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All Canadians should be offended when the federal government disowns Canadians abroad, especially if there may be religious or racial overtones involved.
In a crowded church hall in front of 300 attendees, Dr. Norm Finkelstein told his audience that "next time" he will not be coming to Hamilton - rather, "we will all be meeting at the rendezvous of victory."
It is widely believed that the governments of both Jordan and Kuwait owe their survival today to the exceptionally dismal performance of the Egyptian government headed by President Mohamed Morsi.
In the predawn hours of May 31, I was aboard the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara, part of a convoy of humanitarian vessels aiming to deliver aid to besieged civilians in Gaza, when we were attacked in international waters by a unit of Israeli commandos.
Mark Tredinnick. The Land's Wild Music. San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 2005 ISBN 3-3420-00751-657-9
Al-Sisi puts Egypt on its feet.
In my opinion, the most significant gathering of 2009 took place in Melbourne, Australia, from Dec 3-8: The Conference of World Parliament of World Religions.
Seven years ago, on April 11, 2008 to be exact, we drove from Calgary AB to Halifax NS to begin a historic project - the Multi-Faith Walk Against Violence. We arrived in Halifax on April 18; two days later, I dipped my feet into the Atlantic Ocean and then turned west to start walking toward Victoria, BC.
This settler-colonial reconciliation branded by the government is artificially sweetened with handshake photo-ops and small pockets of money buying out silence on real issues.
Today is a relatively normal day in Beni Suef. The sun is shining, the streets are lined with fresh vegetables and fruit, and motorbikes and microbuses whiz by in all directions. Muslims, Christians, Egyptians young and old, move about the Egyptian city as usual.
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Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University and the author of several books focussing on the Middle East including 'The Hundred Years' War On Palestine'. He explains some of the basic facts of the struggle for Palestinian independence and the creation of the Zionist project of Israel.