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December 13, 2016 |Dismembering the Ottomans and Colonizing Palestine
The Zionist colonizing project in Palestine was carried out over a long period and had various stages to it but it could not have been possible without the involvement of Great Britain, France and the United States at a later point. Many books, articles and materials relating to Palestine tend to begin the Palestinian dispossession…
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December 1, 2016 |Negotiating Alliances in the Age of Islamophobia: AJC’s Role in Anti-Muslim Discourses
What do Islamophobic figures like Daniel Pipes, Steve Emerson, Wafa Sultan and Nonie Darwish have in common? Many answers come to mind, but not the one that I am seeking. The answer is that all of them are recipients of one award or in the case of Pipes and Emerson glowing public recommendation for their…
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November 30, 2016 |Book Launch: “Palestine … it is something colonial”
“Palestine … it is something colonial” In 1902, Theodor Herzl, the founder of political Zionism, wrote to Cecil Rhodes, the Minister of Colonies for Great Britain: “You are being invited to help make history. It doesn’t involve Africa, but a piece of Asia Minor; not Englishmen but Jews … How, then, do I happen…
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November 24, 2016 |American Muslims and the Specter of Fear
The election of Trump in the recent U.S. election has unleashed a wave of fear among Muslims and communities of color across the country. After my class today, a friend asked if the conditions in the country are going to become more difficult, for example, if an interment like the Japanese faced during WWII might…
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November 16, 2016 |
Palestine … it is something colonial
In 1902, Theodor Herzl, the founder of political Zionism, wrote to Cecil Rhodes, the Minister of Colonies for Great Britain: “You are being invited to help make history. It doesn’t involve Africa, but a piece of Asia Minor; not Englishmen but Jews … How, then, do I happen to turn to you since this is…
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November 16, 2016 |Trump and the Collapse of Neoliberal Economic Order!
The string of right-wing political parties gaining the upper hand in elections across Europe and now joined by Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. election points to a much bigger phenomenon: the collapse of the neoliberal economic and political order. Consequently, focusing on each election outcome across Europe and the U.S. misses the overall global…
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November 9, 2016 |Trump’s Victory: Intervention Ghosts, Globalization and Islamophobia!
Thousands of articles have been written and many more will be written concerning the 2016 presidential election and the bizarre nature of the contest. Under normal circumstances and had the Republican candidate been anyone other than Trump, Clinton might have been able to secure the White House for the Democrats but the opposite is also…
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November 2, 2016 |Trumpism: Racist Eggs and Fascist Omelets
Over the past year and a half, Trump has managed to awaken anew America’s racists, a phenomenon that will be to stay around past the November elections, and the impacts will be far reaching and complex. Racists have emerged out of the woodworks and from deep down in cellars due to a presidential candidate that…
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October 26, 2016 |The Metaphysical and the Crisis of Spiritual Materiality
The word “spiritual” — frequently used in increasingly non-descriptive and narrowly understood ways in the modern and post-colonial period — is a term that postulates a new relationship between the human and God that is no longer regulated by existing “tradition” or normative religious discourses. Just as modernity, post-modernity, or neo-liberal world order defined every…
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October 19, 2016 |Palestine: Toward a New Era!
The current situation in Palestine is unsustainable for the Palestinians as the internal dynamics are a harbinger for an impending future crisis. First and foremost, let’s dispense of any notions or comments of a “peace process” since none has existed as far back as the year 2000, if not before. What has been underway is…
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