08-23-09 Protests against release of Lockerbie bomber driven by revenge not justice
Release of Libyan in Lockerbie bombing puts past behind us
By Ray Hanania –The release this week of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the convicted mastermind of the 1988 bombing of PAN AM Flight 103 over Lockerbie, opens old wounds by also a debate that should have taken place years ago.It’s understandable that Americans are angry with the decision. Many Americans were on board the flight and lost their lives in the bombing. What has never been understandable is the American indifference to the killing of innocent civilians who are Arab, Muslim or of other races by American terrorists. Read more »
08-05-09 Holy Days in Holy Land turning into fury
Holy Days Turning into Fury
Maria C. Khoury, Ed. D. — It is such a special month in the Holy Land especially for the Orthodox Church, although we start the fast thirteen days later, we turn our eyes and heart onto honoring the Most Holy Mother of God in this special 14 day Dormition Fast. Read more »
That Great Satan Iran 04-22-09

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Ray Hanania’s World Comic Strips 04-22-09
That Great Satan Iran and the hypocrisy of the mainstream American news media and public when it comes to what is right and what is wrong in the world. We’ll blast Iran and its President Ahmadinejad but we are silent when the same actions are taken in Israel or in the U.S. War in Iraq.
COMIC: Bias in Hollywood keeps great movie on Arabs from Americans, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Jan. 26, 2009
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American East, a great movie on the Arab American experience, never made it to theatrical release, but is now available on DVD. Buy it if you care about correcting the reality of Sept. 11, 2001 and the stereotypes of Arab Americans.
KHOURY: Lethal competition in the Holy Land, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 01-14-09
Lethal Competition in the Holy Land
Maria C. Khoury, Ed. D. – I think I became angry at my brother the other day expressing my wish and hope that the Israeli leadership should be punished over the accused war crimes in Gaza. So my brother just laughed on the phone saying: “Don’t hold your breath…Remember they are the Chosen People…Israel is above all laws…” Read more »
HANANIA: Facebook caves into political pressure on Israel-Palestine dispute, For Immediate Release, Maerch 17, 2008
Facebook caves in to pressure and threats
By Ray Hanania – Boy. That didn’t take long for Facebook to cave in to extremist pro-Israel pressure. The ink wasn’t dry on yesterday’s column in which I applauded Facebook for doing the right thing. Doing the right thing is so rare in today’s world of lying, deception and political principle. And apparently, it’s even rarer at Facebook when it comes to the issue of Palestine and Israel. Read more »
HANANIA: The Assault against the Arab/Islamic media, For Immediate Release, 11-10-07
The assault against the Arab media
By Ray Hanania – We often compare the Iraq War to the Vietnam War. Slowly, maybe too slowly, many Americans have come to accept the comparisons based on government lying, military efforts to silence the media, and persistent stories of American soldiers committing war crimes. A key player in defining this new reality is the news media. During the Vietnam War, the mainstream American media helped show Americans the truth about the Vietnam War. Tragically, the media covering the Iraq War is far from the noble or principled media that exposed Vietnam War atrocities and crimes. Read more »
HANANIA: Battle over Muslim schools really about pro-Israel activism, For Immediate Release, 10-19-07
Battle over Muslim schools really about pro-Israel activism
By Ray Hanania – A federal panel says that a Saudi Arabian school based in Northern Virginia should be closed because they don’t like some of the things they assert the school is teaching its students. Not surprisingly, the actions of the so-called U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (CIRF) are no different from other U.S. commissions controlled by the Bush Administration that have shown a clear pattern of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias. Read more »
CARTOON: Cultural Divide among the Have-Nots, For Immediate Release 10-13-07
War on Errorism: Cartoon depicting the cultural divide and the discrimination between the have-nots, women. Oct. 13, 2007. For more War on Errorism Cartoons, visit www.hanania.com/cartoons/cartoons.htm




SAFFIYA SHILLO is a peace activist, communications specialist and community editor for the National Arab American Times Newspaper. Ms. Shillo serves as a Board Member of the Palestinian American Women's Society. Her activism is extensive, having served as the former President of the Palestinian American Congress-Chicago Chapter, as a National Board member of the American Task Force on Palestine, and as Director of the Arab American Institute's Chicago office. Active in Jewish/Israeli-Palestinian dialogue, Ms. Shillo gives presentations to national organizations on strategies and methods to achieve peace through dialogue. Ms. Shillo also served as Director of Ethnic Affairs for the State of Illinois' Office of Lieutenant Governor, and worked as a domestic violence/sexual assault counselor serving Chicago's Arab community. She can be reached at smshillo@yahoo.com
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