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May 31, 2015 | Daily Sabah
On thinking outside the box: Spanish and Greek elections
May 24, 2015 local elections in Spain brought a titanic shift in the country’s political landscape as Podemos (We Can), the newly formed far-left party, has registered major victories coming third and winning the mayor offices in Madrid, possibly Barcelona and Valencia. The victory disrupts the long standing two-party stranglehold on Spanish politics and certainly…
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May 26, 2015 |Video | Islamophobia Production: “Clash of Civilizations Discourses and Muslim Otherness”
Islamophobia Production and Re-Defining Global “Security” Agenda for the 21st Century April 21-22, 2011 University of California, Berkeley Booth Auditorium, Boalt Law School Panel on “Clash of Civilizations Discourses and Muslim Otherness” Prof. Ramon Grosfogual, UC Berkeley Prof. Keith Feldman, University of California, Berkeley Dr. Hatem Bazian, UC Berkeley Moderator: Prof. Maxwell Leung, California College of the…
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May 26, 2015 |Palestine Through a Colonial Lens
Dr. Hatem Bazian speech at MAS ICNA Convention December 2014.
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May 26, 2015 |Criticizing Israel within the American Jewish Community
American Muslims for Palestine’s Conference for Palestine in the US: Gaza Teaches Life! Nov. 27-29, 2014 SPEAKERS: Miko Peled, Josh Ruebner, Dr. Hatem Bazian MODERATOR: Ashraf Nubani
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May 25, 2015 | Daily Sabah
Sentencing Egypt to death and propping up the pharaoh
The death sentence handed down by a Cairo court against Mohammed Morsi, the first democratically elected president of Egypt, is emblematic of the country’s transformation into a despotic and repressive military state. Since Abdul Fatah el-Sissi’s coup in July 2013, the Egyptian junta under his command has managed to kill thousands, imprison opposition members, sentence…
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May 23, 2015 | Turkey AgendaImmigration Crisis: The Collapse of the Post-Colonial State Part 4
The 1980s witnessed the re-emergence of Cold War warriors and a renewed focus on defeating the Soviet Union, undoing the Iranian revolution and reversing any miniscule political changes in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Ronald Reagan’s election and reelection in the US and, with the Conservative Party’s return to power, Margaret Thatcher’s appointment as Prime…
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May 17, 2015 | Daily Sabah
Vatican’s recognition a signal of the global shift on Palestine statehood
The recent Vatican announcement that it will soon sign a comprehensive treaty to recognize Palestine as a state is an important development and signals a shift in policy not only for the Holy See but also reflects a movement across the world to embrace a new approach. In the Annuario Poniticio, the official Vatican yearbook,…
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May 13, 2015 | Turkey AgendaImmigration Crisis: The Collapse of the Post-Colonial State Part 3
At the start of the 20th century, almost 75% of the world’s land surface was subject to either direct colonization or some form of protected status. Africa and Asia were the private dominion of colonial powers with millions living and existing under the boots of pernicious colonial control relegating them to servitude, bondage and treated…
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May 11, 2015 | Daily Sabah
Breaking the silence on Israeli crimes in Gaza
A firestorm has erupted after Breaking the Silence, an Israeli nongovernmental organization, released soldiers’ testimonies from Operation Protective Edge, describing what amounts to war crimes. The testimonies shed light on orders and details from front line Israeli soldiers that provide firsthand accounts of violations of the 4th Geneva Convention and the treatment of civilian populations…
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May 6, 2015 | Turkey AgendaImmigration Crisis: The Collapse of the Post-Colonial State Part 2
Existing fault lines in post-colonial states have a long history behind them and are present across the world. Some may assert that we cannot accuse the global North of initiating or creating them in the first place. However, the colonial global North has achieved mastery at the divide-and-conquer game and nothing was deemed sacred within…
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