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Islam-hatred
This is America!  Man Facing Jail For Ripping Veil Off Muslim Woman

This is America! Man Facing Jail For Ripping Veil Off Muslim Woman

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Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “A man in North Carolina has pleaded guilty to ripping a hijab off of a woman’s head as they were on a flight. Gill Parker Payne faces one year in prison and a possible fine for religious obstruction. Cenk Uygur and […]

Displaced and Refugees
Give Syria’s Survivors a Voice

Give Syria’s Survivors a Voice

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By Hadeel al-Shalchi | ( Human Rights Watch ) | – – Twelve days ago Fatema Qaitani, a 35-year-old mother of four, was sitting in a tent teaching her daughter how to read when her life was changed forever. Fatema’s tent, one of many that sprang up in a camp for displaced Syrians on the […]

Entertainment
Why does Iran fear Kim Kardashian is a 007 Targeting Tehran?

Why does Iran fear Kim Kardashian is a 007 Targeting Tehran?

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Joya Mia Italiano and Elliot Hill | (TheLipTV2 Video Report) | – – “Iranian officials have reportedly accused Kim Kardashian West of working for Instagram as a secret agent. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corp accused Kardashian West, during a news program Sunday night, of working with the social network’s CEO as part of a secret […]

Authoritarianism
What Next for Turkey After President's Power Play?

What Next for Turkey After President’s Power Play?

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By Efe Kerem Sozer | (GlobalVoices.org) | – – Ahmet Davutoglu was disliked by many in Turkey. [Even after] he step[pped] down as Turkey's Prime Minister amid an apparent confrontation with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, he will fail to distance himself from the grave human cost of the government military operation in Eastern Turkey and […]

Uncategorized
Middle East – The Mother of All Humanitarian Crises

Middle East – The Mother of All Humanitarian Crises

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By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – ROME, May 16 2016 (IPS) – When, in March 2015, delegates from the Middle East met in Amman for their regional consultations round in preparation for the May 23-24 World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, most likely what they had in mind is the fact that […]

Colonialism
Architects of Failure: 100 years of Sykes-Picot

Architects of Failure: 100 years of Sykes-Picot

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By Akil N. Awan | ( History Today) | – – How an agreement signed in 1916 became shorthand for western treachery, greed and the impact of colonial machinations on the lives of local peoples. One of the most striking observations, when comparing a map of Europe with one of the Middle East or North […]

Israel/ Palestine
PCBS: “Israel Controls More than 85% of the Land of Historical Palestine”

PCBS: “Israel Controls More than 85% of the Land of Historical Palestine”

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By Saed Bannoura | PCBS/ IMEMC | – – Excerpted for IC This is a special statistical bulletin by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) on the 68th Anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba of 1948. The number of Palestinians worldwide has multiplied about nine-fold — Israel Controls More than 85% of the Land of […]

Arab Spring
The Biggest threat to the Mideast isn't ISIL, it's bad, Corrupt Governance

The Biggest threat to the Mideast isn’t ISIL, it’s bad, Corrupt Governance

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By Marwan Muasher | (Project Syndicate) | – – WASHINGTON, DC – A recent survey of 100 Arab thought leaders conducted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace revealed a sweeping consensus about what underlies many of the region’s problems: a lack of good governance. Indeed, those polled emphasized domestic problems resulting from that failure […]

Israel/ Palestine
Nakba (Catastrophe)!  Where did all the Palestinians Go?

Nakba (Catastrophe)! Where did all the Palestinians Go?

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AJ+ | (Video report) | – – “In 1948, around 80% of Palestinians were forced out of their homes during the creation of Israel. That event is known as the Nakba, or “the Catastrophe.” So where did they go? And how many Palestinians are there around the world now?” AJ+: “Where Did The Palestinians Go?”

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