Professor to harass a Muslim student and get away with it.

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Ex-AP Hostage Terry Anderson Back in Beirut to Teach U.S. J-Students How to Report Accurately on Middle East

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 08.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Hostages, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Shiite, Beirut, Ohio University, Issam Fares, Northern Ireland, Rev. Ian Paisley, Islamic Jihad, Arabs, U.S. Media, The Associated Press, Committee to Protect Journalists, Lebanese, Islam, Presbyterians, Press Freedom, Imad Mughnieh, Time Magazine, Terrorism, President Barack Obama, Twitter, United States, Terry Anderson, Den of Lions, Hamra District, Facebook, New York, Palestinians, Muslims, University of Kentucky, Afghanistan, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Hassan Nasrallah, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Iowa State University, Beirut-Lebanon, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

"Unfortunately, I wasn't scared enough, and I wasn't cautious," Anderson admitted. "I got caught because I refused to take the precautions that I probably should have."

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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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Lebanon Youth Launch Newspaper Challenging Politics and Media (VIDEO)

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

Read More: Beirut, American University of Beirut, Newspapers, Arabs, Lebanon, Youth, Youth Vote, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Hezbollah, Iran, Media, Journalism, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

In Lebanon, where divisions dominate both the political and media spectrum, a new and independent youth newspaper, is shaking up the status-quo. Sawt...

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Israel: Arab Governments Are 'Borat'-ing Us

Huffington Post | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Knesset, Arabs, Kazakhstan, Borat Israel, Ido Aharoni, Avigdor Lieberman, Borat Kazakhstan, Foreign Affairs, Borat, Israel, Israel Kazakhstan, Advocacy, World News

According to Israeli public relations official Ido Aharoni Tuesday: "The Arabs, our adversaries, have succeeded in doing to us what 'Borat' did for Ka...

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Tough Love for Israel

Murray Fromson | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, West Bank, Communism, Arabs, Ariel Sharon, Egypt, Benjamin Netanyahu, Obama Cairo Speech, China, Barack Obama, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Jerusalem-Israel, Israel, Shanghai-China, Beijing-China, Washington-Utah, Palestinian Authority, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, World News
Murray Fromson

Obama told the leaders of Hamas that they must recognize Israel's legitimacy as a precondition for peace. That's tough medicine for the Palestinians to swallow and even tougher for Netanyahu to believe.

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Jack Shaheen: Obama Delivers a Message of Peace to the Muslim World

Christian Avard | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Muslim, Barack Obama, Arab World, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Obama Muslims, Middle East Politics, Obama Middle East, Palestinians, Obama Arabs, Middle East Peace, Muslim World, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Arabs, Mideast Peace Process, Middle East, Arab, American Muslims, Palestinian, Israel, Muslims, Obama Middle East Policy, Obama Muslim Smear, Obama Mideast Speech, Muslim, Israel Gaza, Anti-Muslim Bias, Obama Israel, Israeli Arabs, China, Gaza, Berlin, Obama Mideast Trip, World News
Christian Avard

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Obama's Speech... A 'New Beginning' Indeed!

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Foriegn Policy, Islam, Arabs, Middle East, Egypt, Cnn, Obama Cairo, Iraq, Peace, Barack Obama, Advocacy, Obama Mideast Trip, World News
Faisal J. Abbas

The president seemed to know every little detail in the 'What Upsets Arabs' booklet and tackled them one by one.

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Obama's Speech: Warm but Honest

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian-Israeli, Muslims, Arabs, Cairo, Palestinian Refugees, Israel, Obama, Coptic, Obama Mideast Trip, World News
Daoud Kuttab

The president spoke to Arabs and Muslims from his own experiences and from his heart. Without conceding much and while being honest with his audience, he clearly won over the hearts and minds of many people that have so far rejected America.

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Let Women Wear the Hijab: The Emptiness of Obama's Cairo Speech

Peter Daou | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Arab World, Arabs, Obama Egypt, Obama Middle East, Obama Cairo, Obama Mideast Trip, Obama Cairo Speech, Barack Obama, Obama Foreign Policy, Obama Israel, World News
Peter Daou

I know many will gush over President Obama's Cairo speech and I'm likely swimming against the tide of the media and my fellow Democrats and progressives.

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