Archive for the ‘Columns’ Category

  • Why do we know nothing about ISIS?

    29 апреля, 2015 Columns, English Комментарии к записи Why do we know nothing about ISIS? отключены

    “Don’t you know that Isis was the name of an Egyptian goddess?” a colleague from Iraq recently wrote me

  • Would King David want Jerusalem cleared of Palestinians?

    16 апреля, 2015 Columns, English, Featured Комментарии к записи Would King David want Jerusalem cleared of Palestinians? отключены

    At the foot of Al-Aqsa the struggle ensues over every house. If this neighborhood is called Silwan, the Palestinians have a chance of staying. But if it’s named after King David, their chances are nil.

  • What the de-Palestinization of Jerusalem is really like

    11 апреля, 2015 Columns, English, Featured Комментарии к записи What the de-Palestinization of Jerusalem is really like отключены

    Everyday life of a Palestinian in Jerusalem consists of years spent in fighting for their right to obtain a license: first, for land, then for a house and then for the repair works for the house.

  • What do you do when the Wailing Wall comes to your house? A new Jewish holy site in the Palestinian quarter

    11 апреля, 2015 Columns, English, Featured Комментарии к записи What do you do when the Wailing Wall comes to your house? A new Jewish holy site in the Palestinian quarter отключены

    How a Palestinian living in a house that belonged to his family since the 17th century deals with a sudden appearance of a Jewish holy site, the Small Wailing Wall, and why it’s so important for the Palestinians in Jerusalem to never have fines or debts.

  • ‘We Palestinian Christians say Allahu Akbar’

    11 апреля, 2015 Columns, English, Featured Комментарии к записи ‘We Palestinian Christians say Allahu Akbar’ отключены

    The only Palestinian Orthodox Christian bishop in the Holy Land speaking about the suffering of Palestinian Christians, their unity with Muslims in the Palestinian struggle, about Orthodox Christian martyrs, and Ukraine.

  • ‘US came to Afghanistan with TV & cash — they won’t let us go’

    08 мая, 2014 Columns, English, Важно Комментарии к записи ‘US came to Afghanistan with TV & cash — they won’t let us go’ отключены

    There are only a handful of places in Moscow where you can get a glimpse of people from different Afghan tribes and social strata.

  • How Iraq elected new parliament: Witness account

    08 мая, 2014 Columns, English, Важно Комментарии к записи How Iraq elected new parliament: Witness account отключены

    Entering the country has been forbidden since Monday. All flights have been canceled and bus services have been suspended. Nobody can get in or out of Baghdad.

  • Iraqi elections: ‘Most corrupted one will be the winner’

    08 мая, 2014 Columns, English, Важно Комментарии к записи Iraqi elections: ‘Most corrupted one will be the winner’ отключены

    I do not know who exactly will win. But I can judge that the one who stole more Iraqi money is in position to use the election and probably he will win. And the one who controls the army and the power will win.

  • The first post-occupation election in Iraq started with explosions

    08 мая, 2014 Columns, English, Важно Комментарии к записи The first post-occupation election in Iraq started with explosions отключены

    Rayad is not just a Sunni; he is a Sunni from Fallujah, which is currently seized by terrorist groups – al Qaeda and ISIS, Iraqis say. Rayad is the only Sunni in his unit, and he has Shiites under his command.

  • ‘Egyptian authorities are afraid even of Morsi’s silence in the courtroom’

    08 мая, 2014 Columns, English, Featured Комментарии к записи ‘Egyptian authorities are afraid even of Morsi’s silence in the courtroom’ отключены

    A Coptic Christian, Dr. Rafiq Habib is now the chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party. When El-Katatni was arrested his chair was taken by his deputy. Dr. Habib is a professor, a very intellectual person and a famous thinker. The Brotherhood had included a lot of Christians since its foundation in the 1920s.