Dear President Obama, with your speech coming tonight on resetting Arab relations, I have been wanting to write all week with some perspectives for you and my fellow Americans and global citizens to share from one Arab-American who tried to …
Posted in Current Events, USA | 3 CommentsHundreds of millions of moderate Muslims decline to celebrate in the streets when infidels are slaughtered. And dozens of millions of educated, modern Muslims feel ashamed when they see their more extreme brethren doing so on TV. And many of …
Posted in Current Events, Terrorism, USA | 3 CommentsHere’s my viewpoint on the Bin Laden killing. This guy was never much of a mastermind (and, it’s said, lately not at all). He was a symbolic spiritual leader and a financier. His symbolic value has only been increased by …
Posted in Current Events, USA | 3 CommentsTomorrow, we were scheduled to go for a demonstration in the Nativity Square. The collective decision was to delay this for a few days to give us time to digest the changes happening (see below) and soon to happen around …
Posted in Current Events, Demonstrations, Foreign Affairs, Palestine, Palestine/Israel, USA | 6 CommentsThe revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt caught the Obama administration off-guard, which is one of the reasons many analysts could claim that the Obama administration was flip-flopping and had no concrete policy. However, despite the change in tone over the …
Posted in Assholes, Democracy, Egypt, Regional Issues, Tunisia, USA | 1 CommentNew waves of sectarian bomb attacks in Iraq killed at least 50 people and injured more than 150, officials say. In my opinion, “war on terrorism” which was the pretext of the Iraqi occupation under Bush‘s admin let practically more …
Posted in Foreign Affairs, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Terrorism, USA, War | 2 CommentsFor the first time India ABSTAINED from UN vote. After 7 years of voting against Iran’s human rights violations, why the sudden change in policy?
Could it have to do with India’s multi-billion dollar oil and gas project with Iran?
Similarities between North Korea’s behavior and Iran’s are hard to overlook. Suspicions and evidence provided by North Korea’s example of deliberate defiance can no longer be ignored when referring to Iran’s insistence to pursue its nuclear ambitions.
If Iran gets hold of what is now North Korea’s strong bargaining chip in drawing the U.S. and other countries in it won’t be easy to persuade them to improve its human rights record.
The Obama administration announced for the first time ever sanctions against human rights abuses in Iran, increasing international pressure to halt their nuclear program. The US has made it a priority to step up and speak out against Iranian human …
Posted in Activism, Civil Rights, Democracy, Freedom of Speech, General, Human Rights, Iran, Middle East, USA | Tagged Human Rights, Iran, Nuclear Program | 3 CommentsYou may know that we, the Kurdish youth of North America, have a vibrant and active community. You may even know that in the US, we’ve hosted numerous gatherings, including Newroz celebrations, festivals, conferences, picnics, educational seminars, fashion shows, dance …
Posted in Awareness, Culture, Kurdistan, Kurds, USA, Youth | Tagged CKCC, Donations, Festival, KAYO, Kurdish, Kurdish women, Kurdistan, Kurds, Kurds Got Talent, KYC, Non-Profit, Sponsorship | 1 Comment