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Entries by Faisal J. Abbas from 05/2010

Saudi Arabia's Most Daring Newspaper Loses Its Top Man

| Posted 05.15.2010 | World
Read More: Jihad, Islam, Al Watan, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Journalism, Islamists, Saudi Religious Police, World News, World News

Al Watan, arguably Saudi Arabia's most daring newspaper, seems to have lost its top man after Jamal Khashoggi, the publication's editor in chief, resigned earlier today.

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In Defence of an Arab-American Beauty Queen

| Posted 05.24.2010 | Style
Read More: Lebanon, Arabs, Rima Fakih, Miss USA 2010, Middle East, Miss USA Controversy, American Muslims, Muslims, Racism, Hezbollah, Immigration, Muslim, Barack Obama, Arab Americans, Style News

I wasn't surprised that Fatih won the title because I believe in the democratic system that exists in the US. What I found to be appalling are some of things that have been said since she won the title last week.

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With 'Friends' Like Israel, Who Needs Enemies?

| Posted 05.31.2010 | World
Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Flotilla, Turkey, Gaza, Australia, United Kingdom, Middle East, Gaza Flotilla, Hamas, Israel, Middle East Peace, Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, World News

The IDF's deadly attack on the Turkish flotilla suggests to me that Israel benefits more from being at war than it would from being at peace. How would Tel Aviv justify both the financial and military aid it receives if there were no 'threat'?

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