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‘Broad City’ Didn’t Just Go on Birthright — It Spent 21 Minutes Mocking It

Posted on April 18, 2016 by alexrezashams

Originally published on The Forward on April 28, 2016. When Ilana and Abby from “Broad City” announced last week that they were going on Birthright Israel, my heart sunk. For

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Learning the Language of Jesus Christ

Posted on November 2, 2015 by alexrezashams

Originally published by Roads and Kingdoms on November 2, 2015. Just a few hundred feet west of the church built atop the site where the Christian faithful believe Jesus was

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La langue arabe en tête des charts israéliens grâce à trois sœurs yéménites

Posted on October 20, 2015 by alexrezashams

Le clip de cette chanson a été vu 1,2 million de fois et a attiré des milliers de fans dans tout le Moyen-Orient

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Arabic tops Israeli charts as Yemeni sisters take Tel Aviv by storm

Posted on September 24, 2015 by alexrezashams

The music video has amassed 1.2 million hits and has attracted thousands of fans from across the Middle East

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Zionist tour for Muslim-Americans sparks anger in Palestine

Posted on June 25, 2015 by alexrezashams

Originally Published by Ma’an News Agency on June 25, 2015. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — An all-expenses paid trip to Israel organized for Muslim-American leaders by a Duke University-based imam has set

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Seattle mayor’s Israel trip highlights dangers of ‘pinkwashing’

Posted on June 12, 2015 by alexrezashams

Originally published on the Washington Blade. Ed Murray (Photo by Ryan Georgi; courtesy Wikimedia Commons)   On Monday, Seattle mayor Ed Murray touched down in Israel as part of a

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Armenians in Palestine mark 100 years since Genocide

Posted on April 23, 2015 by alexrezashams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on April 23, 2015. JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The Armenian community of the Holy Land this week marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of

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Israeli filmmaker explores life through the eyes of Palestinian teen

Posted on March 11, 2015 by alexrezashams

Originally Published by Ma’an News Agency on March 11, 2015. JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The short documentary “Khelil Helwa (Hebron is Beautiful)” follows a young boy from Hebron’s Tel Rumeida neighborhood as

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After police killings, anger simmers in Negev Bedouin villages

Posted on February 5, 2015 by alexrezashams

Originally published on Ma’an News Agency on Feb. 5, 2015. BEERSHEBA (Ma’an) — The killing of two Bedouin youths in southern Israel by police over the last week has shocked the

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The Politics of Boycotting Israel while Fighting Sanctions on Iran

Posted on October 3, 2014 by alexrezashams

Originally published by Jadaliyya on October 3, 2014. By: Alex Shams and Ali Abdi As the bombs rained down on Gaza this summer, we were reminded yet again of the

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