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Countering slurs

by Paul J. Balles September 24, 2011

Very few films or TV programmes portray Arabs in a favourable light. Those that do need to counter the negative images reflected in the bigotry of a century in Hollywood. The road to deserved improvement of the Arab image in the west will be paved with films that portray Arabs as they really are.

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Haifa Wehbe denies role in Gaza-bound voyage

by Haitham Sabbah June 22, 2010

By Habib Toumi, Bahrain Bureau Chief Lebanese superstar Haifa Wehbe and Hezbollah have denied media reports that the religious formation had banned the singer from boarding Mariam, the Gaza-bound ship carrying humanitarian aid. Haifa said that she did not sign up to be among the activists planning to board the ship to break the Gaza [...]

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Roger Waters – “We Shall Overcome”, Palestine

by Haitham Sabbah June 12, 2010

Roger Waters wrote: “Over the new year 2009-2010, an international group of 1500 men and women from 42 nations went to Egypt to join a Freedom March to Gaza. They did this to protest the current blockade of Gaza. To protest the fact that the people of Gaza live in a virtual prison. To protest [...]

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Israel and the World Cup: Always Scores High

by Haitham Sabbah June 11, 2010

By Haitham Sabbah | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Congratulations to all football lovers, the countdown has finally come to end and now we can all watch the new edition of the World Cup. Football was always one of the few things that brings the world together. Well, everyone but Israel. It seems that Israel has [...]

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Boycott Targets Stars From Elvis to Elton

by SR Editor May 22, 2010

By Nathan Guttman Washington – It was a feather in the cap of pro-boycott activists, but for Israelis, a major setback. With battle lines drawn across concert halls and stadiums hosting rock bands, the decision by mega-star Elvis Costello to cancel his planned concerts in Israel is being viewed as a game changer. In a [...]

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Elvis Costello cancels Israel Tour

by Haitham Sabbah May 19, 2010

It Is After Considerable Contemplation… It is after considerable contemplation that I have lately arrived at the decision that I must withdraw from the two performances scheduled in Israel on the 30th of June and the 1st of July. One lives in hope that music is more than mere noise, filling up idle time, whether [...]

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Gaza World Cup (May 1st until May 15th, 2010)

by Haitham Sabbah May 3, 2010

It seems that football fans might be able to do what Arab governments have miserably failed to achieve or even address: lifting the illegal inhuman Israeli siege off Gaza! Get involved! Efforts like the Gaza World Cup, as cliché as it sounds, are only as strong as those who choose to seize the opportunity and [...]

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Sculpture offends and ‘hurts’ poor little Israel

by Haitham Sabbah April 27, 2010

The Israeli embassy in Madrid is “hurt” and “offended!” How touching… It’s okay for Israelis to kill everyday, to spit on Christians and Muslims, to kidnap people and harvest their organs, to arrest and jail children, to use illegal weapons, to impose an illegal siege on a million and a half people in Gaza, to [...]

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Rich Siegel – “In Palestine” [Video-Music]

by Haitham Sabbah January 8, 2010

Video link: http://vimeo.com/6630724

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Music: Rebellious rhymes from Nahr al-Bared camp

by Haitham Sabbah December 29, 2009

The hip-hop beats ringing through the muddy, unlit streets of the burnt-out Palestinian refugee camp Nahr al-Bared seem incongruous. But the rhymes are camp-grown – and courageous. “I’m carrying worries / From inside a destroyed camp / I’m preparing an attack / Words that keep turning in my head / Nahr al-Bared is fenced-in with [...]

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Roger Waters of Pink Floyd: Message of Goodwill to Gaza Freedom March

by Haitham Sabbah December 29, 2009

My name is Roger Waters. I am an English musician living in the USA. I am writing to express my great admiration for and solidarity with the 1360 men and women from 42 different countries around the World who are gathering in Egypt, preparing for The Gaza Freedom March. We all watched, aghast, the vicious [...]

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Utopia as Alibi: Said, Barenboim and the Divan Orchestra

by SR Editor December 13, 2009

By Raymond Deane* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz As a classical musician involved in pro-Palestinian activism, I frequently encounter the assumption that I am an unconditional admirer of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (WEDO). My reservations on this score tend to produce shocked disapproval: How could I not enthuse about such an idealistic project, particularly since [...]

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Adri Nieuwhof – Boycott of Ahava Dead Sea products makes an impact

by SR Editor December 3, 2009

By Adri Nieuwhof* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz The international campaign to boycott Ahava beauty products has recently won the support of a Dutch parliamentarian and an Israeli peace group. During the past few months, activists in Canada, the UK, Ireland, Israel, the United States and the Netherlands have campaigned against the sale of Ahava [...]

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Haitham Sabbah – Jordanian, Egyptian and Lebanese Child Labor and Zionist Businessmen

by Haitham Sabbah September 13, 2009

By Haitham Sabbah This might sound off-topic, but it is not and you will know why by reading until the end. Yet, it is so salient to every single one of us who are members of a global society. As mentioned here, the US Department of Labor released their long-awaited report (PDF) on goods produced [...]

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An open letter to the Toronto International Film Festival

by Haitham Sabbah September 12, 2009

As members of the Canadian and international film, culture and media arts communities, we are deeply disturbed by the Toronto International Film Festival’s decision to host a celebratory spotlight on Tel Aviv. We protest that TIFF, whether intentionally or not, has become complicit in the Israeli propaganda machine. In 2008, the Israeli government and Canadian [...]

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