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Layalina: Changing Perceptions About America in the Arab World

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 05.30.2008 | Media

Read More: The Middle East, Iran, Islam, Dubai, The Paley Center, Lebanon., Morocco, Middle East, Terrorism, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Israel, Bin Laden, Sundance Channel, Mbc, Media News

One way to change adversarial attitudes toward us is to reintroduce America to the Arab world through the medium of television, which Layalina does with its responsible, American-style commercial programming.

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Who are the prisoners released from Guantanamo with Sami al-Haj?

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Said Al-Boujaadia, Amir Yacoub Al-Amir, Morocco, Sami Al-Haj, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Sudan, Salim Hamdan, The Guantanamo Files, Walid Ali, Politics News

Late last week, I joined in the widespread celebrations -- at least in those parts of the world that care about the injustice of holding people in pri...

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Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? Morgan Spurlock Shows the Simple Truth: We're in Some Serious Doo-Doo But There's Hope Yet

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 04.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Egypt, Jordan, Super Size Me, Democracy Filmmaker, Morocco, Morgan Spurlock, Terrorism, War, Alex Gibney, Palestine, Wall Street Journal, Peace, Taxi to the Dark Side, Religion, Gaza, Wwf, Arab, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Danny Pearl, Oil, New York Times, Israel, Afghanistan, A.O. Scott, Clergy US Intervention, Masturbate, Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?, Dilawar, Entertainment News

Spurlock's film shows how regular people can ferret out simple truths, when our leaders fail to make the effort.

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Cleared but Still Held in Guantánamo: Moroccan Prisoner Said al-Boujaadia

Andy Worthington | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Said Al-Boujaadia, Tunisia, Morocco, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Return to Torture, Salim Hamdan, Reprieve, Politics News

At least 50 prisoners in Guantánamo who have been cleared for release by military review boards from 2005 to the present day, are still held in appalling isolation.

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Islam's Moderate Leaders and That 3am Call

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jordan, Abdullah Badawi, Dubai, Al Qaeda, Islam, Clinton, Morocco, Presidential Campaign, Pakistan, Malaysia, Obama, Mccain, United Arab Emirates, Hillary 3AM Ad, Clinton 3AM, 3am Ad, Politics News

The next president is going to have rebuild a lot of broken coalitions shattered by years of failed U.S. diplomacy to make that 3am call less of a threat to our sleeping kids.

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A Few Days in Marrakesh

Barry Yourgrau | Posted 02.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Street Food, Snake Charmers, Paul Bowles, Morocco, Souk, Hitchcock, Marrakesh, Living News

An intense, unsettling, intoxicating place, Marrakesh. An unnerving place. Traffic signs for instance are a comparative luxury.

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"I Have a Mirage!" Bush Declares to the Arab World

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 01.13.2008 | Politics

It's taken a terribly long time for Rice -- no Mid-East expert either before, during, or after her 7th year in this administration -- to understand that "elections" do not constitute "democracy."

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Hollywood's Iraq Can Be Found In Morocco

Wall Street Journal | YOCHI DREAZEN | Posted 12.26.2007 | Business

Read More: Hollywood in Morocco, Movies in Morocco, Iraq, Hollywood, Morocco, Business News

Youssef Salim had been hearing rumors for weeks that an American movie was about to start filming in his trash-strewn neighborhood on the outskirts of...

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Children of Fundamentalism: Why I Hate Caring Communities!

Steven Denlinger | Posted 11.09.2007 | Living

Read More: Winnie the Pooh, John Fohner, Morocco, Community, Beat, Power, Amish, Conservative Mennonites, Control, France, Ethnic Mennonite, Hartville, Muslim, Love Story, Children of Fundamentalism, Hasidic Jew, United Methodist, Romance, Ohio, Virginity, North Carolina, Catholic, Asheville, Pasadena, Eeyore, Korean, Living News

The mind needs freedom to question, which is impossible if constrained by the black and white mindset of fundamentalism. In any religion, excessive control clamps down the pipeline of creativity that feeds the soul.

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Bateman on Hanson, Round 1: Cannae, 2 August 216 B.C.

Eric Alterman | Posted 10.29.2007 | Politics

Read More: Torture, Morocco, George W. Bush, Politics News

Twenty-five years or so ago, I was traveling with a backpack somewhere in Morocco, and I spent a couple of nights in some tiny town that didn't have ...

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