Arab Jews

Lyric is in three languages of English, Arabic and Hebrew. Beautiful song and lyric to unite Jews and Arabs, and to heal the wounds.
Watch here: watch?v=RN8B1xvCxI0

There must be another
Must be another way
עינייך, אחות / Einaich, achot
כל מה שלבי מבקש אומרות / Kol ma shelibi mevakesh omrot
עברנו עד כה / Avarnu ad ko
דרך ארוכה, דרך כה [...]

Note: This is a written transcript of an Audio clip I recorded.
It took the Arab world more than 20 days to suddenly wake up and hold a meeting about the situation in Gaza. Back when the Gaza crisis started, a GCC meeting was held with no regard to the situation’s seriousness. They finished their commercial [...]

After I was greatly intrigued by Baghdad Twist, a documentary film about Iraqi Jews, I requested an interview with its director, Joe Balass:
Balass was born in Baghdad, Iraq, in 1966 and after escaping with his family at the age of four, he eventually settled in Canada. He has produced and directed a number of award-winning [...]

Baghdad-born filmmaker Joe Balass alerted us that Baghdad Twist, his documentary film on Iraqi Jews, will be screened in the following locations and times:
DocuWeek showcase in Los Angeles (Aug. 22-28, 2008) where it will be playing for 7 days and it will also be screening at the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 4-13, 2008) where [...]

Al-iraqi Al-hura Satellite TV channel had started a series of reports concerning the Iraqi Jews living in Israel. What is unique about these reports is that they are the first of their kind, as no Arabic or Iraqi station had refered to the subject of Iraqi Jews ever, the Iraqi Jews are one of the [...]

I’ve learnt something new today.I’ve learnt that I’m not an Israeli citizen equal to other Israeli citizens, that there are people who have more rights than me…
You think I’m kidding?
Well, I’ll tell you about a trip I made today to see some settlements and outposts in the Occupied Territories organized by the Peace Now’s Settlement [...]

In 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 are the key towards gaining access to education, health care, and economic opportunities. Without them, [...]

This past week saw the historic announcement of the appointment of the first Jewish ambassador from the Arab World, and Bahrain’s first female ambassador to the United States. King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain appointed Huda Azra Ibrahim Nunu to serve as Bahrain’s ambassador to the US, replacing Dr. Naser M. Y. [...]

It is always like this… violence here triggers violence there. It is an endless chain of tit for tat and the civilians are the ones who always pay the lion’s share of loss and grief. I just read a very heartrending story of a two-month-old little baby girl, Amira, who was shot dead, Tuesday, in [...]

Many people are dying in this world everyday. There are many shootings and killings globally. Over one hundred people were died in Gaza in just a week. But who cares?
No one was there when Gaza was exhausting massacres! No united nations, no Condoleezza Rice, no peace wanting Egyptian government and even no global pacifist!
After last [...]