Category: Foreign Affairs

Syria at the UN: Are we dancing or playing monkey in the middle?

Posted on by Suzan Boulad (Syria)

For the last few days, hundreds of diplomats and politicians of various importance have gathered in New York to Talk About Syria. News media has been abuzz with the back and forth like high schoolers passing notes. Russia did what? …

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Can you help Kurds to have a remembrance day for the Genocide?

Posted on by Laween Atroshi

Dear Friends of Kurdistan, I have set up an e-petition urging the British Government to recognize the Genocide inflicted upon the Kurdish population by the former regime of Saddam Hussein. If we get 100,000 signatures than they will debate this …

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First time in History the invisible nation: Iraqi Kurdistan nominated for UN Public Service Award

Posted on by Laween Atroshi

Throughout history the kurds have been forgotten and stigmatized as having a high record of unemployment, lack of human rights and primitive education. To treat this misperception as Kurdish professionals we have a ethical & moral duty to represent Kurdistan …

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Green Industrial Zones: A New Model for the Middle East

Posted on by Nissim Dahan

The following conversation took place between me, myself and I; three people I happen to know quite well: What is your answer for the Middle East? I would use Arab and Western capital and know how to build a Green …

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Kurdish Youth contribute in Human Rights talks at the House of Lords

Posted on by DaroonMK

Human Rights Day 2011 was warmly welcomed in London’s House of Lords where a board of delegates came together from across Europe in discussion and reflection of the developments and progress made within the global community on the agenda of human rights. …

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Well! It’ unfair to blame Iran on its nuclear program, but WHY?

Posted on by Abdulla Hawez (Kurdistan)

The nuclear power has been innovated by the father of nuclear physics Ernest Rutherford in 1919. And the first nuclear power plant has been made in Obninsk  in 1954 which generate electricity for a power grid, and produced around 5 megawatts of electric power. Also …

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Hypocrisy knows no limits

Posted on by Mazin Qumsiyeh (Palestine)

Obama celebrated the killing of Gaddafi. He did not talk about Gaddafi’s cozy relationship with the US and the west for the past 8 years including torturing people for the CIA**. On several occasions, the US administration said that revenge …

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Two Hints That Peace May Be Possible

Posted on by Nissim Dahan

In this increasingly hostile world of ours, it is only natural to search for even the slightest hint that peace may be possible. As I watched the news last night, two such hints came into sharp focus right before my …

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So It’s Freedom You Want?

Posted on by Nissim Dahan

People the world over cry out for “freedom,” but how often do we sit down and think about what it really means to be free? Over the years, different people the world over embraced different interpretations of “freedom.” Janice Joplin …

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9/11 and The Arab Spring

Posted on by Nissim Dahan

In this ambiguous world of ours it is often difficult to find moral clarity, even when it comes to seemingly black and white issues like 9/11 and the Arab Spring. And the question arises therefore: How do we bring moral …

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