Are Hamas and Hizballah terrorist organizations?

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007 Posted in Comment | 21 Comments »

Pundits and propagandists alike often pose this question to those who dissent against current American and Israeli policies in the Middle East. For them, the dichotomy is simply one of "I support terrorism" or "I am against terrorism." The slightest ...

The sad plight of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon and the Middle East

Thursday, March 29th, 2007 Posted in Comment | 15 Comments »

This post was prepared for a new blog tracking the right of migrants in the Middle East, Migrant-Rights.org. Migrant-Rights.org is an initiative spearheaded by Esra'a al-Shafei, a Bahraini activist who also founded MidEastYouth.com and FreeKareem.org. Sushar Rosky, born 1987, hangs from ...

On the lookout for domesticated, peace-loving Muslims

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007 Posted in Comment | 10 Comments »

The right in America is not Islamophobic. In fact, it often goes to special lengths to emphasize its impartiality towards the Muslim faith. In the March 2007 edition of the California Patriot, for example, Aditya Kashap confirms suspicions that there ...

Free Abdelkarim Soliman and all the rest, too

Saturday, March 3rd, 2007 Posted in Comment | 8 Comments »

A look at the case of Abdelkarim Soliman, the disingenuous media attention surrounding it, and the implications this has for human rights activists in the Middle East. Abdelkarim Soliman, also known as the blogger Kareem Amer, is just one of the ...

Mostafa Tabatabainejad should have been clubbed with a nightstick

Thursday, January 11th, 2007 Posted in Comment | 1 Comment »

Background: On the evening of November 16, 2006, UCLA student Mostafa Tabatabainejad was repeatedly tasered by UCPD officers in the library despite the fact that he posed no threat to the officers or to the surrounding students. Later that week, ...