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THE END OF AUTHORITARIANISM IN THE ARAB WORLD?

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 16, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Mubarak’s Ignominious Departure and the Fear Factor by rahnuma ahmed Mubarak is gone! Egypt is free! Equally true is the fact that power has been assumed by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. That the 30 … Continue reading →

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Anti-semitism, and the 9/11, Israel-Mossad Connection Part II

by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 17, 2010

By Rahnuma Ahmed “We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality,” an unnamed Bush official told reporter Ron Suskind, quoted by Eric Alterman, Bush’s War on the Press, The Nation (2005) Even when the US … Continue reading →

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9/11, Mossad, and a super 9-11 in the offing

by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 3, 2010

By Rahnuma Ahmed Anti-Semite, Jew hater, Holocaust denier are the epithets one is bound to gather if one voices criticism of Israel. Of Zionism. Historian Tony Judt, of Jewish background himself, had written on Israel’s 58th birthday, Israel is like … Continue reading →

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The Mideast’s One-State Solution

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 27, 2009

by Muammar Qaddafi The International Herald Tribune Palestinian mother and daughter walk past Israeli troops. Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi is calling for a one-state solution. (Photo: Patrick Baz / AFP / Getty Images) Tripoli, Libya – The shocking level of … Continue reading →

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Home and the architecture of occupation

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 29, 2008

Rahnuma Ahmed Homes, sweet homes WHAT does home mean for Palestinians driven away from their land in recurring waves of Israeli onslaught — 1948, 1949 to 1956, and again in 1967, due to the six-day war? What does home mean … Continue reading →

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