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I don’t think I’ve ever written a stranger headline than the one for this blog post. But it’s been a long time since I’ve seen such a bizarre and disturbing story.
In standard Al Jazeera style, the news network ran a May 5 story on Gazans having to burn baby chicks due to power shortages. The […]

PHOTO: The Israel Knesset (parliament) in Jerusalem, Francisco Martins, flickr. 
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has threatened to “wipe Israel off the map.” Israeli leaders have nuclear weapons all but aimed at Iran and have spoken menacingly about their dislike of the country’s leadership.
This is the kind of political environment in which Iranian Jews exist.
The Iranian Jewish leader […]

PHOTO: Internet Cafe in Cairo. Paul Nendick, flickr. 
Facebook could be an Arab leader’s worst nightmare. An open forum for discussion, networking and planning that’s not easily controlled? The prospect would make the most ruthless dictator shudder.
That’s what Egyptian officials did recently when they detained Esraa Abdel-Fattah, a Facebook user and founder of the site’s group “6 […]

PHOTO: Palestinian hip hop group DAM performs at a party. From left to right, Tamer Naffar, Mahmoud Jreiri. Agnes Varnum, flickr.
Hip hop blasts and booms from the clubs young Americans frequent on weekends. Besides for dancing, however, hip hop and its cousin, rap, have served as ways to transmit political, cultural and societal commentary.
The Chicago Palestine Film Festival at […]