Palestine Think Tank

Posts Tagged ‘Arab Americans’

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 ("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" [...]

Yousef Abudayyeh – Duty as a Community and a People

By Yousef Abudayyeh • Jan 3rd, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Culture and Heritage, Education, Israel, Newswire, Opinions and Letters, Palestine, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, Uprooted Palestinians' Testimonies, War, Zionism

As of the time of this seventh FPA statement, the number of murdered Palestinians in the Gaza Strip had reached at least 434 and those injured exceeded 2,280 with more than 200 in very critical conditions. Full families were slaughtered from infants to parents. Numerous mosques were obliterated as the indiscriminate assault continues unabated.
Read the [...]

Ahmad Al-Akhras, PhD. – The Watch List Through the Prism of Global War on Terrorism

By Guest Post • Jun 5th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Features, Newswire, Opinions and Letters, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance

Ahmad Al-Akhras has a collection of his boarding passes for the past four plus years. Most of these boarding passes were marked for “secondary screening.” Dr. Al-Akhras is the Vice Chairman of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR. He can be reached at ahmad@alakhras.org
Like racial profiling, the so-called Watch List hinges on a false premise [...]