November 19, 2007
Posted by yaman
The third issue of a-Rab magazine is out. Click on the cover below for the announcement, or here for the table of contents. Cover art by Katie Miranda.. My contributions to this issue are: A short introductory note Reflect a bit on your politics. Are you down with Palestine, with the Zapatistas, with activists in [...]
October 20, 2007
Posted by yaman
Man, what a month. There’s a lot I want to post here, but I’ve been busy with the a-Rab among other things. Check out the second issue by clicking on the image below… Cover art by Husam Zakharia My contributions to this one are… Islamofascism Awareness Week During the week of October 22nd, the David [...]
September 8, 2007
Posted by yaman
The first issue is out. Click below to get to the table of contents or to download the PDF. My articles in this issue are…: On Parades and Protests There was a time in American history when protests were not tolerated by those in power. We need only look back at the civil rights era [...]
August 12, 2007
Posted by yaman
Update 8/13/07: Shirts in lighter colors and with lower prices are now available at the online store. There are also jerseys, hoodies, sweatshirts, and other apparel. Who is afraid of the Arabic language? Enough people to drive Debbie Almontaser, aspiring principal of a new Arabic-themed public school in New York, out of her job. Almontaser [...]
July 25, 2007
Posted by yaman
From a-Rab.net, a project I have been working on with friends: We are currently preparing for our first issue and to that end we are seeking submissions of all kinds–literature, essays, articles, cartoons, poetry, stories, briefs, photographs, etc–from anybody who is interested in our project. We are currently a volunteer-driven project, and as such it [...]
A Yale-sponsored conference about anti-Semitism hosted many blatantly anti-Arab and anti-Muslim speakers. It is unconscionable for a center meant to study one form of racism to indulge speakers who practice another.
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Both the Irish and Middle Eastern conflicts figure prominently in American domestic politics — yet both have played out in very different ways.
A must read piece by Ali Abunimah in NYT.
(Discussion)abc Primetime – How Muslims Are Treated In USA
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To get an idea of the real reason why Apple has succeeded, it was only necessary to look below the May article hailing the company’s success on the front page of the Times business section. A second article reported on a spate of suicides in some Chinese sweatshops that was drawing attention to work…
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Immediately following the incident, McCord was threatened and mocked by his commanding officer for pulling the children from the van. He says his platoon leader “yelled at me that I need to quit worrying about these ‘motherfucking kids’ and pull security.” McCord later approached a staff sergeant an…
Remember the “Collateral Murder” video leaked of the helicopter attack that killed a journalist? Here’s some insights from one of the soldiers at the scene and into the way it was handled by military personnel.
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Portraying “enemy” infants as proto-terrorists has obvious propaganda value: if what you thought was an innocent baby is in fact a weapon with a human face, you will be less likely to protest when it is killed. Murder becomes self-defence. Not only are we supposed to view ‘their’ children as latent …
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HarvardManagementCompany, which manages the university’sendowment, has divested the fund from allinvestmentsit had inIsraelcompanies.
I’m a small pariah state, hear me pout. Though I’m a scandal, don’t shut me out!
(Discussion)A mere thirty-three years ago, on January 20, 1977, Jimmy Carter inaugurated his presidency by proclaiming from the Capitol steps, “Because we are free we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere…. Our commitment to human rights must be absolute.” Most people had never heard of “h…
Thought provoking article for people chained to the language of human rights.
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