In 2012, the beloved and greatly mourned Palestinian singer Reem Banna publicly declared her dedication to a Free Syria and denounced the silence of the world in the face of the “most criminal and backward regime of the Arab world”, the Assad regime. Following is her declaration in Arabic,...
Here you have it, the ultimate difference between the old order and the new, between the aristocratic wisdom of Al Hakim and the genius intellect of Khomeini: using the new institutional and organisational technology to turn “people” into an “active”, useful political force. Ultimately, this...
but has Syrian nationality) is the head of a pro-government militia, composed of Alawites andShabeeha, calledSyrian Resistance, based in al Baseet, North of Latakia. He was among those responsible for the massacre of Banyas. In this photo, he is in the centre, with flowers in his...
I don’t remember who else spoke, but Tutu was the main speaker, and he spoke at length, after I sang “They’re Building A Wall” and other songs related to the anti-apartheid struggle in Palestine, as it was an event in solidarity with Palestinians. Being such a well-known leader i...
G: We find that many Scandinavians identify more easily with our culture but there is no written or unwritten rule concerning the nationality of senior managers. It would be impossible, however, for anyone to advance within IKEA without wholly understanding and buying into the company’s ...
In all these examples, we cannot forget Fares Al-Khoury - the first president of the UN Security Council who was of Lebanese origin and had Syrian nationality. He was able to wrest his country’s independence with a joke at the Security Council. ...
Whether or not whatever-are-being-defined-as Palestinians have a “right” to lands in that area of the world is a political question. I say, as above, that the lands should be Christian (and some “Palestinans” are Christian). But I would not make it illegal for non-Christians to ...
The Zionist Organisation of America (ZOA) has failed in its attempt to impose a censorship order on a workshop on Citizenship and Nationality in Israel/Palestine run by Colombia University, reported Huffington Post. US Zionists fail in bid to censor Palestine-Israel workshop More results ► Acr...
Iran: the competition for the future of the Middle East In Syria prior to the conflict, Palestinians were afforded the same duties and responsibilities as Syrians apart from nationality and voting rights (ANERA, 2013). Syrian and Palestinian Syrian refugees in Lebanon: the plight of women and ...
The identity can be based on factors such as nationality, sex, political leaning, religious or ethnic belonging, being part of a majority or minority in one’s own environment and notions of the “moral order”, a sociological concept that comprises a body of unwritten social values and ...