Poverty

A Tale of Two Cities…in Palestine

by Yousef Munayyer January 5, 2010

By Yousef Munayyer* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz While most would point out the differences between Gaza City, the impoverished and destitute administrative center of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, and Ramallah, the burgeoning administrative center of the Fateh-run West Bank, there are important commonalities between what seem to be diametrically opposite poles. A common misconception, [...]

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What Starvation?

by Haitham Sabbah December 10, 2007

This is what starvation means (for some) in the Arab world! Now you know why half the world is starving! :-)

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Half of Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza malnourished

by Haitham Sabbah February 23, 2007

Around 46 per cent of Gaza and West Bank households are “food insecure” or in danger of becoming so, according to a UN report on the impact of conflict and the global boycott of the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority. The unpublished draft report, the first of its kind since the boycott was imposed when the Hamas [...]

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When the cat eats its kittens

by Haitham Sabbah October 25, 2006

First, the Israeli Cat: After Israel lost its war, it has to do something to keep its people busy from facing the truth. The misery of war and its system which is based on bribery and rape of others rights. Best examples are the charges that President of Israel and the Prime Misters are facing [...]

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Tourist Marriage in Yemen, another form of Prostitution in the Gulf!

by Haitham Sabbah September 11, 2005

The latest victims of the prostitution club in the Arabian Peninsula, Yemen!! Tourist marriage in Yemen By Nabil Al-Osaidi For Yemen Times Rua’a, a seventeen-year-old secondary school student in Ibb, used to be dodged by a new comer from one of the neighboring countries, until he succeeded to convince her to marry him. Then she [...]

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Technorati launches Live 8 site

by Haitham Sabbah June 24, 2005

Just one new site per week isn�t very exciting, so we thought we�d launch Live8.technorati.com. No doubt you�ve heard of Live 8 by now. Live 8 Technorati provides you with direct access to what people are saying about Live 8 right now. Joi Ito has announced that Technorati has launched a site dedicated to the [...]

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Drinking, dancing and smoking: the real lives of Middle East teenage girls?

by Haitham Sabbah May 27, 2005

Leila Marrakchi’s ‘Marock’, a debut film from new Arab women director, deviate from traditional themes: “It’s not your typical Arab film. I wanted to get away from all that,” says Marrakchi. “At the same time what is seen in the film is a part of what actually does exist. I wanted to leave those subjects [...]

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Israeli strikes, British pays millions

by Haitham Sabbah May 9, 2005

And you still pay… The cost of damage to infrastructure paid for by British and European tax payers by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank has been put at more than �16 million. According to Christian Aid, the military strikes against medical facilities, non-governmental organisations, a fishing harbour and an [...]

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Kalashnikovs Or Wearers Of Suits?

by Haitham Sabbah December 3, 2004

While Abu Mazen believes that the main Palestinian effort must be directed towards the United States and the Israeli public and that the intifada must be stopped, Barghouti believe that the US will remain wedded to Israel and that the Israelis understand only the language of force. But both sides agree on the ultimate aim: [...]

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