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Beating the U.S. ‘veto’: Palestinians need urgent protection from Israel

June 15th, 20180 What is taking place in Palestine is not a "conflict." We readily utilize the term but, in fact, the word "conflict" is misleading. It equates between oppressed...

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Why Jefferson’s vision of Islam in America matters today

June 15th, 20180 The author of the Declaration of Independence had sought to protect not just Christians, but Americans of all faiths. After last year’s deliberate break with...

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Eight things I learned about Palestine while touring eight Western nations

June 6th, 20181 On February 20, I embarked on a global book tour that has, thus far, taken me to eight nations. The main theme of all my talks in various cultural, academic and media...

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Media burdens run two ways

May 25th, 20180 I was chatting with a group of students the other day when one of them looked me in the eye and commented, “You’re very tough on journalists.” I had to plead...

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I just visited Iran. Here’s what I heard about the U.S.

May 25th, 20180 By Peter Van Buren Iran is a dangerous place these days, at least in a car. Traffic in the cities here moves like Tetris, with drivers pushing their cars...

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Pompeo’s Plan B: Pouring more venom on Iran

May 25th, 20180 By Kaveh L. Afrasiabi It is now perfectly clear that this administration has no diplomatic track with Iran and is simply bent on regime change, which will...

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Nakba: As Israel celebrates, my family mourns

May 18th, 20180 By Mohamed Mohamed “It was like a dream.” That is how my maternal grandfather, Abu Ahmad, described his memories of our village near Safad in the...

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Facts about the ICA controversy This is why Eide Alawan should not be thrown under the bus

May 18th, 20180 By Rafael Narbaez, Jr. Disputes or differences between members of the board of directors of a mosque or even among different groups within the community is...

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My home is Beit Daras: Our lingering Nakba

May 18th, 20181 When Google Earth was initially released in 2001, I immediately rushed to locate a village that no longer exists on a map, which now delineates a whole different...

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Eclipsing factionalism: The missing story from the Gaza protests

May 11th, 20180 The Gaza border protests must be understood in the context of the Israeli occupation, the siege and the long-delayed “Right of Return” for Palestinian refugees....

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While Israel and Iran claim no desire for armed conflict, Trump might stumble into war against Tehran

May 11th, 20180 Israel has launched its biggest attack ever on Iranian forces in Syria. This is a serious development, but reports of the entire Middle East being on the verge of all...

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The dangers of debt

May 11th, 20180 Politicians and commentators these days like to point to an array of threats to our constitutional system. There’s one, though, that doesn’t get nearly as much...

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As Trump and Netanyahu join forces to torpedo Iran Deal, here’s a ‘typically ignored’ fact: Israel has nuclear weapons

May 4th, 20181 By Jake Johnson "How can this hypocrisy continue, with Israel having hundreds of nuclear weapons, no inspections and no adherence to any nuclear treaty...

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How bullying Iran could backfire for Trump

May 4th, 20180 By Seyed Hossein Mousavian Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Iran of lying "big time" about its nuclear program. In a theatrical announcement Monday, the...

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Gazan Gandhis: Gaza bleeds alone as ‘liberals’ and ‘progressives’ go mute

May 4th, 20180 Three more Palestinians were killed and 611 wounded last Friday, when tens of thousands of Gazans continued their largely non-violent protests at the Gaza-Israel...

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We’re all in this together

May 1st, 20180 Our republic is under stress. So much so, in fact, that if you’re not worried about its future, you probably haven’t been paying attention. What makes me say...

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Comparative geopolitical analysis: Yemen and the U.S.

April 30th, 20180 By Dr. Rais Attamimi and Dr. Ali Alghail Recently, some comparative analysis has been in the mainstream media about the way in which, to take one example,...

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Seeing is humanizing: 22 years after the first Qana carnage

April 30th, 20180 The wars America fights and funds often happen in far-away places. To make killing less easy, we need to learn to dwell on the visual evidence that follows war, to...

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English language learning in the Arab context: Practice makes perfect

April 13th, 20180 By Dr. Rais Attamimi There is a common perception that exists among most parents and students, as well as some teachers, that there is an automatic preference for a...

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Want to help the world? Resolve conflicts

April 13th, 20180 By Lee H. Hamilton In a world riven by tension, there's one skill that stands above all others: The ability to resolve conflict. It is the paramount challenge of our...

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The bizarre coverage of U.S. mainstream media on Gaza — How biased is the news?

April 13th, 20181 By Farah Harb The Arab American News While the U.S. media is focused on the coverage of President Trump’s “blurry” tweets bashing Syria and other...

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Rim Banna and the cultural war that Palestinians must win

April 6th, 20180 Music unites Palestinians when politicians fail. In fact, while for years the collective calls for "Palestinian unity" has gone unheeded, Palestinian music has continued...

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After the Gaza killings, it’s time to crack down on Israel

April 6th, 20180 By Diana Buttu Israel's killing of 18 Palestinian protesters in Gaza last Friday was entirely predictable. It was also entirely avoidable. The victims...

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America is no melting pot; it is a mosaic

March 30th, 20180 By Sundus Mahdi Al-Ameen America was established as a land of hope and promise. In the turn of the 20th century, immigrants flocked from countries all over...

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Expanding the ‘our’ in the march for our lives

March 30th, 20180 By Mary Turfah On March 24, hundreds of thousands of Americans took to the streets of Washington D.C., New York, Detroit and elsewhere to protest gun...

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The last ‘peace process’ warrior: Abbas hanging by a thread

March 30th, 20180 The "deal of the century" is a farce. We suspected that, of course, but, upon his return from Washington, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed in more...

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The indispensable craft of the politician

March 30th, 20180 For the most part, we Americans value expertise. We want our physicians to possess knowledge and experience. We want our lawyers to know the law inside out. We...

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