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Olympics: Refugee team set to compete in Rio

Mar 7, 2016

Matt MajendieCNN A team made up exclusively of refugees is set to compete under the Olympic flag at this summer's Games(...)

Israel's government reaches a new moral low

Mar 7, 2016

Haaretz The right-wing government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is finding it difficult to cope with the “lone-wolf intifada,” which(...)

Study: ‘NYT’ portrays Islam more negatively than alcohol, cancer, and cocaine

Mar 7, 2016

Dorgham Abusalim Mondoweiss A study released in November 2015 by 416 Labs, a Toronto-based consulting firm, reveals that the New York Times(...)

‘We wasted 40 years talking about nothing, doing nothing’ — Pappe demolishes peace process

Mar 7, 2016

Philip Weiss Mondoweiss Last night Ilan Pappe gave a brilliant speech about the cruel illusion of the peace process to a hall(...)

Indonesian FM: Stop Israeli oppression of Palestine

Mar 7, 2016

Palestine News Network (PNN) The Indonesian Foreign Minister, Retno Marsudi has called for halting Israeli oppression of Palestine and its people(...)

The Middle East Needs a Regional Reconstruction Strategy

Mar 7, 2016

By Sultan BarakatThe Huffington PostThe World Bank is hosting its annual Fragility Forum this week with the aim of making(...)

The Science of Form: An Interview with Samia Halaby

Mar 7, 2016

[Samia Halaby at the Kansas City Art Institute (1966).] by Maymanah Farhat Jadaliyya (Listen to the interview) At the 2016 edition(...)

End Times for the Caliphate?

Mar 6, 2016

Patrick CockburnLondon Review of Books The war in Syria and Iraq has produced two new de facto states in the last(...)

Conflict of Interest: Americans in the IDF - The Jerusalem Fund

Mar 6, 2016

by Mohamed MohamedThe Jerusalem FundIn the latest unrest gripping the Occupied Palestinian Territories, 21-year old Tuvya Weisman was stabbed and(...)

Artistic refuge

Mar 6, 2016

Kate CrayThe Yale Herald Arranged without decoration, the photographs lining the walls of the Davenport Art Gallery record the path of(...)

Professor who left Wheaton after saying Muslims share ‘same God’ finds new job at U-Va.

Mar 6, 2016

Julie ZauzmerThe Washington Post The former Wheaton professor who sparked controversy at the Christian college by saying Muslims and Christians share(...)

Za’atar Health Benefits: Middle Eastern Spice Blend Fights Microbes, May Boost Brain

Mar 6, 2016

Ashik Siddiqi Medical Daily Za'atar, an aromatic blend of spices that typically includes some combination of dried thyme, sumac, oregano,(...)