CNN Middle East News- Ban condemns Syrian 'brutality' in Homs, warns worse may comeThe Syrian assault on the city of Homs is "a grim harbinger of worse to come" without united pressure on the government in Damascus, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday. […]
- Activist: Infants, medical staff among dead in Homs crackdownFour straight days of shelling and bombing by Syrian government forces into the besieged city of Homs have left residents cowering, afraid to escape and fearing for their lives as bodies lie in the streets, unable to be recovered. […]
- Syrian regime gets bloody nose from resistanceOne fateful consequence of President Bashar al-Assad's ferocious crackdown on Syrian protesters is the emergence of the domestic armed resistance, the Free Syrian Army. […]
- Al-Assad hangs on by ruthlessness, reformist imageWhen the Tunisian revolt erupted last year, Tunisia's president fled power in weeks. When Egyptians took to the streets, longtime leader Hosni Mubarak was swiftly ousted as well. […]
- No Libya play for the West in SyriaAmid growing outrage over civilian casualties in Syria, there are ever more urgent calls to aid -- or at least protect -- the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. There is renewed talk of creating safe havens and humanitarian corridors inside the country. And those demanding tougher measures are again asking why events in Syria should not prompt Libya […]
- Ban condemns Syrian 'brutality' in Homs, warns worse may come
Monthly Archives: July 2010
When Motherland calls…the spirit of national action must meet the appeal
One of the most important problems, which came as a phenomenon side by side with the process of building the Palestinian state is corruption. Corruption [singlepic id=277 w=320 h=240 float=right]started to exist not only in financial matters but it also took place in the soul of the national and volunteer action which are supposed to be the basics of the process of building a state and getting freedom.
The Palestinian national movements failed in facing the new stage, which they went through after Oslo accords and the last Parliamentary elections. The
An Arab Creativity in Betsalel Graduation 2010
[singlepic id=273 w=320 h=240 float=right]The Betsalel Academy has celebrated graduating its students for the year 2010 last week. The ceremony included a show of the artistic and fashion works that the students made. An interesting phenonmenon that I saw in the ceremony was the Palestinian Arabs success and creativity in making fashion and artistic works that represented their history and feelings.
An Arab Student Nada Nafar made a seam garment that looked different and interesting. Once Nada was asked about her project she replied by saying: The cloth embraces the Human body, the house embraces the Human and the space embraces the house, the human, the culture and the identity.
The way the West sees the Israeli Palestinian Conflict
Many Western countries tried to play a mediator role between the Israelis and the Palestinians in order to reach a peace agreement that would put an end to [singlepic id=272 w=320 h=240 float=right]the long conflict. Most of these mediators tried to search for tools that would bring both sides close to each other and reach an understanding regarding the matters that stayed until today as an obstacle in the way to achieve peace.
Lessons in Leadership XXXVI – Responsibility
Taking responsibility no matter what happens is one of the attributes of a leader. Responsibility is related to the decisions we make in our life. Our decisions [singlepic id=271 w=320 h=240 float=right] bring us the result of what we do and then we either declare our responsibility of the consequences of our actions results or we simply try to escape from it.
Taking responsibility affects on us and those who are around us especially when we are leading others and trying to bring them together or develop the thoughts they have about life or the field that we are leading in. In order to succeed in leading we must make sure to make those who believe in us feel
An Israeli Lebanese war….either Tomorrow or the Day after it…
It seems that the situation between Israel and Lebanon will not stay calm as it was in the last year. After an Israeli published report about Hezbullah targets [singlepic id=270 w=320 h=240 float=right]on the borders, the latter states that Israel will be targeted in several places including sensitive targets if a new war is started.
In Israel and Lebanon the media is talking about a possible confrontation between the two sides especially that officials from both sides have been talking about the importance of facing the dangers of the other side and putting an end to it. The latest war on Lebanon resulted in killing more than 1200 Lebanese
قصة لحن اندلسية
قِصْةْ لحنْ اندلسية[singlepic id=269 w=320 h=240 float=right]
حلوة بعيون عسلية
حبينها وحبتنا
وضلّت بالعشية
هي ياسمينة عربية
زي الغربية
ما ابنقدر نلمسها
بس ريحتها…احلى هدية
بتلف وبتفتل
The New Israeli Political Ploy…. Direct Peace Talks
It seems that Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu thought very well of what kind of statements he should make while visiting the United States. While the [singlepic id=268 w=320 h=240 float=right]Israeli army is marketing a new file that includes several Hezbullah targets on the borders, the Israeli Politicians are trying to fix Israel’s picture around the world. Ben Eliezer’s call for a real Israeli action to stop the damage that is happening to Israel’s reputation because of its ongoing occupation of the Palestinian people was answered by a new Israeli smart plan that would take the Palestinians into another round of fake negotiations.
