Daily Archives: 19 February 2009

Aya Kaniuk: For them, we’re not human.

Aya Kaniuk, a report from Huwara Checkpoint, Saturday 24.1.2009 Translated by Tal Haran. We disembarked from our van inside the cab-park, amidst the vendors’ stalls, and spoke with the people there about the Gaza massacre and about the checkpoint. And … Continue reading

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The Provincial Elections: The Seat Allocation Is Official and the Coalition-Forming Process Begins

By Reidar Visser (www.historiae.org) 19 February 2009 After today’s official release by the Iraqi elections commission of the seat allocation in the new Iraqi provincial councils elected on 31 January, the process of forming new coalitions can begin in earnest. … Continue reading

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Nu’man Abd al-Wahid: Obama: British Empire worse than al-Qaeda!

By Nu’man Abd al-Wahid “What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them…” President Barack Hussain Obama Well, with regard to the title of this essay, he didn’t exactly put it that way but a … Continue reading

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Caryl Churchill’s “Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza” is no “Waltz with Bashir”

hat tip to Gaza Human Rights, where one can read all about Churchill’s play. Churchill’s ten-minute play is riveting and provocative, unlike the acclaimed “Waltz with Bashir” by Ari Folman and David Polonsky, a childish cartoon that paints pouts on … Continue reading

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New York University Students Occupy Kimmel Center, Continuing Wave of Student Activism

Students demand NYU disclosure of budget and endowments. By NYC IMC Following what has been a wave of student activism over the past couple of months, including student occupations in Greece, Great Britain, and the United States and protests across … Continue reading

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