Arabs

On ‘Hate’ And Love At The World Cup: Palestine Is More Than An Arab Cause

December 9, 2022 Ramzy Baroud, Mintpress News. Educate! Arabs, Israel, Palestine, world cup

We were mistaken to think that Palestine represents the central issue for all Arabs. Such language suggests that Palestine is an external subject to be compared to other collective struggles that consume most Arabs, everywhere. The ongoing celebration of Palestine and the Palestinian flag at the Qatar World Cup 2022 by millions of Arab fans compels us to rethink our earlier assumptions about the Arab people’s relationship with Palestine. The starting point for my argument is Rome, Italy, not Doha, Qatar. In August 2021, I attended a friendly football match between Morocco’s Raja Casablanca and the Italian AS Roma. Thousands of Moroccan fans accompanied their team. Although fewer in number, their matching outfits, songs, chants and group dances in the stands made them more visible than the rest.

The Historical Relationship Between Arab Nationalists And Leftist Revolutionaries In Latin America

November 19, 2022 Dr. Mohammed Khaza Russia, International Magz. Educate! Arabs, Latin America, Leftists, Revolution

It is easy to praise Providence for anything that may happen if you have two qualities: a complete view of what has actually happened in each instance and a sense of gratitude. Without gratitude what is the point of seeing, and without seeing what is the object of gratitude?” –Epictetus, Discourses, 1.6.1– 2. Simon Bolivar Square is located in the heart of Cairo, specifically in Garden City, between Tahrir Square and the Nile Corniche. Simon Bolivar is one of the most prominent of those who helped liberate Latin American countries which had fallen under Spanish rule in the 16th century. Having played an important role in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Panama, he was even described as the liberator of Latin America.

WWI Through Arab Eyes

November 23, 2018 Staff, Al Jazeera English Resistance Report Arabs, History, WWI

World War One Through Arab Eyes - Episode One: The Arabs World War One was four years of bitter conflict from 1914 to 1918. Called 'The Great War' and the 'war to end all wars', it is often remembered for its grim and relentless trench warfare - with Europe seen as the main theatre of war. But this was a battle fought on many fronts. There is a story other than the mainstream European narrative. It is not told as often but was of huge importance during the war and of lasting significance afterwards. It is the story of the Arab troops who were forced to fight on both sides but whose contribution is often forgotten.

Hundreds Of Jews And Arabs March In Jerusalem Against Israeli Occupation

April 3, 2017 Nir Hasson, www.haaretz.com Resist! Arabs, Israel, Jews, Occupation

By Nir Hasson for Haaretz - Earlier Saturday, a Palestinian was shot dead after wounding two civilians and a border policeman with a knife in Jerusalem's Old City. One of the organizers, Itamar Avneri, said the incident "was a painful reminder of the price of the occupation. We convey wishes of swift recovery to the wounded, and hope we don't see any more such incidents or fear on the city's streets. This has to end." The march began at Gan Hasus in the city's center and concluded in the Old City with a rally near Jaffa Gate. Knesset Member Zehava Galon, the chairwoman of the Meretz party, addressed the rally, saying: "We can't keep the conflict with the Palestinians on the back burner, when the flame is on top of a barrel bomb. The stabbing attack in the Old City exposes the illusion that it's possible to deprive an entire people of rights and sovereignty without the desperation turning into horrible hatred and violence."

#Arabs4BlackPower Releases Movement For Black Lives Solidarity Statement

September 29, 2016 Kirsten West Savali, www.theroot.com Strategize! Arabs, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Solidarity

By Kirsten West Savali for The Root - Arabs for Black Power—a circle of organizers from the United States and Arabic-speaking regions—has released a statement in solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives. The Movement for Black Lives, or M4BL, is raising global consciousness about state-sanctioned and state-perpetuated violence against people of color in the United States, as well as actively working to dismantle the institutional and systemic oppression that makes these extrajudicial killings just another day in North America.

Amid Israeli Independence Day Celebrations Thousands Of Arabs Rally

May 13, 2016 Jack Khoury, www.haaretz.com Educate! Arabs, Independence, Israel

By Jack Khoury for Haaretz - Thousands of Arab Israelis marked Nakba Day on Wednesday with a march near the Negev Bedouin town of Rahat, the main event of which was a mass vow to preserve Bedouin lands and not to concede the “right of return.” Nabka Day, which commemorates the flight or expulsion of more than 700,000 Arabs during Israel’s War of Independence in 1947-49, is usually observed on Israeli Independence Day as well as its official date of May 15. The right of return refers to the Palestinian demand that both the original Palestinian refugees and all their descendants be allowed to resettle in Israel.

Why Israel’s Schools Merit A U.S. Boycott

January 15, 2016 Saree Makdisi, www.latimes.com Resist! Arabs, Education, Israel, Palestinians, Racism

By Saree Makdisi for Los Angeles Times. Austin, TX - At its annual convention this week, the Modern Language Assn., which represents 26,000 language and literature scholars, will become the latest academic body to consider the merits of adopting a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. This follows endorsements of such a boycott by the Assn. for Asian American Studies, the American Studies Assn. and, most recently, the American Anthropological Assn., which voted 1,040 to 136 to endorse a resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions at its November annual meeting in Denver; the AAA's entire membership will soon vote on the resolution, which is expected to pass.

Arabs And Jews Protest Israeli ‘Book Ban’ With A Kiss

January 10, 2016 Renee Ghert-Zand, www.timesofisrael.com Resist! Arabs, Book ban, Israel, Jews, Palestinians

By Renee Ghert-Zand for Times of Israel. Time Out Tel Aviv responded to the Education Ministry’s barring from a reading list for high schoolers of a novel depicting an Israeli-Palestinian love story with a video showing Jews and Arabs locking lips. This new video is modeled on the “First Kiss” video released in March 2014, which went viral before people caught on that it was actually an advertisement for a fashion line starring models. The announcement of the book’s barring led to an exceptionally high demandat bookstores throughout the country, and to a subsequent concession by the ministry that the book can be taught in schools where teachers wish to do so. According to Time Out Tel Aviv, the pairs appearing in the video are either couples, friends or total strangers. In some cases the pairs are the same sex, and in others they are not. The magazine called the kissers “brave,” saying many of the people approached had refused to participate in the project given the charged climate and touchy subject. Each of the participants provided an explanation about why they decided to pucker up for the camera.

Thousands Protest Forced Urbanization of Israel’s Bedouin

December 2, 2013 Lia Tarachansky, www.therealnews.com Resist! Arabs, Israel, Palestine, Video

On Saturday, November 30, thousands gathered in the Negev in southern Israel to protest the government's forced urbanization plan of the desert's Bedouin indigenous people. The plan, called Prawer-Begin after its authors, passed first reading of three by the Israeli parliament in June and sparked a mass mobilization involving two days of rage in July and August and an online campaign leading up to Saturday's protests. This third day of rage saw hundreds throughout the country travel to join thousands of Bedouins in the Negev in an unprecedented demonstration of solidarity. Simultaneously, protests were organized in various cities and around the world. The biggest of the protests was in the Negev Desert and was met with enormous police force, water cannons, and policemen on horses, Dozens were arrested and wounded.

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