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Young athletic Obama reflects active energy whether running up the ladder stairs into his Air Force One plane, or giving speeches, such as the song-and-dance so-called [...]
by Medea Benjamin*
Obama will give a major policy talk at Cairo University on June 4, intended to start mending the rift between the United States and the Arab world. During the Bush years, many Arabs turned against the United States because of the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as the abuses at Guantanamo [...]
Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of aid intended for the Gaza Strip is piling up in cities across Egypt's North Sinai region, despite recent calls from the United Nations to ease aid flow restrictions to the embattled territory in the wake of Operation Cast Lead.
Food, medicine, blankets, infant food and other supplies for Gaza's 1.5 [...]
The incursion into Gaza is not about destroying Hamas. It is not about stopping rocket fire into Israel. It is not about achieving peace. The Israeli decision to rain death and destruction on Gaza, to use the lethal weapons of the modern battlefield on a largely defenseless civilian population, is the final phase of the [...]
Also tagged Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Palestine, War Crimes"What thou hast done to thyself none else did,
Thou has caused pain to the spirit of the Prophet
Ignorant of the witchery of the Frank (the west),
Behold the mischief hidden in his sleeve!
By his diplomacy all nations prostrate,
Unity of the Arabs crushed to pieces,
As long as they are caught in his vicious trap,
"While Israel holds the Palestinian people under military occupation and Americans under political occupation it seems they also have also seized occupation of the legal system in neighbouring Egypt.
An interesting insight by former Sunday Express journalist Yvonne Ridley"
Read more!
Also read "Is it Qassams or Gas? (Part 2) here!"
What we all know is that Israel needs no reason for its continuous crimes against the Palestinians in Gaza in particular and Arab in general.
The Iron Pipes called Qassams DON'T KILL, as Turkey told Israel; while every terrorist attack by IOF in Gaza kills dozens of [...]
No, it's not the humanitarian situation in Gaza and the reasons behind the "prison break", but CNN anchor is more interested in the structural integrity of the "prison wall".
As usual, the American media is not concerned about the Palestinians as human beings, but the "arch demons" called Hamas and their responsibility for tearing down the [...]
Image by: Ben Heine
Channel4 - Dozens of Egyptian police with search dogs used batons to beat the bonnets of private cars and pick-up trucks that massed at the border to carry Palestinians further into Egyptian territory.
US and Arab officials said on Wednesday that Egypt had assured the US it would soon reseal its border with [...]
By Jeff Halper
The people of Palestine have done it again, taking their own fate in their hands after being let down by their own "moderate" political leadership and, indeed, the entire international community in their struggle for freedom. Early this morning they simply blew up the wall separating Gaza from Egypt, breaking a siege imposed [...]
A disturbing report at AlertNet describes "living in Cairo to be same as smoking a pack a day."
I was not surprised because I've seen pollution with my eyes and smiled the bad smoke from my hotel room's balcony every time I visited Egypt.
Living in Cairo Is the Same as Smoking a Pack a Day
By Leslie-Ann [...]
In last week's New York Times there is a great article about the movement gaining momentum in Egypt to end the brutal and senseless practice of female genital mutilation (a.k.a. circumcision). However, it is important to say that circumcision is an inaccurate term for it. Female genital mutilation is the preferred and more accurate [...]
Also tagged Circumcision, Female-Circumcision, Genital-mutilation, Good News, Human Rights, Women-RightsI admit I have missed the news when it was announced end of last July, but better late than never.
Honored to be Bahraini by soul for living in Bahrain for the last four years, I am very happy to know that Wafaa Ganahi, a 23-year-old teacher from the Law Faculty of Bahrain University, won the [...]
This June marks the fortieth anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. Four decades of control maintained by force of arms have enabled Israel to impose its will on the occupied territories and to remake them in its own image.
Here is FAQ on the 1967 war:
1. How did the [...]
I'm in a business trip at Sharm El-Sheikh for the last two days and will be back home in few days.
Stay tuned!
