Several Michigan professors are joining a group of more than 100 prominent Middle East scholars and librarians from across the country and abroad calling for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. The regional professionals backing the move in support of Palestinians, according to a statement released Wednesday, are: Barbara Aswad, a professor emeritus of anthropology … Continued
The American Palestinian Women’s Association is organization a School Supplies Drive for children in Gaza, Palestine in Washington D.C on August 14 through September 1st. The objective is to provide school supplies to 300 students in elementary, middle, and high school for the upcoming school year. Be it a backpack to carry books, pencils and … Continued
Actor George Clooney and Lebanese human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin will be married Sept. 20. A public notice now posted at the Chelsea Town Hall in London has announced the marriage of “Amal Ramzi Alamuddin,” 37, to “George Timothy Clooney,” 53, according to a photograph of the official document, which began circulating the Internet early … Continued
Good evening. Today I authorized two operations in Iraq — targeted airstrikes to protect our American personnel, and a humanitarian effort to help save thousands of Iraqi civilians who are trapped on a mountain without food and water and facing almost certain death. Let me explain the actions we’re taking and why. First, I said … Continued
On Friday, August 8, the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) and other civil rights organizations will hold a press conference to call for a congressional inquiry into how a federal law enforcement database labeled Dearborn, Mich., as the second highest population of “known or suspected terrorists.” Recently-leaked government documents indicated that … Continued
A Virginia GOP official who posted a message on his Facebook page that questioned whether Muslim Americans have made positive contributions to U.S. society has resigned. Bob FitzSimmonds, treasurer of the state Republican Party, distributed his resignation letter to party officials Wednesday night. “It seems that no matter how careful I might be, I will … Continued
Akram Abusharar, a lawyer from Michigan, claims his family’s home was bombed during Operation Protective Edge in Gaza. Akram Abusharar, a Palestinian-born attorney from Michigan, filed a lawsuit against U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, demanding they stop supplying Israel with military aid and that Israeli military officials be … Continued
The Huffington Post will launch an Arabic-language edition called HuffPost Arabi, the website announced on Wednesday. The site will be a partnership with Wadah Khanfar, CEO of Integral Media Strategies and a former director general of the Al Jazeera Network. “Bringing HuffPost to the Arab world has been a dream for us since we launched … Continued
Spokesperson of the US Department of State Jen Psaki said on Tuesday that her country objects to the Palestinian Authority’s efforts to try Israel at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Commenting at a daily press briefing in Washington on what she called “reports of a push for an ICC investigation”, she said: “Our view is … Continued
A Saudi man who was being treated for Ebola-like symptoms has died at a hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia’s health ministry says. If confirmed, this would be the first Ebola-related death outside Africa in an outbreak that has killed more than 900 people this year. The man recently visited Sierra Leone, one of four countries … Continued
When the Suez Canal opened in 1869, it had taken hundreds of thousands of Egyptian workers 10 years to complete it. On Tuesday, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said he was ready to build another one. At a lavish groundbreaking ceremony that included a military air show and the symbolic detonation of demolition explosives, Mr. Sisi’s … Continued
1. New data from Northwestern University in Qatar and the Doha Film Institute shows that Instagram is the most popular social media service among Qataris; whilst Facebook is the most popular social network in Qatar amongst other nationalities. The photo sharing network (which is also owned by Facebook) is least popular amongst Egyptians and Tunisians, … Continued
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