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  • The Haj

    Be warned, this book may ignite racial discrimination. The story is about Haj Ibrahim al Soukori al Wahhabi, a Muslim tribe leader living in Aqbat Jabar in the Palestine, who was caught in a conundrum between his ancient Arab roots and the Jews. It covers what happened in Palestine befor... Read more ...

    Published on 03/08/2009 in ελπίδα, πίστη, αγάπη

  • ”Civil” War

    I listened to this article -- "Maronite Christians Thrive in Lebanon" by Peter Kenyon -- on NPR earlier this week and wanted to record two astute quotes from it:   "Like much of the Middle East, Lebanon was fabricated by foreigners. It might be called an accident of history -- if the ... Read more ...

    Published on 11/11/2007 in Beyond Rivalry

  • ”The fuel that keeps the war going is us”

         Interview With Investigative Journalist Seymour Hersh: "The President Has Accepted Ethnic Cleansing"     By Charles Hawley and David Gordon Smith      Der Spiegel     Friday 28 September 2007 ... Read more ...

    Published on 09/30/2007 in Stone Cupid Real

  • Reporter Alan Johnston Released

    "Alan Johnston, the BBC journalist held hostage in Gaza since March 12, was handed over by his Islamist captors to ruling Hamas officials on Wednesday, a Palestinian source close to negotiations for his release said." More at CNN . ( Photo from BBC ) Read more ...

    Published on 07/04/2007 in Beyond Rivalry

  • Toward a New, Democratic Middle East

    Barnett, T.P.M. (2006). Treating Iran as a logical swing asset . Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog. January 10, 2007. Available online: http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/2007/01/treating_iran_as_logical_swing.html.Tom Barnett gets it !: Great piece by Luttwak exploring how sometimes (in I... Read more ...

    Published on 01/11/2007 in tdaxp

  • A New Middle East, Part I: Our Vanquished Enemies

    " The Big Bang spreads . . . the rough way ," by Thomas Barnett, Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog , 7 October 2005, http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/archives2/002427.html (from tdaxp )." President's Radio Address ," by George Bush, White House Radio , 19 August 2006, http://www.whitehouse.go... Read more ...

    Published on 08/20/2006 in tdaxp

  • Chinese Pilgrims

    " PM Sharon met with Chinese Deputy Prime Minister ," Prime Minister's Office , http://www.pmo.gov.il/nr/exeres/10B5BBC7-0AB7-4189-966A-725029058D8D.htm, 28 December 2004." China ready to take on more active role in Mideast politics ," by Mahmoud Al Abed , Jordan Times , http://www.jordantimes.... Read more ...

    Published on 01/07/2005 in tdaxp

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