Laura Ling | (TestTube Video Report) | – – “Face veils are often viewed as a symbol of modesty in Islam, but many governments have put restrictions on them. So where are burqas banned around the world?” TestTube: ” Why Burqas Are Illegal In Some Countries”
Archives for April 2016
Love and Wine (Poem of the Day: Abu Nuwas of Baghdad)
Abū Nuwas al-Hasan ibn Hanī al-Hakamī (756–814) | Love and Wine | – – Ho! a cup, and fill it up, and tell me it is wine, For never will I drink in shade if I can drink in shine. Curst and poor is every hour that sober I must go, But rich am I […]
Israel Forcibly closes More Bedouin Villages in Negev Desert
By Silvia Boarini | (Inter Press Service) | – – UMM AL-HERAN, Southern Israel, Apr 22 2016 (IPS) – Despite ostensibly freezing the Prawer Plan — a proposed bill to ‘regulate Bedouin settlement in the Negev’– in 2013, Israel continues to push for forced closure of unrecognised Bedouin villages in this southern region. The village […]
The Iraq War Never Ended: An Interview with Anand Gopal
By Charles Davis | ( TeleSur | – – The U.S. is at war with the same extremist group it claimed to have defeated five years ago, and it’s relying on sectarian extremists to "win" again. The United States is winning the war on terror, just as it always has. The Islamic State group is […]
Prince’s Islamophilia as a Problem: “It’s fun to be in Islamic Countries”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – in a 2011 interview in The Guardian, the late musician Prince said something that surprised his interviewer, Dorian Linskey: “It’s fun being in Islamic countries, to know there’s only one religion. There’s order. You wear a burqa. There’s no choice. People are happy with that.” Mr. […]
In Fascist Turn, Thousands Demonstrate for Israeli Soldier who shot Dazed Palestinian in Head
AJ+ | – – “An Israeli soldier was charged with manslaughter for shooting and killing a wounded Palestinian man. Now, thousands are still demanding his release.” AJ+: “Israelis Demonstrate In Support Of Soldier Who Killed Palestinian”
Israeli security agency exposes ‘Jewish terror ring’
By Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel’s Shin Bet security agency recently uncovered a “Jewish terrorist ring” which carried out a number of acts of violence targeting Palestinians in the northern occupied West Bank, Israeli security services revealed on Wednesday. At least seven right-wing Israeli extremists were arrested earlier this month […]
The Future of the Mideast: A decentralized, Networked Pan-Arabism transcending Sykes-Picot?
By Parag Khanna | (Informed Comment) | – – While embedded with U.S. Special Operations Forces in 2007, I witnessed firsthand America’s incredible ability to apply technology to the battlefield. The digital map layered on Iraq’s topography was rich with satellite feeds, drone surveillance, heat maps of local violence, real-time situation reports from troops on […]
Murdering Civilians: US Drone Whistleblowers Step Out of the Shadows
By Pratap Chatterjee | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – In a trio of recent action-packed movies, good guys watch terrorists mingling with innocent women and children via real-time video feeds from halfway across the world. A clock ticks and we, the audience, are let in on the secret that mayhem is going to break loose. After […]
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