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My new favorite person…
…is a woman named Deborah Fink at St. James’ Church in London. Check out this CNN report about how her church group is rewriting well-known Christmas carols to draw attention to Israeli apartheid: Embedded video from CNN Video Her spin on ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’: “Twelve assassinations, Eleven homes demolished, Ten wells obstructed, Nine [...]
The Trial of Al Jazeera
To follow-up on Will’s earlier post, here’s a closer look at the debate over Al Jazeera English in Burlington, Vermont. Despite its reputation for open-mindedness, there are more than a few idiots in Burlington, with the Israel Center of Vermont and the Defenders Council of Vermont leading the way: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=012YuXq3vYE]
With occupation comes obligation.
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” – U.S. Statue of Liberty Nearly five years after the U.S. led invasion of Iraq, the U.N. estimates more than 4 million Iraqis have been forced to flee their homes. The Bush administration has repeatedly acknowledged a ‘moral obligation’ to those displaced, [...]
A clip you probably won’t see on MEMRI
It’s no secret that the Middle East Media Research Institute – an organisation that’s monopolised Western appetite for Arab media translation in recent years – is blatantly selective about the content it commissions. Want clips of Farfur “teaching kids to hate and kill”? MEMRI’s got you covered. Want to revisit the now-infamous Wafa Sultan TV [...]
‘We Had a History of Violence’
From Middle East Online: Belly: ‘War is not an option’ With three successful mixtapes under his belt and after almost a decade as a hip hop producer and songwriter, Ottawa rapper Belly’s double-disc debut ‘The Revolution’ premiered at number one on the rap charts in Canada in June of 2007. In the same month, the [...]
Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Iran are in a boat. The boat starts to sink. Who do you blame?
The Daily Show’s John Oliver goes one-on-one with the Qatari Ambassador to the United Nations: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zeYbTdyn8s]
In the Name of Security
The US government dishes out billions of dollars worth of missiles, tanks, combat aircraft, warships and other arms (read: death toys) to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, and other so-called ‘moderate’ Arab states. Reaction from Beck, Coulter, Pipes, et al.? Muslims with weapons! Oh my! Not to mention Israel — who aside from using them [...]
Make Peace, Get Weapons
Yawn. This story’s getting old. Here are the highlights: * Egypt and Israel sign a peace deal in 1979. * Israel is rewarded up to $2.4 billion in annual US military aid. * Egypt is rewarded up to $1.3 billion in annual US military aid. Fast-forward to 2007. The US military has its hands full [...]
The New Faces of Terrorism, part 2
As a follow-up to Fadi’s post from last week, I present to you Ahmedyassine Boujrad, a Moroccan toddler separated from his parents for nearly two years, despite the fact that his father is a U.S. citizen. The reason? His name allegedly matched that of a former Hamas leader assassinated by Israel in 2004. How’s that [...]
Speaking of scary Arabic terms…
The media smear campaign that forced Debbie Almontaser to resign as principal of the Khalil Gibran International Academy was led by a group called Stop the Madrassa. Stop the madrassa from what? From teaching teenagers their daily algebra lessons in Arabic? The term madrassa means school. Nothing more, nothing less. In fact it’s a shame [...]
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