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Jordan Executes Prisoners After ISIS Hostage Burned Alive

Feb 4, 2015

Jordan executed two al Qaeda prisoners before dawn Wednesday, following through on a promised response to the ISIS killing of(...)

Palestinian Man's Selfie 'While Running Away from the Israeli Military' Isn't Quite What It Seems

Feb 4, 2015

As far as band promotions go, taking a selfie while “being chased by the Israeli Defence Force” has got to(...)

How Students are Resisting Efforts to Normalize Israeli Apartheid

Feb 4, 2015

Israel’s practices of occupation and colonization show no sign of relenting as the ethnocratic state enters its sixty-seventh year.While the Israel(...)

Is Sharia Law in Texas Such a Bad Thing?

Feb 4, 2015

I was so much hoping to get a Q&A lined up with Rep. Jeff Leach of Plano on the subject(...)

UN Conference Highlights the Status of Women in the Arab World

Feb 4, 2015

" "A major conference on the empowerment of women, which kicked off in Cairo on Monday and discusses progress in(...)

Moroccan Jews and Muslims: A Model of Tolerance for the World

Feb 4, 2015

Fez – In Morocco, Muslims and Jews have lived side-by-side for centuries. Stereotypes and interpretations of pseudo-historical religious texts that(...)

IDB and DFID Established Arab Women’s Enterprise Fund

Feb 4, 2015

Baku, Fineko/abc.az. The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) have signed a Memorandum(...)

UNRWA Secures $13.5m from Saudi Arabia

Feb 4, 2015

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) says it has received $13.5 million from oil-rich Saudi Arabia for Palestinian(...)

UNRWA Commissioner-General in a 3-day Visit to Lebanon

Feb 4, 2015

UNRWA Commissioner-General, Pierre Krähenbühl, visited Lebanon from 28 until 30 January, where he met with the Lebanese Prime Minister, Tamam(...)

Israel Freezes Another $100m in Palestinian Tax Revenues

Feb 4, 2015

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has frozen an additional 400 million shekels ($100 million) from Palestinian tax revenues, Israel Today(...)

6 Facts Every American Should Know About Arabs and Muslims By Essraa Nawar

Feb 4, 2015

1. Not every Muslim is an Arab and not every Arab is a Muslim. According to Drew DeSilver from the(...)

Saudi Steals Show with His Art of Powerful Themes

Feb 4, 2015

Presenting a new body of work with a subtly constructed educational undertone, Hafez Gallery in coordination with Ayyam Gallery organized(...)