The Candid Guide to Arab Dictators

2011 is shaping up to be a rough year for Arab dictators, everyone is freaking out as they watch one of their own fall and the people whom they have screwed over for a long time, are finally fed up and gearing up for a fight. Well, being a dictator is not as easy as it looks. For starter, you have this thing called the internet you have to worry about it. So I gathered few tips for those up and coming dictators can use:

The Challenge of Feeding a Family in Gaza

Most days, Randa sends her son to school without breakfast and relies on the fortified snacks offered in the Milk for Preschoolers program run by ANERA, “At least I know my son Mohammed can get milk and biscuits every day.

With Death From Gaza

When you do not distinguish between combatants and unarmed civilians during war, then you deserve to be named a “terrorist.” It makes no difference what your religion is! Yes, even if you are Jewish!

Leaked: List of AIPAC’s Favorite Call Girls

In the aftermath of the epic AIPAC scandal and the new allegations in which AIPAC employees revealed to have love for porn and prostitutes, KABOBfest Investigative Journalist Chaim Sugarman obtained a highly classified list of the rumored AIPAC whose

It’s a Looney World News Roundup

This has been such a bizarre week loaded with outlandish news articles about the Middle East and Gaza in particular, are all over the news. Here are few stories that caught my attention, I hope you find them of interest.

America and Israel: ‘special relationship’ intact

“The worst diplomatic crisis in decades.” These were the words used by Israeli ambassador to the US, Michael Oren, recently to describe the perceived rift between Israel and the Obama administration over Israel’s illegal settlement policy in occupied East Jerusalem.

Palestine: Don’t Wait for the Americans to Save You.

One benefit of the US occupation of Iraq is that Americans now care a bit more about what happens to Palestinians. I hate that Palestinian political gains and Iraqi subjugation may be linked in such a way that they cannot both win. Part of the reason for this is that America’s position in the region now entails costs for Israel’s brutalities. But don’t hold out hope for a benevolent America to really help the Palestinian people.

Guest Post: Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon Deserve Civil Rights

Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon face a very uncertain future. They deserve better. When Palestinians were kicked out of their homeland at gun point in 1948, some found a safe haven in Lebanon, where they were received with an open arms. Lebanese provided them shelters, food and other life essentials years before the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) took over. For that I am grateful, because I was born in one those 12 refugee camps 59 years ago.

American Policy Towards Israel: All Carrots, No Sticks

The United States government has had such a hard time getting Israel to see its way on the question of ending the Israeli occupation and Palestinian autonomy. How is it that the world’s superpower is relatively weak next to a tiny state of 7 million people?

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New Year, New Take: Forget Palestine, Reform Egypt, and Completely Change the Face of the “Arab World”

The domino effect starts with the largest and one of the most politically corrupt nations in this culturally geographically designated “world.”

Much attention in the Arab world and its diaspora has been paid to the cause of Palestinians. Beyond the begging question of how did the Arab world take on this issue as its numero uno cause, the more important one remains to be even seriously posed: Why have we let this issue, with its only real accomplishment being the deflection off of and solidified sustenance of the inept and illegitimate rule of Arab governments currently in power, guide foreign and domestic policy demands?