Tag Archives: apartheid

Taking Beitar to task: Mohammed Ghadir

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 22, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Striker Mohammed Ghadir puts Israeli anti-racism to the test By James M. Dorsey Maccabi Haifa striker Mohammed Ghadir believes that he and Beitar Jerusalem, the bad boy of Israeli soccer, are a perfect match. “I am well … Continue reading →

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Homecoming for Stark Record of Apartheid

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 19, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By CELIA W. DUGGER Published: New York Times November 17, 2010 JOHANNESBURG — When he was only in his 20s Ernest Cole, a black photographer who stood barely five feet tall, created one of the most harrowing pictorial … Continue reading →

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ISRAEL’S ‘OPERATION MAKE THE WORLD HATE US

by Shahidul Alam Posted on June 8, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews BRUCE. E. WILSON, “ISRAEL’S ‘OPERATION MAKE THE WORLD HATE US’ ENTERS BOLD NEW PHASE AS JERUSALEM POST EDITOR RELEASES VIDEO MOCKING DEAD FLOTILLA ACTIVISTS” 6 June, 2010 — MRZine ‘Israel does not need enemies: it has itself. … Continue reading →

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Rachel’s war

by Shahidul Alam Posted on June 6, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews This weekend 23-year-old American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by a bulldozer as she tried to prevent the Israeli army destroying homes in the Gaza Strip. In a remarkable series of emails to her … Continue reading →

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INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY AND THE FREEDOM FLOTILLA MASSACRE

by Shahidul Alam Posted on June 1, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Editorial, The Electronic Intifada, 31 May 2010 Early this morning under the cover of darkness Israeli soldiers stormed the lead ship of the six-vessel Freedom Flotilla aid convoy in international waters and killed and injured dozens of civilians aboard. All … Continue reading →

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AN OPEN LETTER TO MR. JACOB ZUMA

by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 26, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews HAIDAR EID – AN OPEN LETTER TO MR. JACOB ZUMA, PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA 10 September, 2009 — Palestine Chronicle Dear Mr. President, I am writing to express my dismay and disappointment with both your attendance at the … Continue reading →

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67 Minutes for Madiba

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 18, 2009

Subscribe to ShahidulNews OK. I’ll admit it. I do have a soft spot for older women. My grandmother, my mother, Shejokhalamma, Chotokhalamma, Chotomami, Sufia Khala (poet Sufia Kamal), Didi (Mahasweta Devi) were all pretty special. All in their eighties or … Continue reading →

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Quitting Is Leading Too

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 11, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews If only our own leaders (past and present), Mugabe, Bush and a host of others could learn! At the silver jubilee celebrations of Bangladesh’s independence, Madiba had set an example. He had called out to Khaleda (then … Continue reading →

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