Once upon time, Mostafa Chamran -Iranian scientist, holding Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Physics- was hired as the senior research staff scientist at Bell Laboratories and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. As the restless soul he was, he couldn’t stand a …
Posted in Arab Christians, Democracy, General, History, Iran, Islam, Middle East, Philosophy, Politics, Religion | 25 CommentsA team from Iraqi Al-Amal Association and Etana Women’s Assembly toured the areas in Nineveh and Mosul Planes to investigate the conditions of the displaced Christian families from Mosul City, following the last criminal sectarian attacks carried out against them …
Posted in Arab Christians, Iraq, Religion | 1 CommentDear Friends, Again the terror hit Iraq, today it is targeting the defenseless Iraqi Christians, it was not enough that our Parliament made a deal to remove paragraph 50 of elections law, that preserve the rights of Iraqi minorities in …
Posted in Activism, Arab Christians, Awareness, Civil Rights, Iraq, Religion | 15 CommentsIn the backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that dominates everyone’s attention and the news, another fight for the protection of children, families and Christian education is taking place in the Middle East. It is being waged by a Palestinian woman …
Posted in Activism, Arab Christians, Palestine/Israel | Tagged Children, Christians, families, Israeli Knesset, Labor Party, Nadia Hilou, Palestine, Palestinians, social welfare, Women | 1 CommentThe Carnegie Foundation is offering a grant through the International Center for Journalists to explore religion in the Islamic World. They always grab me by promoting it as an exploration of issues in “the Arab World” and then drill down …
Posted in Arab Christians, Middle East | Tagged Arabs, Christians, Israel, Jews, journalism, Muslims, news media, Palestine | 1 CommentIn 1925, Egypt became the first Muslim-majority country to recognize the Baha’i faith as an independent religion. However, almost 80 years later, Baha’is in Egypt continue to face heinous discrimination, due to their failure to obtain identity cards. Identity cards …
Posted in Arab Christians, Arab Jews, Awareness, Baha'is, Civil Rights, Current Events, Egypt, Media, Religion, Satire, Society | 46 CommentsThere are so many stories about Palestinians abused and discriminated against by Israel, yet they are often ignored by the mainstream media in Christian countries like the United States. This story is about Monks whose livelihood is being squashed by …
Posted in Arab Christians, Israel, Palestine, Racism | Tagged Bethlehem, Christian Arabs, Christian Palestinians, Israeli occupation, Jews, Muslims, pathetic Palestinian leadership | 16 CommentsI can take criticism. I get it all the time. But what does push me to respond is when the critics resorts to distortions and lies to make their point. One such criticism focused on the Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour by …
Posted in Arab Americans, Arab Christians, Entertainment, Ethics, Freedom of Speech, Humor, Islam, Israel, Media, Palestine, Taboos | 13 CommentsWe did two shows so far, one at the University of Madison, hosted by MASA/Israel Journeys, the Middle East Studies Association and the Jewish Agency/Hillel at the University of Wisconsin. We had 120 reservations (four days planning and 30 more …
Posted in Arab Christians, Arabs, Censorship, Civil Rights, Entertainment, Freedom of Speech, Fun Stuff, Islam, Israel, Media, Middle East, Palestine, Palestine/Israel, Racism, Taboos | 1 CommentLibyan bloggers have recently been talking about the controversy over Libyan attorney Wafa Bu’esa’s first novel Hunger Has Other Faces. (Al Jazeera’s report) The novel, written in the first-person for “dramatic effect” as the writer says, tells the story of a …
Posted in Arab Christians, Arabs, Culture, Egypt, Gender, General, Islam, Libya, Literature | 6 Comments