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In his first interview with an American media outlet, which was coordinated by SAC, former Arab League observer Anwar Malek told USA Today, "I personally saw civil authorities kill a 5-year-old child named Ahmad Mohamed Arahi."   Malek resigned because the observers mission was "constantly surrounded." They "showed me a picture of myself in the bathroom, without clothes, to prove they were

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Last year I compiled a list of top 5 events that occurred in and around Anaheim's Little Arabia district, which I thought were worth mentioning for either an accomplishment, a huge local impact, or setting new standards in the area. This year's list is different. The "Arab Spring" had a huge influence on millions around the world including locals in Southern California and Anaheim's Little

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Santa Claus joins protesters on Christmas eve in Homs: Protesters put up a Christmas tree in front of a mosque in Hama:

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The City of Mission Viejo (South Orange County), California, proclaimed December 16 as "Muslim Heritage Day." The proclamation was presented by Mayor Dave Leckness at Mission Viejo's mosque, the Orange County Islamic Foundation, after Friday prayer earlier today.  I wonder how long will it take Islamophobes to start attacking. 

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The State Department issued a Press Statement today congratulating the "people" of Bahrain on the "National Day" of Bahrain. The statement was released on behalf of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Nowhere does it mention human rights abuses by the government of Bahrain, nor does it encourage it to at least abide by the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) report. Secretary

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Tomorrow will mark the 1st anniversary of the start of the Arab Revolutions against tyranny. Started with a desperate act of self-immulation, since then 3 governments have been toppled. Tunisia has a new president, Egypt had its first ever fair elections, and Libya got rid of (arguably) the world's worst dictator. Uprisings in Yemen, Syria, and Bahrain continue. Civil unrest and protests on a

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California State Senator, Ted Lieu, a Democrat from Torrance, released a letter he sent to the chief executive officer of Lowe’s, the nationwide chain of home-improvement and appliance stores, in response to the company pulling its advertising from a TV show about Americans who are Muslim. Below is Lieu’s letter:  December 10, 2011 Robert A. NiblockCEO, Lowe’s1000 Lowes Blvd.Mooresville,

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Just sent this letter to my representative in Congress: Dear Rep. Sanchez: Today, Sunday, December 4th, American-born Syrian blogger and activist, Razan Ghazzawi, was arrested while on her way to a media conference in Jordan. She is one of more than 50,000 Syrians arrested since the start of the revolution for freedom in Syria, and one of very few Syrian bloggers who actually use their real

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Arellano speaking at the 2009 NAAP-OC dinner If "Little Arabia" could give out an award to anyone, it would  go to Gustavo Arellano, best known for his Ask a Mexican! column. No other person advocates for an official designation of Little Arabia in Anaheim like he does nor does anyone reviews the various Arabic and Middle Eastern (or Eastern Mediterranean as QSR Magazine calls it!)

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The New York Times ran a story (When an Arab Enclave Thrived Downtown) last year about Little Syria -a neighborhood in Manhattan that existed from the late 19th century until the 1940's when the area around Washington Street was demolished to make way for entrance ramps for the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel.   In his book, "The Arab Americans," Gregory Orfalea described Little Syria as: "An

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This OC Weekly photo was my favorite sign from yesterday's Occupy Orange County:

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Occupy Orange County began in Irvine today at the Irvine Civic Center, in support and unity with the Occupy Wall Street movement.  Occupy OC calls for the reform of Wall Street and the removal of special interest from politics.  Photos from the first day of Occupy OC are available here: Occupy Orange County phoos on facebook. UC Irvine Professor Mark Levine, who was in Tahrir Square

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The photo exhibit was sponsored by 118Winston & the Yemen Peace Project.

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Back in late January/early February Southern California's Arab and Egyptian communities were pre-occupied with the #Jan25 Egyptian revolution. Many demonstrations took place in Anaheim & Los Angeles. One of the protest organizers recently opened a restaurant called Tahrir Square. The restaurant is now hosting a meeting for pro-democracy Syrian-American activists in Anaheim. The meeting is

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In September 1947, after meetings with Zionist delegations in Palestine, the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine recommended the partition in Palestine, a suggestion ratified by the UN General Assembly that stipulated the establishment of the state of Israel. In September 2011 Palestinians will seek statehood at the UN. Congress has already decided that the US should block

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Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security Eric Boswell called Syrian Ambassador Imad Mustapha into the State Department on Wednesday, July 6, 2011 to express a number of our concerns with the reported actions of certain Syrian embassy staff in the United States. The State Department has received reports that Syrian mission personnel under Ambassador Mustapha’s authority have been conducting

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The defenders of the US invasion of Iraq are attempting to rewrite history. Will you help us stop them? Last month, US Representative Dana Rohrabacher called for Iraq to consider “repaying the United States” for "helping them establish democracy." Meanwhile, former President George W. Bush is now taking credit on his website for having "liberated millions of people.” The US invasion of Iraq led

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Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-CA47) released the following statement regarding the situation in Syria: “I strongly condemn the campaign of terror and violence waged by the Assad regime in Syria against innocent and unarmed Syrian civilians,” said Rep. Sanchez.  “These atrocities, committed by regime leaders in response to peaceful demonstrations, represent the worst type of human rights abuses

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Thanks to @HamdiRifai for pointing this out: The Mokhabarat  brought the same person/people to put on a play for both corespondents. Please note the gentlemen with the white shirt with stripes, moustache, and prayer mark on his forehead.  Clearly nothing less than a transparent attempt to fool the international media about the events in Syria.  A government engaged in false propaganda to fool the

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More than 250 people turned out in La Mirada, Calif., Sunday for the second town hall meeting hosted by the Los Angeles chapter of the Syrian American Council (SAC-LA) to discuss the role Americans can play in ending the ongoing repression and human rights abuses in Syria. (Click here for photos) Speakers included a specialist on Syria from Amnesty International,

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ZAYED AND THE DREAMAn Historic Journey into the Heart of the Arabian Desert Two Performances Only! Saturday, July 23 8 p.m.Sunday, July 24 3:30 pm.Royce Hall at UCLA Tickets prices $30 / $45 / $65 / $85 ($20 students)To purchase tickets,* call 310.825.2101 or visit Ticketmaster.com Zayed and the Dream follows the journey of seven horsemen as they travel through the sands of time in search of the

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Posted today (June 11, 2011) on ArabCalendar, a YahooGroups list based in Southern California: "If ADC is not awakened by the outrage that ought to come from the community and doesn't move quickly to go on record denouncing the Assad regime, then it ought to be dissolved." -Don Bustany on ADC statement regarding the Malek Jandali controversy __________________________ On June 13,  he sent this

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My response to Israel's ambassador to the US, Michael Oren's op-ed (Middle East peace: The wrong pact) published in the Los Angeles Times last Thursday. In case the Times doesn't publish it in its 'Letters to the Editors' section, here it is: While Hamas-regime PM Ismail Haniyeh's opinion of Bin Laden as "holy warrior" does not represent the view of a vast majority of Palestinians, Israeli

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Southern California's Arab- and Syrian-Americans have moved the Syria 'debate' to a popular e-list known as 'ArabCalendar.'  The YahooGroup is a list of more than 1,500 users who promote events and discuss activities related to the Arab American community in the Greater LA area.  In an email response to a pro-democracy protest announcement, a pro-regime Syrian carbon copied the Syrian

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Thanks Multi-American. KPCC staff videographer Grant Slater caught up with blogger Rashad Al-Dabbagh of the Happy Arab News Service yesterday in Anaheim’s Little Arabia, where Al-Dabbagh was at a restaurant when he first heard news of Osama bin Laden’s death in Pakistan. Now, he said, “with the death of Osama bin Laden, the person who symbolized terror, we should move forward.” Check out this

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After several pro and anti Syrian government demonstrations followed by graffiti in Orange County & Los Angeles, the battle for Syria has moved to a popular e-list known as 'ArabCalendar.'  The YahooGroup is a list of more than 1,500 users who promote events and discuss activities related to the Arab American community in the Greater LA area. The discussion began after a post about a protest to

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Syrian-American freedom activists announced a demonstration in support of the revolution in Anaheim Little Arabia district to be held on Sunday, April 24 at 5pm. Expect a counter protest by the mentally-enslaved. 

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Orange County's Syrian-Americans are divided over the revolution in Syria. We've seen protests in front of Syria's consulate in Newport Beach, some against the regime and others to support it. Recently, the divide in Southern California has escalated. Anaheim-based Watan newspaper reported that graffiti was seen at an anti-Assad insurance agent's business. The identity or location targeted were

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"15000 miles away, Syrians are still scared to express their true feeling about the Syrian regime... That is how much fear the Syrian regime has built in its own people's hearts," posted my Syrian-American friend as his facebook status update. He is referring to many Syrian Americans in Southern California showing support to Syrian autocrat Bashar al-Assad. Back in Syria, a recent video on

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The state news agency announced last Tuesday that Saudi Arabia was printing 1.5 million copies of an edict by religious scholars outlawing protests in the kingdom as un-Islamic.  I got my copy yesterday. Eleven reasons were given on why protesting is "Haram" or forbidden in Islam. Here's a summary: The two Holy Mosque are in Saudi Arabia therefore we have to protect them from anything

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Egypt is not Tunisia Libya is not Egypt or Tunisia Yemen is not Libya, Egypt or Tunisia Bahrain is not Yemen, Libya, Egypt or Tunisia Syria is not Bahrain, Yemen, Libya, Egypt or Tunisia... to be continued. Sure they're all different countries, but their people are seeking one thing: freedom. Tyrants tried to deceive their people and the world into thinking that each of their countries were

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Miral, a film about Palestine directed by the Oscar-nominated filmmaker Julian Schnabel and distributed by The Weinstein Company starting Frieda Pinto of Slumdog Millionaire, opens this weekend in Los Angeles.  Reserve your tickets by clicking here. Based on the autobiographical novel from Palestinian author and journalist Rula Jebreal, Miral tells the story of three generations of Palestinian

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Arab American Historian Joseph Haiek was selected as a 2011 recipient of Ellis Island Medal of Honor. The medal is designed to pay homage to the immigrant experience, as well as for individual achievement.  Haiek will be the first Palestinian-American to receive the medal.  Mr. Haiek’s Biography: Joseph R. Haiek was the Founder of The News Circle Publishing House in Los Angeles, in 1972,

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A watered-down statement was adopted at a second Villa Park "special meeting" in regards to Councilwoman Deborah Pauly's statements at a banquet benefiting the Islamic Circle of North America in Yorba Linda.   Pauly called local Muslims “terrorists” and said she knew “quite a few Marines who would be very happy to help these terrorists to an early meeting in paradise," which were considered as

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According to Special Agent E.K. Wilson of the Minneapolis division of the FBI: "At this point, we have uncovered no evidence to show there was any effort of any mosque or mosque leadership or mosque imam to take part in any recruitment or radicalization of these young men."read more.

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Villa Park City Council announced it will hold a special meeting to "Discuss and take possible action regarding city council's response to concerns regarding the recent protest at Muslim event in Yorba Linda" in reference to the hate rally  at a banquet for the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA). Captured in a video released by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Villa Park

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Costa Mesa-native Gigi Ibrahim, 24, the "free-spirited American" and "angry Egyptian" as she describes herself, played an instrumental role in the Egyptian revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak's regime. She used Twitter and other social media tools to organize and spread the word about protests. She's a graduate of Connelly High School in Anaheim and majored in Political Science at Orange

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@font-face { font-family: "Calibri"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } If you live in Anaheim and agree with this petition, please email your name and address to the Happy Arab. Petition to the City of Anaheim Dear Anaheim City Council,We are writing as

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The ever-popular chant 'Al-sha'b yurid isqat al-nizam' that brought down Tunisia's Ben Ali and Egypt's Mubarak (more to follow) is now used in reference to Wisconsin when more than 10,000 protesters took to the streets over a bill that would strip teachers of their collective bargaining rights.Al-sha'b yurid isqat al-nizam translates to: The people want to overthrow the regime!

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Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-47) today questioned key Department of Homeland Security officials during a Committee on Homeland Security hearing on current and emerging terrorist threatsfacing the United States and efforts by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to thwart such attacks.  Rep. Sanchez was particularly interested in the FBI’s probes into the American Muslim communities of

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My favorite sign at the celebration of the fall of Mubarak at Anaheim's Little Arabia that took place yesterday:

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Ever since the people of Egypt took to the streets and demanded dictator Hosni Mubarak to step down, many US politicians and elected officials have been having nightmares about the Muslim Brotherhood taking over Egypt, which is unlikely, and turning it to a theocracy. I called the office of my congressional representative, Loretta Sanchez to urge her to speak up against Mubarak's regime's human

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Edmund Sanders' piece in the LA Times published today exposes Israel's hypocrisy, or as Sanders wrote: Simply put, Israel would rather have autocratic friends than democratic enemies.Israel which likes to call itself the "only democracy" in the region is afraid of the current wave of pro-democracy protests in the Arab World, especially in Egypt. It's no secret that Israel is nervous of Egyptians'

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More Egyptian humor: a mock "Hosni Mobarak" twitter account that claims he owns Egypt (and he owns you too) tweeted that he will be on TV today to announce new changes -first thing will be the replacement of the current people of Egypt!

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Egyptians are known for their sense of humor even during national crises. I must say this one is my favorite. Check out this video of Egyptian demonstrators chanting "Hosni lost his mind," and ends with "Condoleezza, Condoleezza.. get Mubarak a visa!"

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I Heart Hamas: And Other Things I'm Afraid to Tell You  Written and Performed by Jennifer JajehDirected by W. Kamau Bell With the current ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, the threat of global terrorism, and the never-ending negotiations and hostilities between Israelis and Palestinians, its hard not to feel overwhelmed by all of the bad international news. Thats exactly how Jennifer Jajeh

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As an Arab-American I am immensely proud of the protest movements taking place in Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen by people standing up for themselves, absent any foreign influences or meddling by other nations. They’re standing up not for a pan-Arab, pan-Islamic or socialist cause, but for a government that musters even a half-hearted attempt at a democracy imbued with dignity in its treatment of its

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LA Times reader Ellen Switkes of Sherman Oaks advocated ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their own land in a letter published today:Take a look at a map of the Middle East. There's Syria, Egypt and Jordan, all nations that border Israel, each one of which covers so much more territory than Israel, with or without the settlements.Why won't Syria, Egypt and Jordan open their borders to the

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Following the popular revolt that overthrew the U.S.-allied dictatorship in Tunisia, the Egyptian people have taken to the streets in the hundreds of thousands demanding the fall of another U.S. client dictator, Hosni Mubarak, whom Vice President Joe Biden does not consider a dictator! The U.S. gives $1.3 billion per year in “security aid” to Egypt, second only to Israel as the

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For the past 23 years, US presidents, including Obama, considered Ben Ali's regime a "moderate" one. During his State of the Union address, Obama said: And we saw that same desire to be free in Tunisia, where the will of the people proved more powerful than the writ of a dictator. And tonight, let us be clear: The United States of America stands with the people of Tunisia, and supports the

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With increasing pressure from the Arab community to better identify Arabs on the Census form, the US Census Bureau contracted JBS International to conduct focus groups across the US to gain a better understanding of how individuals fill out the race and ethnicity question on the Census form, why they choose the category(ies) they do, and how those questions might be amended to more accurately

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'Three Veils' - a controversial film about three Middle  Eastern women tackles social taboos such as gender issues, religion and homosexuality.  Leila, Amira, and Nikki are three young, Middle Eastern women in America, each with a story that intertwines with the other as their journeys unfold. Leila, beautiful and romantic, is arranged to be married to Ali, a rich family friend who's always had a

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A letter to the editor in the New York Times regarding Tunisia caught my attention today. It came from Berlin's Salim Samai who wrote: The change in Tunisia confirms that the average Arab is similar to the average American: a Joe 6-pack who believes in freedom and dignity. Many in the media had been selling Arabs as the enemy of freedom.  For many years, specially since the "war on terrorism"

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ThinkProgress reported today Islamophobe NY Congressman Peter King, in addition to previous anti-Muslim claims, said that American Muslims aren’t “American” when it comes to war. “[W]hen a war begins,” King said, every ethnic and religious group unites as “Americans.” “But in this case,” King continued, referring to Muslims, “this is not the situation. … Whether it’s cultural tradition,

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Former Irvine Mayor Beth Krom's letter to the editor published today in the OC Register eloquently described the current political climate and the "mainstream" media's competition for viewership at the expense of objectivity: In only two years, we’ve gone from the aspirational vision of America, reflected in President Barack Obama’s campaign, to the angry, frustrated tone conveyed by the Tea

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"Arizona... We have become the Mecca for prejudice and bigotry," said Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik in regards to a shooting at a Safeway supermarket in Tuscon, AZ, that targeted Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. READ Huffington Post's updates here. Once it's confirmed that this crime was politically motivated, will it be referred to as "terrorism" by FOX News' "fair and

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As CONGRESSMAN JOHN BOEHNER is giving his inaugural speech as the new Speaker of the House, I looked him up on AAI's analysis on the 112th Congress. Nothing surprising about his stances, but here's what AAI had to say: Congressman Boehner was first elected to Congress in 1990. He quickly became a standout as one of the “Gang of Seven,” a group of freshmen Republicans who relentlessly pursued the

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The Palestinian American Women Association (PAWA) announced Helen Thomas to be the keynote speaker at their annual International Women’s Day banquet. The event will be held on March 12 at Garden Grove's Embassy Suites. READ MORE

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This from NY Rep. Peter King who thought W. deserved a medal for waterboarding!"It is disturbing to listen to Representative Peter King, the incoming chairman of the Homeland Security Committee. He has announced plans to hold a hearing next month into what he calls the 'radicalization of the American Muslim community.'" READ MORE

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Photo by Iman al-Dabbagh Rashida Tlaib, the current member of the Michigan House of Representatives for the 12th House District, will be in Anaheim next month to speak at the annual gala of ACCESS California Services, a Little Arabia-based social services organization. Born to Palestinian immigrants, Tlaib is the eldest of 14 children. She received her bachelor’s degree in political

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Santa Claus marched against Israel's apartheid wall on Christmas day in the West Bank village of Bil'in in Occupied Palestine. Read the story here.

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"Check it Right...You Ain't White!" residents were encouraged by a Census Complete Count Committee campaign slogan reaching out to Arab Americans this past February. The campaign, which held a kick-off event in February at Victory Restaurant, attracted local, national and international media, including the OC Register, Newsweek, NPR, CBS, KFI, Aljazeera and Alhurra. Carrie Kahn, of NPR's

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Iraq: An Iraqi girl's thinly veiled teenage rebellion - latimes.com

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http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Rep--Sanchez--Assm--Solorio--OCLF-Endorse-Bill-Dalati-for-Anaheim-City-Council.html?soid=1103655986227&aid=ZuTI_azajxU [Anaheim, CA] -- Rep. Loretta Sanchez, Assemblyman Jose Solorio, Councilwoman Lorri Galloway, the Orange County Labor Federation, the Democratic Party of Orange County and the Orange County Young Democrats have endorsed Bill Dalati for

Rashadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10141616884884670179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31286326.post-68610576628771708692010-09-19T20:29:00.000-07:002010-09-19T20:29:44.791-07:00

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Activist raises profile of Bell's Lebanese community - latimes.com

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A chance to reach Arab voters in 68th District - Daily Pilot

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I just learned tonight that Mr. Nguyen is running against Allan Mansoor... Allan Mansoor is an Arab-American, but when you ask him "who are you?" he says "no, I'm not an Arab-American.. He denies his hertiage.. he's a tree with no roots that can never grow.. So let's make sure that Mr. Nguyen is in office... - Bill Dalati, candidate for Anaheim City Council, during a fundraiser for Phu

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The Anaheim-based Network of Arab American Professionals of Orange County (NAAP-OC) received a partnership award from the US Census Bureau for its outstanding role in reaching out to the Arab community in Orange County. NAAP-OC was also one of the leading organizations that helped promote the “Yalla Count!” campaign, which encouraged Arabs to fill out their Census forms and check the “Other

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The 68th California Assembly district race could be a heated one between heritage-denier Egyptian American Costa Mesa Mayor known for his intolerance of immigrants, though he's a son of immigrants, Allan Mansoor, and political newcomer Phu Nguyen. Check out this piece on Phu I’m Voting Phu … You Should, Too!

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The OC Register reported today Anaheim City Council is calling a special election to ask residents of a 40-acre, unincorporated county island on the west side to join the city.  The neighborhood is near Brookhurst and Broadway avenues – part of an area known as the southwest county island or Garza Island (also known as the Gaza Strip) that now relies on county services. The unincorporated

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O.C. Arabs abuzz over new Miss USA | fakih, arab, miss - News - The Orange County RegisterPosted using ShareThis

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Shelby Grad of the LA Times reported that the City of Beverly Hills is renaming a street to honor Theodor Herzl, the founder of Zionism who brought death and destruction, to say the least, to the Palestinian people. Read the full story here: Beverly Hills renames street to honor famed Zionist

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Congressional Candidate Marcy Winograd (CA/36) and a team of a hundred volunteers collected almost 500 delegate signatures in a few hours at the California Democratic Party convention in Los Angeles Saturday to once again pull the endorsement of incumbent Jane Harman. The Party bylaws require only 300 signatures to pull the endorsement from the consent calendar of the convention.  Winograd and

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Census Day For The 23rd Census of The United States - The Director's Blog

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ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. - MARCH 17, 2010 - The "Check it Right, You Ain't White" campaign launched by the Arab Complete Count Committee of Orange County has received national exposure in the past few weeks. Newsweek published a front-page Web feature on March 2, 2010. CBS 5 in San Francisco aired a segment on the campaign on March 4, 2010, that featured Rashad Al-Dabbagh, partnership

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The Arab American community's quest for their own box in that Census form has been gaining national recognition. After the Census Road Tour bus stop at Victory Restaurant during the Yalla Count! event on Feb. 4 got the attention of the OC Register, Newsweek and CBS News did their own coverage of Census activities in the Arab community. This "Check it right, you ain't White" YouTube video of Omar

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Check out this Euronews report.

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O.C. Islamic Educational Center a target of anti-Muslim acts - latimes.com   

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The business section of the LA Times published an article about Texas Congressman and former presidential candidate Ron Paul's economic ideas. For years his ideas were branded as 'extreme' and Dr. Paul has been labelled as "fringe." No longer. With the economy still struggling and political divisions deepening, Paul's ideas not only are gaining a wider audience but also are helping to shape a

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Palestinian-American immigration attorney Akram Abusharar of Access California Services, an Anaheim-based social services organization, is currently on vacation in Egypt. Abusharar, a Gaza native, went on hunger strike after Egyptian authorities denied him entry to Gaza to visit family members he hasn't seen in years. Abusharar, who helps Iraqi, Palestinian, and other refugees/immigrants

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Looks like my response to Ray Hanania's article hurt his feelings!Before I responded to his "Take your census form and shove it" article, he requested my 'friendship' on facebook. I accepted.He got some publicity in several blogs and newspapers including The Independent Monitor, and an interview with Zeyad Maasarani of In Focus News, an Anaheim-based monthly Muslim publication.My response titled

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The hilarious yet misguided article titled “Take Your Census Form and Shove It” by Ray Hanania, which has recently been circulated online and published in some Arab American publication shouldn’t discourage our community from participating in the 2010 Census. Yes, Arabs still don’t have our own box, and continue to fill in the blank next to the “Some Other Race” box that we check every

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Israeli Occupation Forces attacked and boarded the Free Gaza Movement boat, the SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, abducting 21 human rights workers from 11 countries, including Noble laureate Mairead Maguire and former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (see below for a complete list of passengers). The passengers and crew are being forcibly dragged toward Israel. "This is an outrageous violation of

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Saree Makdisi hit the nail on the head in his Op-Ed published in the Los Angeles Times today, describing Netanyahu's vision for a two-"state" solution as a "mortal blow to the quest for a two-state solution."Unfortunately, the LA Times, NY Times and other widely-circulated publications celebrated Netanyahu's speech, without examining what he really meant.In fact, a special vocabulary has been

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They're in love with Decmocracy to the point that they are offering Lebanese citizens in the diaspora free trips to Lebanon to take part in the election! Corporate sponsors are paying for hundreds of supporters of the pro-Western Future Movement in Calgary and in other Canadian cities to vote on June 7, CBC News has learned. Dual citizens must be physically present in Lebanon to cast a ballot in

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By Mike Nally The Independent Monitor “We’re considered as white, but not treated as white,” said Rashad Al-Dabbagh, Partnership Specialist (Santa Ana), U.S. Census Bureau at a recent NAAP Mixer held at the spacious Victory Bakery on Brookhurst in Anaheim. “We need our own box. Right now we mark the OTHER BOX as Arab. Perhaps the next census we’ll have our own.” Despite this bias,

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President Obama said Chrysler was forced to file for bankruptcy because even though the unions and the banks had agreed to make sacrifices, a small group of hedge fund managers refused to help out.Boy, where is that waterboarding when you really need it?-Jay Leno

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If you missed the latest Gustavo Arellano column in the OC Weekly, check it out here.

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I am not a fan of Ahmadinejad, but I'm not sure what's the big deal about this particular quote that caused much uproar at the Durban racism conference. Here's what he said:"After the Second World War, by exploiting the holocaust and under the pretext of protecting the Jews they made a nation homeless with military expeditions and invasion. They transferred various groups of people from America,

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Leila Khalil, 57, once a librarian in Baghdad, was of one the dead in the murderous rampage by a crazed gunman at the Binghamton, N.Y. immigrant ctr. Her family had survived bombings in Iraq and spent two years in Jordan waiting for admission to the US. Her widower is a college professor. (CNN today depicted her Muslim funeral.)Chalk up another success for the NRA.-AFS

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[ANAHEIM, CA] – It has been confirmed that Author/Columnist Gustavo Arellano will speak at the annual “Meet the Professionals” dinner of the Network of Arab American Professionals of Orange County (NAAP-OC) on Saturday, May 16th. Mr. Arellano will address the importance of Latinos and Arabs to work together, “given our shared status as America’s worst nightmare,” as he stated. Gustavo Arellano

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The Israeli daily Haaretz reported soldiers wore the T-shirts to mark the end of basic training and other military courses. One design shows a pregnant Palestinian woman in a rifle's cross-hairs. Beneath the image, a slogan reads "1 Shot 2 Kills." A second T-shirt shows a gun-toting child with the words, "The smaller they are, the harder it is." It's not unusual that mainstream US media did not

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AG FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2009 (202) 514-2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TDD (202) 514-1888 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WITHDRAWS “ENEMY COMBATANT” DEFINITION FOR GUANTANAMO DETAINEES In a filing today with the federal District Court for the District of Columbia, the Department of Justice submitted a new standard for the government’s

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It was with great sadness that I received the news of the passing of Mr. Marwan Burgan on May 5th, 2009. For over 30 year, the Washington DC-based activist advocated for Arab-American causes. I personally spoke with him in January 2007, he advised me to apply for a position at Senator Jim Webb's office, I didn't get the job, but I gained the honor of knowing Marwan. I then met him at the 2007

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