AJ+ | (Video News Clip) | – “Anti-Semitism, or hatred of Jews, has a long and often violent history in the U.S. It’s also frequently used by white nationalists and others on the right wing to rally against social change. ” AJ+: “The Origins Of Anti-Semitism In America”
Archives for December 2018
Second Guatemalan Child dies Christmas Eve in US Border Protection Custody
By Maggy Donaldson | – Washington, DC | AFP | – An eight-year-old migrant from Guatemala died in US government custody on Tuesday, Customs and Border Protection said, the second child fatality in American detention this month. The boy, who was with his apprehended father, had been transferred to a New Mexico medical center showing […]
Middle East Christians, with the population of Sweden, Celebrate Christmas
I do a column like this one from time to time, fighting back against the ‘veil of tears’ approach to the study of Middle Eastern Christians. Some have argued that Christianity is declining in the Middle East, and this allegation is certainly true in some ways and in some places. If Egyptian Christians declined from […]
Abandoned by Trump, Syrian-Kurdish YPG Closes in on Last ISIL Bastions
Beirut, Lebanon | AFP | – Smoke billows after bombings near Hajin, in eastern Syria, on December 15, 2018 Kurdish-led forces made fresh gains against jihadists defending their eastern Syria stronghold Monday, forcing hundreds of people to flee the fighting, a war monitor said. The Syrian Democratic Forces, with aerial support from the US-led coalition, […]
Arab Christmas Music Concert: Majida el Roumi (MTV Lebanon)
MTV | (Music Video) – MTV Lebanon: Majida el Roumi Christmas Concert
Top 6 Players in Syria affected by US Departure
Beirut, Lebanon | AFP | – US President Donald Trump’s decision last week to pull troops out of Syria could have far-reaching repercussions for the multitude of parties involved in the conflict. Turkey After a call with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Trump appeared to be passing on responsibility for the fight against the […]
Energy Revolution: Off-Grid Solar across Africa Benefits 165 mn. People (Video)
World Bank | (Video Report) – “Countries are pushing forward in the global effort to fight climate change, and are using more clean energy than ever before. The World Bank and ESMAP are at the forefront of this exciting change.” World Bank: “An Energy Revolution is Happening”
Christmas and Sufism: Rumi on the Nativity and the Christ Within
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The great medieval Muslim mystic and poet, Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-1273), interpreted the birth of Jesus as an allegory of the soul. Rumi was born in Balkh in northern Afghanistan, but his family fled the Mongol invasions and settled in Konya in what is now Turkey. Rumi was a refugee […]
France’s Macron slams Trump as Unreliable Ally over Syria Withdrawal
N’Djamena, Chad | AFP | – French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday criticised US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw American forces from Syria, saying “an ally must be reliable”. In a sign of the growing diplomatic rift between the two leaders, Macron said “I deeply regret the decision” by Trump to pull out US […]
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