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Archives for November 2018

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Trump's Visa Ban, Rhetoric Scare off Foreign Students, Threatening 450K Jobs

Trump’s Visa Ban, Rhetoric Scare off Foreign Students, Threatening 450K Jobs

Juan Cole

Educating students from abroad is a $42 bn industry in the US

Saudi Arabia
Khashoggi killing: Strongest evidence linking murder to MBS

Khashoggi killing: Strongest evidence linking murder to MBS

Middle East Monitor

A message captured in the audio record of the killing of Jamal Khashoggi is widely believed to be an instruction to notify the Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman that the operation to slay the Washington Post journalist had been carried out successfully. In the recording, which Turkey has said was passed on to western allies, […]

racism
Hate Crimes skyrocket for Third Consecutive Year: FBI

Hate Crimes skyrocket for Third Consecutive Year: FBI

TeleSur

FBI crime statistics show a surge in hate crimes the day after President Donald Trump’s election in 2016

Donald Trump
Trump Lashes out at France’s Macron over ‘Nationalism’ as Bromance Dies

Trump Lashes out at France’s Macron over ‘Nationalism’ as Bromance Dies

AFP

“Stop tweeting! America needs some friends” – John Kerry

Featured
Remembering Stan Lee

Remembering Stan Lee

Juan Cole

“There is only One in the universe who is All-Powerful, and his only weapon is . . . Love.”

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza kill 4, destroy TV Station, as Rockets kill 1 in Israel

Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza kill 4, destroy TV Station, as Rockets kill 1 in Israel

AFP

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said two of those killed were its members and the third was from Islamic Jihad’s armed wing

Muslim-Americans
The 'Blue Wave' Was Also a 'Muslim Wave'

The ‘Blue Wave’ Was Also a ‘Muslim Wave’

Domenica Ghanem

( Otherwords.org) – In the most Islamophobic election in history, Muslim candidates scored big wins by embracing progressive policies. By Domenica Ghanem | November 7, 2018 With the Muslim Ban, the promotion of torturer Gina Haspel to CIA director, and increases in hate crimes, it’s been a rough year for us Muslims in the United […]

Peace
Why Women’s Peace Activism in World War I Matters Now

Why Women’s Peace Activism in World War I Matters Now

The Conversation

Proponents of international mediation hoped diplomatic intervention could bring the war to a swift end

Yemen
150 Killed in Battle for Yemen’s Hodeida as Millions Face Starvation

150 Killed in Battle for Yemen’s Hodeida as Millions Face Starvation

Natacha Yazbeck

“There will be no victor in this war”

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