Aug 23 2011
How long before the dominoes fall? By Robert Fisk, Tuesday, 23 August 2011 … The remaining Arab potentates and tyrants have spent a second sleepless night. How soon will the liberators of Tripoli metamorphose into the liberators of Damascus and Aleppo and Homs? Or of Amman? Or Jerusalem? Or of Bahrain or Riyadh? It’s not …
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Aug 18 2011
Lebanon bans smoking in public places The Daily Star, August 17, 2011 01:45 PM … BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Parliament Wednesday endorsed a law banning smoking in all enclosed public places, including restaurants, bars, cafes and offices. The law was presented for vote with an amendment that would see owners of businesses fined if they fail to …
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Aug 17 2011
Mr. Mileikowsky and the “seal of Netanyahu”: the perilous encounter between modern nationalism and ancient history By Hussein Ibish, August 17, 2011, 6:21pm … I may be trying people’s patience a little with my recent riff on nationalism in general, and particularly the Israeli and Palestinian versions, but further exchanges with some of my interlocutors, …
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Aug 16 2011
Fetishizing nationalism By Hussein Ibish, August 16, 2011 … For those in the grip of its authority, a clearheaded understanding of how nationalist ideology actually operates seems extremely difficult. All contemporary nationalisms are based on constructed and imagined narratives about history, geography, culture, ethnicity and religion. Such narratives invariably involve a great deal of what …
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Aug 13 2011
Praying with the Earth: A Prayerbook for Peace By John Philip Newell, 8/13/11 08:03 AM ET … I do not know how many Christians have read the Quran. And I do not know how many Muslims have read the Christian Scriptures. But I do know that until we come back into relationship, until we begin …
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Aug 05 2011
Could Arab staying power ultimately defeat Zionism? By David Hearst, Friday 5 August 2011 … There is an Arabic word you come across a lot when Palestinians talk about their future. Sumud means steadfastness, and it has turned into a strategy: when the imbalance of power is so pronounced, the most important thing to do …
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Aug 05 2011
Let America be America again By Paul Rosenberg, 05 Aug 2011 12:01 … “America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath – America will be!” – Langston Hughes … As I wrote last week, there are a number of troubling facets of the New Apostolic Reformation [NAR] that cry out for …
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