(Ma’an) – As the 300-foot spire of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris tragically came tumbling down on live television, my thoughts ventured to Nuseirat Refugee Camp, my childhood home in the Gaza Strip.Then, also on television, I watched as a small bulldozer hopelessly clawed through the rubble of my neighborhood mosque. I grew up […]
Archives for April 2019
Our Climate Emergency and ‘Extinction Rebellion:’ disruption and arrests can bring social change
It takes just 3.5% of a nation’s population engaged in sustained nonviolent resistance to topple a dictatorship
In Drive to Overthrow Iran, Trump stops Waivers for Oil Purchases from Tehran
Lord knows what monstrosity yet another US coup in Iran will produce
With 130 Gaza Palestinians having lost limbs to Israeli Snipers in past Year, Qatar opens Amputee Rehab Center
Health officials say the 100-bed hospital is vital for Gaza
“The Nearest in Love:” On how the Sri Lankan Death Cult Betrayed the Islamic Values of the Qur’an
“You will find that the nearest to them in love are those who say ‘We are Christians.'”
Earth Day: Can the Sixth Extinction be Slowed?
This event is driven by human actions that are dismantling and disrupting natural ecosystems and changing Earth’s climate
Revolutionary Sudan granted $3 bn. by Saudis & Emirates, Hostile to Democracy
The two Gulf states have ties with the head of Sudan’s Transitional Military Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
Why the Qur’an denied that Jews were Responsible for Jesus’ Death on Good Friday
“So peace be upon me, the day I was born, and the day that I die, and the day that I am raised.”
How Algerians Used Nonviolent Civil Resistance to unseat a President for Life
After six weeks of continuous protests, the commitment of demonstrators to nonviolent discipline has remained strong