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Will Iran Come Out Of The Nuclear Closet?

Jamal Dajani | Posted 04.13.2009 | World

Read More: War With Iran, Admiral Mike Mullen, Jamal Dajani, David-Ben-Gurion, Iran, Amos Yadlin, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Arabs, Robert Gates, Middle East, Iaea, Iraq-Iran War, Iraq, Israel, Israel Nuclear Weapons, World News
Jamal Dajani

If the Israeli nuclear program grew out of fear of its neighbors and the conviction that the Holocaust justified any measures Israel took to ensure its survival, from where does Iran's justification come?

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Iraq Faces A New War That Threatens To Complicate Obama's Withdrawal Plans

The Independent | Patrick Cockburn in Mosul | Posted 03.26.2009 | World

Read More: Kurds, Obama Iraq Withdrawal, Northern Iraq, Iraqi Kurds, Arabs, Arab-Kurdish War, Barack Obama, Nouri Al-Maliki, Iraq War, The Independent, Obama Iraq, War Wire, Iraq, Nineveh Province, World News

A new war is threatening Iraq just as the world believes the country is returning to peace. While violence is dropping in Baghdad and in the south of ...

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The Letter to Iran

The Real News | Posted 03.04.2009 | World

Read More: Hilary Clinton, Dennis Ross, Pepe Escobar, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Arabs, John Mearsheimer, Mike Mullen, Iran, Israel, Muslim, Democrats, Jerusalem Post, Barack Obama, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Republicans, World, Video, World News
The Real News

How long will Obama's self-declared mutual understanding between the U.S. and the Muslim world last? Political commentator Pepe Escobar discusses the possibilities.

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A New Approach to Terrorism

Kerry Kennedy | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Journalists, Women's Rights, Islam, War on Terror, Timothy McVeigh, United Nations, Donald Rumsfeld, Guantanamo, Global War on Terror, Chinese, Tibet, London, War on Terrorism, Islamophobia, Madrid, Bush Administration Torture, Arabs, Sudan, National Security, Guantanamo Bay, Darfur Sudan, Amman, Abu Ghraib Abuse, CIA Interrogations, Cruelty, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Mumbai, Bali, Russia Georgia Conflict, Russia Georgia War, Sudan Genocide, Nairobi, New York City, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Robert F. Kennedy, Abu Ghraib, Darfur, Bush Administration, Human Rights, Donald Rumsfeld Torture, Counterterrorism, Prison, Abu Ghraib Torture, Alberto Mora, Torture, Politics News
Kerry Kennedy

A war on terror which undermines the most basic values of society -- life, liberty, the rule of law -- is not worth waging if we end up creating a society which mirrors the repression we battled in the first place.

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Who Says no Bias? American Theaters Block Arab American Film

Ray Hanania | Posted 02.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hollywood Films, American East, Muslims, Arabs, Sept. 11, Dvd, Arab World, Muslim Americans, Arab, Muslim, Film, Movies, Muslim World, Arab Americans, Entertainment News
Ray Hanania

Two great Hollywood actors, Hesham Issawi and Sayed Badreya decided to make a Hollywood movie that told a part of the Arab American and Muslim Arab story in a real way.

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Morocco: Disappearing the Amazigh

Jillian York | Posted 02.23.2009 | World

Read More: Amazigh, Moroccan, Ethnic Cleansing, King of Morocco, Morocco, Ethnicity, Names, Arabs, World, Ethnicities, Conflict, Middle East, Ethnic Names, Baby Names, World News
Jillian York

What is Moroccan identity? Is it Arab identity? The official language of Morocco certainly is Arabic, but it is estimated that 23 of Morocco's 30 million people speak one of three Amazigh dialects.

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Harry and the Chamber of Ragheads

Dean Obeidallah | Posted 02.12.2009 | World

Read More: Islamophobia, Muslims, Arabs, Great Britain, Pakistan, Prince Harry, Harry Potter, Prince Harry Paki, Harry Paki, Prince Harry Raghead, Prince Harry Racism, Harry Raghead, Europe, Ann Coulter, Harry Racist Remarks, Prince Harry Apologizes, Prince Harry Ann Coulter, Prince Harry Pakistan, Harry Pakistan, Dean Obeidallah Huffington Post Prince Harry, World News
Dean Obeidallah

In the big picture of things, Prince Harry's comments are not the biggest deal. But when you add the Nazi outfit incident you get the sense he is in danger of becoming the Ann Coulter of princes.

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G-d/Allah Please Tell Us If Israel or Palestine is Right or Wrong?

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 02.11.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Jews, World News, Gaza Rockets, Politics News, Palestine, Obama, Israel Gaza Raid, Hamas, Israel Hamas, Barack Obama, Israel Gaza Invasion, Middle East Peace, Religion, Gaza, Muslims, Arabs, Middle East, Allah, Gaza Strip, Israel, Prayer, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel Gaza Operation, Hamaa Gaza, G-D, Muslim World, Ben Gurion, Muslims and Jews, Gazans, Abraham Lincoln, Islamic World, World News
Yvonne R. Davis

Dear G-d/Allah, It's me Yvonne, are you there? As you know since December 27th, 2008, Hamas and Israel have been at war. Over 800 Palestinians and...

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The Separation of Church and God

John DeBellis | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jews, Church, Bible, Gun Salesmen, Jesus, Dick Cheny, Moses, Constintui, God, Barack Obama, Religion, Muslims, Arabs, Baptists, Reverand Rick Warren, Separation of Church and State, Church and State, Protestants, Cahtolics, Politics News
John DeBellis

I'm not a religious man. What you consider prayer, I consider covering all my bases, or at worst talking to myself (and I know I'm not God, just look at my stack of unpaid bills).

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Why Israel Was Right to Invade Gaza

Andy Ostroy | Posted 02.06.2009 | World

Read More: Plo, Israel, Gaza, Ehud Olmert, Arabs, Barack Obama, Palestinians, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel Ground Invasion, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Territories, Fatah, Hamas, Ehud Barak, Israeli Airstrikes, Gaza City, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel Airstrikes, Israel Gaza Operation, Why Did Israel Invade Gaza, Why Did Israel Invade Gaza?, World News
Andy Ostroy

How should Israel attempt to protect its people, long-term, if it merely acts defensively in a tit-for-tat manner? That would be a horribly naïve response given its history.

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My Kuffiyeh Says I Care

Meris Lutz | Posted 01.31.2009 | World

Read More: Beirut, New Year's Eve, Arabs, Lebanon, Gaza Strip, Bombings, Gaza, Kuffiyeh, Middle East, Facebook, Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Territories, Fatah, Hamas, Ehud Barak, Israeli Airstrikes, Gaza City, Israel, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel Airstrikes, Israel Gaza Operation, World News
Meris Lutz

It's New Years Eve in Beirut, and everyone is wondering what to do. In times of war, going about one's usual business can be a form of protest. In times of solidarity, the code of conduct is vague.

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A Hundred Eyes for an Eye

Norman Solomon | Posted 01.29.2009 | World

Read More: Gandhi, Israelis, Human Rights, Gaza, Arabs, Phyllis Bennis, Israel, Institute for Policy Studies, Geneva Conventions, Palestinians, I. F. Stone, World News
Norman Solomon

Routinely, the politicians and pundits of Washington can't summon minimal decency in themselves or each other on the subject of Israel and Palestinians.

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Israel's Blitzkrieg on Gaza Proves Politically Expedient, Disproportionate and Unstoppable

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 01.28.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Arab League, Israel, Arabs, Hamas, Gaza, Ehud Olmert, Palestinians, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, World News
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

While the threat of rockets launched from Gaza can seem menacing, or even "terrorizing," it is incomparable to the terror that millions of Palestinians endure on a daily basis.

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Lebanon's Economy Thriving Thanks to Arab Neighbors and Conservative Capitalism

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 01.25.2009 | World

Read More: Lebanon, Dubai, Shopping, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Christmas, Hezbollah, Beirut, Tourism, Kuwait, Arabs, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Doha Agreement, Financial Crisis, Banks, Banking Crisis, Moody's, Video, World News
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

As the rest of the world braces for a global economic dive, thousands of visitors flood into Beirut. The streets are crowded, shops are bustling and political chatter takes an unusual backseat to celebration.

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Loving The Two-State Solution to Death

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 01.22.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Arabs, United Nations, Israelis Palestinians, Bush Two-State, Bush Middle East Policy, Clinton Israel-Palestine Peace Talks, General Dayton, Isreali-Palestinian Crisis, Bush Isreali-Palestinian Conflict, UN Security Council, Hamas, Barack Obama, Binyamin Netanyahu, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Syria Hamas, Annapolis Peace Conference, Condaleeezza Rice Isreali-Palestinian, Bush United Nations, Natan Sharansky, General Jones, Israel Syria, Two-State Solution, United Nations' Resolution, Us Foriegn Relations, Syria, World News
MJ Rosenberg

The sad fact is that the most significant Israeli-Palestinian legacy of the Bush administration is the coming to power of Hamas.

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In Lebanon, Students Find Hero In Iraqi Shoe Thrower

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

Read More: George Bush, Journalists, Journalism Training Program, Iraq, Lebanon, Media, Facebook, Barack Obama, Bush, Man Throws Shoes at Bush, Bush Administration, American University of Beirut, Arabs, Anti-Americanism, Middle East, Muntadhir Al-Zeidi, Baghdad, Man Thros Shoes at Bush Video, Shoes, Shoe Thrower, Shoe Thrower Arab World, Video, Lebanon Students Shoe Thrower, World News
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

* Scroll down for video As former President Carter ended his trip to Lebanon where he spoke to a crowd of students about peace and was only interrupt...

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Project Interchange Highlights Bedouin-Style Fair Trade in Lakia, Israel

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Fair Trade, Desert, Islam, Arabs, Nomads, Environment, Craft, Israel, Embroidery, Weaving, Water, Beduin, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

Elsana and her three Israeli-Bedouin partners envisioned a better life for themselves and founded the Association for the Improvement of Women's Status, Lakia in 1992.

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Jordan First: A King's Modernization Motto Obscures a Palestinian Past and Iraqi Present.

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 01.05.2009 | World

Read More: Middle East, Jordan, Palestinians, Iraqi Refugees in Jordan, Arab World, Usaid, Persian Gulf, King Hussein Jordan, Palestinian Refugees, King Abdullah, United States, Jordan's Queen Rania, Foreign Policy, Arabs, Rising Food Prices, Global Food Prices, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Education Reform, Amman, Global Economy, Global Economic Crisis, World News
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

Soon, I would learn that the "Jordan First" initiative, first launched in 2002 with the stated goals of reform and democratization, now carried a meaning much deeper.

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An Appeal to Insanity

Sean Hartofilis | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rnc Mailer, Obama Muslim Smear, Arabs, John McCain, Socialism, Rnc, Terrorism, Barack Obama, Robocalls, Obama Priorities, President Obama, Obama Administration, Obama Transition, Obama Issues, President Elect Obama, Politics News
Sean Hartofilis

Obama is not a terrorist. But you can call him whatever you'd like -- as long as you call him the President of the United States of America.

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Obama's Election May Put an End to Sept. 11-related Animosity and Bring Healing

Ray Hanania | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hope, Animosity, Backlash, Terrorism, 9/11, Healing, Middle Easterners, Barack Obama, Election Reaction, Muslims, Arabs, Hate Mongering, 2001, Bias, Bigotry, Obama Middle East, President Obama, Obama International Reaction, Sept. 11, 2008 Presidential Election, Obama Presidency, Obama Middle East Policy, Obama International Experience, Obama Reaction Abroad, President Elect Obama, Politics News
Ray Hanania

Obama's election as president has changed America and can also make it a far better nation, one that truly embraces the ideals that motivated our founding fathers.

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Gutless Americans: Religion-Baiting Ascendant Heading into Election Day

Evan Derkacz | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home

Read More: Arabs, Election Reaction, Cynicism, Elizabeth Dole, Faithful America, Virgil Goode, Tom Periello, Negative Campaigning, Al Jazeera, Kay Hagan, Nrcc, Torture, Republicans, Home News
Evan Derkacz

The following originally appeared on Religion Dispatches which is honoring Election Day with short posts from numerous contributors. *** The proble...

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OTB Writers Respond to Anti-Muslim, Anti-Arab Slurs

Off The Bus | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Islam, Race Politics, Obama Muslim, African American, Barack Obama, Muslim Obama, Arabs, Racism, Black, Obama Muslim Smear, Election 2008, Muslim, Campaign 2008, Arab Mccain, John McCain, Anti-Arab Election Slurs Youtube, Ohio Christians Muslim, American Anti Muslim, Palin and Anti Arab, Our Anti-Muslim Election, That's So Slurs, Muslim Arab, American Anti Muslims, Home News
Off The Bus

From smear email campaigns and hectoring rally audiences to hateful YouTubes and candidate equivocations, slurs against Muslims and Arabs have become ...

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Arab American Community Shifting to Democrats, Not Targeted by Either Campaign

Jonathan Partridge | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Arabs, Obama Arab Americans, Mccain Arab Americans, Los Angeles, Muslims, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, Barack Obama, John McCain, Arab Christian, Arab Catholic, Arab Americans, Home News
Jonathan Partridge

Most polls these days show President Bush's approval ratings hovering around a dismal 25 percent. However, Orange County resident Woody Aghnatios cons...

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Slurs Against Muslims a Cover for Racism Against Blacks

Brooke-Sidney Gavins | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Arabs, Obama Muslim, Blacks, Muslim Insult, Arab Insult, Obama Arab, Racism, Obama Muslim Smear, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, Muslim, African Americans, Barack Obama, Home News
Brooke-Sidney Gavins

He looks like most Americans, well African Americans. And you definitely can't tell he is a Muslim by his appearance. So, it would be difficult to tar...

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Middle Eastern Bloggers Disgusted by Slurs Against Muslims, Arabs and Blacks

Amira Al Hussaini | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Racism, John McCain, Bloggers, Barack Obama, Arabs, Obama Muslim, Obama McCain, Mccain Campaign Hate Speech, McCain Obama, Hate Speech, Election 2008, Muslim, Campaign 2008, Home News
Amira Al Hussaini

A Negro, a Muslim and an anti-American. These are just some of the names Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has been called over the pas...

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