by Nada Khader | Jun 28, 2013 | Communities & Focus Areas, Militarism and Foreign Policy
I was in 5th grade when I learned about the Trail of Tears and the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of Native Americans. I’m not sure what Mrs. Gary, my teacher, expected us to think or feel – but the lessons I learned were about unthinkable horror,...
by Nada Khader | Jun 28, 2013 | Communities & Focus Areas, Militarism and Foreign Policy
Thank you very much to all those that signed the statement. It’s a really great list of 153 signatories from 24 different countries! The final statement and list of signatories is below and...
by Nada Khader | Jun 24, 2013 | Communities & Focus Areas, Militarism and Foreign Policy
Juan Cole Informed Comment June 24, 2013 PressTV has video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=m-PPZmQ8ZUM The Syrian civil war spilled over onto Lebanon dramatically on Sunday and again on Monday morning when violent clashes broke out...
by Nada Khader | Jun 17, 2013 | Communities & Focus Areas, Militarism and Foreign Policy
Al-Shabaka Policy Brief 18 June 2013 Munir Nuseibah Overview Most discussion of Palestinian dispossession – including by Palestinians themselves – focuses on the 1948 Nakba and the forced exile of more than 700,000 Palestinians by Zionist forces intent on creating an...
by Nada Khader | Jun 14, 2013 | Communities & Focus Areas, Militarism and Foreign Policy
Sightseeing in the Apartheid State : From Ben Gurion to the West Bank Portside Date: June 13, 2013 Author: Cynthia Franklin This May, I traveled with nine other U.S. faculty members to East Jerusalem and the West Bank . Part of a region where every millimeter...
by Nada Khader | Jun 14, 2013 | Communities & Focus Areas, Militarism and Foreign Policy
The return to Iqrit Descendants of those expelled from one Palestinian village during the creation of Israel are trying to reclaim the land. Jonathan Cook Al-Jazeera English June 9, 2013 Walaa Sbeit (right) has helped lead the reclamation of Iqrit’s land...