Mizrahi Jews reach out to the Arab world
By Sherri Muzher When the late Egyptian Pan-Arabist and President Gamal Abdel Nasser led the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, it may surprise people to know that it was the Egyptian singer and Mizrahi Jew Leila Murad who was chosen as the Revolution’s official singer. Murad was chosen over the much loved Egyptian singer and darling of [...]
House of Lebanon’s Pride of Heritage banquet a success
Courtesy of Kanan Hamzeh About 500 guests celebrated their cultural pride of heritage on October 18th at the annual House of Lebanon “Pride of Heritage” Banquet at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. In attendance were H.E. Ambassador of Lebanon to the United States Mr. Antoine Chedid, the Consul General of Lebanon H.E. Mr. [...]
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02 February 2010
By: Sami Bishara Mashney Editor-in-chief For almost three long years now, I have been publishing The Independent Monitor newspaper. The main purpose of publishing the newspaper is to help our besieged Arab Americans community bridge the chronic and widening gap of information between us and those who do not wish us well and want us to continue [...]
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U.S. House Whitewashes Israeli War Crimes
31 December 2009
By: Michael Gillespie Contributing Editor The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved passage of H.R. 867, “Calling on the President and the Secretary of State to oppose unequivocally any endorsement or further consideration of the ‘Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict’ in multilateral fora,” on November 3.
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US House resolution indicates America remains solid behind Israel
31 December 2009
By: Ghassan Michel Rubeiz Columnist Congress needs to stop letting Israel get off easy for violating international law. On Nov. 3, the House of Representatives voted to discredit a United Nations report that accuses both Israel and Hamas of war crimes in the three-week war last January.
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Daoud Nassar inspires capacity crowd at Drake University
31 December 2009
By: Michael Gillespie Contributing Editor Daoud Nassar, Director of the Tent of Nations, spoke to a capacity crowd at Drake University’s Olmsted Center in Des Moines on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
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Bulletins from Konsciousness and Kontrol
31 December 2009
By: Frank Scott Green Peace has corporate rival Green Pus, a new advocacy group formed by international capital, lauds garbage and waste as profit-makers that can be recycled into more garbage and waste which will create jobs to produce, distribute, sell and then collect, recycle and reproduce more garbage and waste.
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There is no place like your home
31 December 2009
By Raad Ghantous, Staff Writer San Clemente, CA What is the definition of “home”? Well, in most dictionaries home is where you live at a particular time, a dwelling, an environment offering affection, safety and security, a haven. But it also goes beyond the confines of four walls and a roof over our heads. Home [...]
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