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Almost exactly one month after mass protests spurred government intervention in the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), the United States’ observance of Columbus Day is a timely reminder ... Read More

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Since the Arab Spring protests rocked the Middle East in 2010, a considerable amount of the region’s media coverage has been devoted to the protests’ repercussions and any lingering civil ... Read More

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  Baldev Duggal always took a considerable amount of time to trek from the entrance of his building in the Flatiron District, to his upper-level office, as he stopped to ... Read More

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When my grandparents were displaced from Northern Palestine to Lebanon in 1948, they had no way of knowing that they would be the first of many generations of refugees to ... Read More

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A survey of young Arabs has provided the global community some much-needed insight to slowing down ISIS’ massive recruiting network. The 2016 ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey, which conducted over ... Read More

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In the midst of the ongoing conflict in Gaza, which escalated over the weekend, an improbable and heartwarming story is unfolding. In a leap of faith, a couple living within ... Read More

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Time Magazine reported last year that the Islamic State, also known as “ISIS” and “ISIL,” acquires as many as 1,000 new fighters each month. Recently leaked documents have revealed that ... Read More

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TROY DUNHAM Blindfolded in Lebanon, without a phone and in the company of strangers, I began to wonder if I had made a terrible mistake. I traveled to the country last ... Read More

The post This Man Told Me He Was Tricked Into Joining ISIS. I Don’t Know If I Believe Him. appeared first on Chaker Khazaal.

The Arab village of Tarshiha was the primary military outpost for Fawzi al-Qawuqjiand the Arab Liberation Army during the Arab-Israeli war in 1948. After sustaining hours of plane bombings and ... Read More

The post A Refugee Returns Home: The Journey To My Roots appeared first on Chaker Khazaal.

The ongoing civil war in Syria and the ensuing flood of migrants into Europe and other countries have been at the top of the media’s “talk about it” list the ... Read More

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