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Living Without Your Name

If you are a Palestinian and want to rent a flat, at times, to misquote Arthur Miller, you have to live without your name.

(BEER-SHIVA, Israel) - My friend’s wife was accepted to a PhD program at McGill University in Montreal.

They decided to move to Canada with their two children at about the same time that I was offered a fellowship at Princeton and decided to move with my family to New Jersey for a year.

Latest Stories from Afghanistan

Roundup of news items from the Afghanistan News Center...

(KABUL ANC) - The news coming our of Afghanistan every day is widespread and varied; from violent bloodshed to unusual, heroic accomplishments.

People struggle to survive amid terrorists, corruption, and a NATO force that is increasingly finding itself unwelcome.

Dystopia Revisited

Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious. --George Orwell, 1984

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Many people have been shocked by the distortion, propaganda and downright lies appearing in the Western media over events in the Middle East.

But for someone living in the Middle East for 30 or 40 years, the lies are nothing new.

Israel`s Apartheid Government Begins to Unravel at the Seams

"I fought very hard in the Supreme Court against the reunification of Palestinian families" - Ilan 'Adolph' Tsion

(SALEM) - We've seen this coming for a long time. Israel's racism toward native Palestinians is really not unique; the Israelis are now turning on darker skinned refugees and the violence is feverish.

I find humor in the times I have been chastised by Israelis for articles that push the truth button.

AMP Calls on State Department to Defend Tradition of Due Process and Human Rights

As of May 1, 2012, Israel was holding 4,653 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centers, in direct contravention of international law.

(CHICAGO) - A national grassroots organization has a mission underway to educate Americans about Palestine’s rich cultural and historical heritage.

They are is calling on the U.S. Department of State to intervene on behalf of 2,500 Palestinian political prisoners, who are engaged in a lengthy hunger strike to protest their inhumane and illegal incarceration as well as Israel’s illegal use of administrative detention.

Underwear Bomber Story - One Big Brown Stain

Wipe the propaganda from your mind.

(SALEM) - I've been clenching my ears over the latest 'underwear scare'. I don't want to hear the dirty details of a saga like this at first.

I know that the story will unfold if I just hang on. Well, the underwear sprang a hole and something leaked out... The AP reports in Officials: Al-Qaida bomber was CIA informant

Obama`s Personal Role in a Journalist`s Imprisonment

The world knows the truth about what really happened in al Majala: Yemeni journalist, Abdulelah Haider Shaye, "photographed the missile parts, some of them bearing the label 'Made in the USA,’

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Jeremy Scahill, The Nation's national security correspondent, is easily one of America’s best and most intrepid journalists.

He spends his time in dangerous places in order to uncover what the U.S. Government is doing around the world.

Gunmen executing people in the streets - Homs eyewitness

Western-backed rebels in Syria are gunning down Christians from rooftops...

(MOSCOW RT) - People have been left without water or electricity as rebels destroy water pumps and power converters. Civilians are forced to stay inside as snipers shoot from the rooftops.

RT in Damascus managed to contact an eyewitness in Homs, who says gunmen are killing civilians in the streets. Galina says leaving home is out of the question, as snipers “can shoot you in the back.”

Yemenis Don`t Hate us Because we are Free

A recent poll in Yemen showed 96% of the people expressed opposition to their government’s cooperation with the US government.

(Jamestown, RI) - You may or may not know that the US has supported the dictator of Yemen for years, so when the Arab Spring occurred we tried very hard to look the other way and stick our head in the sand, while Mr. Saleh killed and murdered protestors.

Another Dictator Sets Up Shop in the US

The US helped broker a deal giving Saleh immunity, in exchange for his surrendering power, which the US did not do with Gaddafi in Libya.

(Jamestown, RI) - Here we go again. The long time US supported dictator of Yemen will be coming to the US to set up residence. You may or may not recall a similar incident triggered the Iranian hostage situation back in 1979.

The brutal dictator, the Shah of Iran, was installed after the democratically elected President was overthrown by the CIA.