SHILLO: Functioning on “Ignore” For Immediate Release, 9-29-07
Functioning on Ignore
By Saffiya Shillo – One item becoming part of everyday life in America these days is the choice to “function on ignore.” Subsistence seems to entail consciously putting things on ignore. Watching and hearing about death and destruction inflicted upon people all over the world has become a burden that can be easily unloaded. We have become nation of people functioning on ignore. Read more »
HANANIA: Arabs, Muslims see past Ahmadinejad’s rhetoric, For Immediate Release 9-27-07
Arabs, Muslims and minorities hear different message from Ahmadinejad
By Ray Hanania – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to the United Nations stirred a chorus of criticism from mainstream American leaders and activists. But Arabs and Muslims listened with receptive understanding, believing American society is biased and the problems in the Middle Easr are compounded by improper translation of concepts from Middle Eastern languages to English. Read more »
HEDAYAT: Multi Level Marketing Schemes: A solution to anti-social behavior in the internet age?, For release 9-26-07
Multi Level Marketing Schemes: A solution to anti-social behavior in the internet age?
By Sherif Hedayat – American’s are doing more and more inside. Playing video games, working from hom and watching TV on the internet. Computers have replaced television at the family “babysitter”. Kids are playing video games with their friends online without actually being in the same room.
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MEHDI: Monicajad: Straight talk on Iran’s President, For Immediate Release 9-26-07
Monicadinejad
By Anisa Mehdi – As Monica Lewinsky was to the Clinton Administration, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to George W. Bush: a smoke screen; a distraction; a diversion from the critical issues of our times. Noting that this view may not make me popular, at least let me admit that I recognize the disproportionate scale: Read more »
CARTOON: The Politics of Free Speech, Ahmadinejad at Columbia, For Immediate Release, 9-24-07
(Click to view full size) War on Errorism: The Politics of Free Speech, 9-24-07. By Ray Hanania. For more political cartoons, visit www.hanania.com/cartoons/cartoons.htm.
CARTOON: Bombings in Beirut, For Immediate Release, 9-23-07
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HANANIA: Time to expel the United Nations, For Immediate Release, 9-23-07
Time to expel United Nations to a nation that is freeBy Ray Hanania — You do not have to agree with Iranian President Ahmadinejad to criticize President Bush for his hypocritical comments and the restrictive political policies he encourages that discriminate against Arabs and Muslims in America. The Iranian Leader has much to answer for, including oppressing his own people and highly publicized incendiary comments such as denying Israel’s right to exist, and allegedly calling the Holocaust a “myth.” Read more »
SHILLO: Arab-aware in America, For Immediate Release, 9-22-07
“Arab-aware” in mainstream America
By Saffiya Shillo — We are living in an Arab-aware time. Never before have “Arabs” sustained such an enduring and glaring spotlight. When I use the term Arab, I am interpreting it through usage offered by mainstream through the myriad news blurbs, TV specials, and documentaries consumed by average Americans. This usage seems to blanket anyone Middle Eastern, Arab or not, Muslim or not in a negative manner. There is no differentiation made. The number of talking heads and Arab-experts out there is amazing. Of course most all of them are non-Arab but they inform us daily about the “Arabs.” In fact, we are over aware. Read more »