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Two Meals, One Story: A Perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from an American Abroad

Amy York Rubin | Posted 03.06.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Russia, Jews, Holocaust, Gaza, France, Israelis, Homeland, Palestinians, Jewish Culture, Barack Obama, Obama Jews, Israelis Palestinians, Exile, Religion, Shabbat Dinner, Austria, Soldiers, Egypt, Germany, Muslims, Religion and Politics, Israel, Sweden, World News
Amy York Rubin

From their merging of religious tradition with daily life to their personal and historical narratives, the similarities between Muslims and Jews living in Israel is almost tragically comical.

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A Sort of Hajj: The Pull of Ancestral Homelands

Daniel Cubias | Posted 02.13.2009 | Living

Read More: El Salvador, Latinos, Travel, Immigration, Hispanics, Family History, Hajj, Motherland, Homeland, Political Activism, Ancestry, El Salvador Junta, Ancestral Heritage, Travel Destinations, Hitlist, Living News
Daniel Cubias

With all the dream destinations in the world that I have yet to conquer, why am I hung up on visiting a tiny country best known for warfare and which my family abandoned a generation ago?

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After Gustav: Where's the Home in Homeland?

Linda Cronin-Gross | Posted 10.05.2008 | Green

Read More: New Orleans, Common Dreams, Hurricane, Gustav, Jazz, Homeland, Homeland Security, Molly Ivins, Hurricane Gustav, Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, Nola, Esquizito, Green News
Linda Cronin-Gross

One would think that the relatively new federal department, Homeland Security, would be doing its best to defend our homes, to keep us where our heart and hearth reside.

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