Reinventing the Middle East lexicon
12 Jan 2012: “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “TheWhen the settlers go marching in
23 Sep 2011: Huwwara, Occupied West Bank - If there are violent confrontations later this month, as the Palestine Liberation Organisation requests full membership at the United Nations, they might well happen at a place like this, Israeli security analysts say. TheAs the UN Debates Its Bid for Statehood, Palestine Disappears
23 Sep 2011: It’s the show that time and the world forgot. It’s called the Occupation and it’s now in its forty-fifth year. Playing on a landscape about the size of Delaware, it remains largely hidden from view, while Middle Eastern headlines from elsewhereDonors Help Keep Palestinians In Cages
18 Aug 2011: "Electronic Intifada" ---- “Israel besieges us, puts us in cantons — in cages — and the international community is feeding us in these cages. It’s anything but developmental and it’s helping Israel’s colonization, ethnic cleansing andArab bid for housing at risk from Jewish rivals
11 Jan 2011: A Palestinian businessman bidding to buy a failing Jewish housing estate in East Jerusalem is battling to fend off counter-bids from national religious groups determined to keep the project in Israeli hands. Bashar al-Masri was "outed" by an IsraeliRocket Fired from Gaza Hits Occupied Palestinian Territories
04 Jan 2011: A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in the southern occupied territories on Tuesday, damaging some greenhouses but causing no injuries, an Israeli military spokesperson told AFP. "The rocket fell in the vicinity of the town of Ashkelon" she added.South African diplomats meet Palestinians over internal feud
22 Oct 2010: RAMALLAH: A South African diplomatic mission on Thursday met with representatives of Palestinian factions and independents in bid to restore the internal unity in Palestinian territories. Nabil Shaath, a member of Fatah Central Committee, said SouthIsrael bars Friday worshippers from Al-Aqsa
25 Sep 2010: RAMALLAH: The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine Sheikh Mohammed Hussein said that the Israeli police prevented thousands of Palestinian worshippers from attending the Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Hussein said in a press statementBehind the Israeli Wall: A Lesson in Reality
16 Sep 2010: Writers often romanticize their subjects. At times they even manipulate their readers. A book - or any piece of writing for that matter - is meant to provide a sense of completion. Sociological explanations are offered to offset the confusion caused byBarred from Jerusalem for crime of being Palestinian
01 Jul 2010: To say that Palestinian Murad Abu-Khalaf's roots are in Jerusalem is a serious understatement. His family lived in the Baka district of West Jerusalem until they were forced to leave in the war of 1948. They have since lived – and live – in the innerIsrael plans to expel 300 Palestinians from occupied Jerusalem
14 Jun 2010: RAMALLAH: A senior Palestinian official on Sunday revealed that Israel plans to expel 300 Palestinian political figures from occupied Jerusalem. “The expulsion of political figures is the first step before the expulsion of Palestinian families fromTerror in the name of the God of Israel
01 Jun 2010: The standing military of United States most ardent allay, Israel has killed 16 peaceful humanitarian workers in international waters on ships carrying aid to starving gentiles in Ghaza. It was all done in the name of God as the Israeli soldiers stormingIsrael attacks Gaza aid fleet
31 May 2010: Israeli forces have attacked a flotilla of aid-carrying ships aiming to break the country's siege on Gaza. At least 19 people were killed and dozens injured when troops intercepted the convoy of ships dubbed the Freedom Flotilla early on Monday, IsraeliIsrael Annexes West Bank Mosques
09 Apr 2010: The Israeli occupation authorities have decided to place two historic mosques in the occupied West Bank to a list of alleged Jewish heritage sites, drawing immediate rebuke from Palestinians and Israelis alike. "This announcement is an act of aggressionIn the West Bank's stony hills, Palestine is slowly dying
30 Jan 2010: Area C doesn't sound very ominous. A land of stone-sprinkled grey hills and soft green valleys, it's part of the wreckage of the equally wrecked Oslo Agreement, accounting for 60 per cent of the Israeli-occupied West Bank that was eventually supposed toslashnews
Major quake shakes eastern city of Van
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey yesterday, triggering the collapse of buildings and killing many people, according
to officials and experts. At least 50 people were taken to the single hospital in the city of Van, Anatolia news agency said,
The wretched scandal of Gaza
Past bombed suburbs and scrubland stands the house on the frontier of hell. Once, Abdullah Wahdem's home was a pleasant villa set
in the citrus groves of northern Gaza. Now its cream stucco frontage is pitted by the bullets and artillery salvos that
From Hate to Love -
Story of Adiy ibn Hatim
In the ninth year of the Hijrah, an 'Arab king made the first positive moves to Islam after years of feeling hatred for it. He
drew closer to faith (iman) after opposing arid combating it. And he finally pledged allegiance to the Prophet, peace be on him,
Microsoft Bing in search deal with China’s
Baidu
Microsoft has signed a deal with China’s top search engine, Baidu, to provide the site with censored web search services in
English. Baidu, which dominates 83 per cent of the local market and whose success is built on its Chinese language services, said
