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2 Views on Norman Finkelstein's putting Zionism off limits in the debate

By Saja • Sep 7th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Grassroots Activism, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Zionism

Exclude Censorship, not Zionism, from the Debate
written by Saja
Dr. Norman Finkelstein spoke on Friday September 26, 2008 to a predominantly Muslim audience at the Islamic House of Wisdom in Dearborn, Michigan. I'd liked a few things I'd read by and about him. His style was engaging and he had generally good things to say – [...]

Saja – Departure of an Iraqi Grandmother

By Saja • Sep 3rd, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Arabian Coffee House, Children's Corner, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Culture and Heritage, Newswire, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, War

(photo by Daniela Spano "Nelle Mani di Nonna")
I woke up yesterday morning to find an email from my father, who is on a business trip in Europe at the moment, informing us that my grandmother had a stroke Sunday and passed away.
Unlike my cousins who grew up with her, I'd never known my grandmother. She'd always lived in Iraq and [...]

Saja – Where is the self-respecting outrage from Institutional Arab-America?

By Saja • Jul 2nd, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Ideas and Projects, Internet and Communication, Israel, Newswire, Opinions and Letters, Palestine, Religion, Resistance, War, Zionism

Dear everyone who continues to graciously demonstrate patience to listen to my anti-House-Arab* diatribes,

I could denounce the complacency of the self-absorbed and disconnected leadership of our "Arab" community. But at some point, words and videos (and threats to do unspeakable things to one's hair) don't suffice to express frustration. The complacency somehow manages to confound language and [...]

Saja – An Iraqi at the Iraqi Cemetery in Jenin

By Saja • Jun 27th, 2009 • Category: Biography, Children's Corner, Culture and Heritage, Features, Newswire, Palestine, Religion, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, War, Zionism

The original plan was to visit Palestine to express solidarity with Palestinians. But what ended up happening was that Palestine immersed me in solidarity to my ears.

Aside from learning valuable lessons in the strength of the Palestinians’ resilience and dedication to freedom, which I could write an entire book about, my two trips to Palestine [...]

Saja ("Arab with Camera") – Throw Shoes, Not Invitations (plus video FLOWERS FOR ABEER)

By Saja • Jun 22nd, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Culture and Heritage, Features, Israel, Newswire, Opinions and Letters, Palestine, Religion, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, War, Zionism

Following this article please watch the short video (in Arabic and English)

Bill Clinton, ADC's most zionist invitee with the most Arab blood on his hands, attracts the highest number of attendees at its convention. The NAACP invites the Ku Klux Klan's president to its convention.
The former sentence is true, the latter might as well be. I've seen "my people" [...]