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By Nahla Kayali, IFN Guest Columnist
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Tuesday, 12 January 2010 |
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The immigrant experience is a topic of great discussion and debate. There are several reasons newcomers leave their homelands, including education, poverty, unemployment, natural disasters, war, famine and civil unrest.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 February 2010 )
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By Salaam Abdul Khaliq, IFN Columnist
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Tuesday, 12 January 2010 |
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A popular Israeli joke goes like this: Shlomo heads to the marketplace to buy a brain and finds a vendor selling a Jewish brain and an Arab brain. But to his shock and dismay, the Arab brain is 50 times more expensive. “This is not right,” exclaims Shlomo indignantly. “Shouldn’t the Jewish brain be more expensive?” The vendor grins and matter-of-factly says, “No. The Arab brain is barely used.” |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 February 2010 )
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By Lawrence Swaim, IFN Columnist
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Tuesday, 12 January 2010 |
In one of Edward Kennedy’s toughest speeches against corporate speculation, he pounded the lectern with his fist and shouted rhetorically, “When will the greed end?”
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 February 2010 )
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By Sama Wareh, Staff Writer
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Thursday, 07 January 2010 |
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The messages in “Avatar” go beyond a sci-fi flick and extend to Environmentalism, government corruption – mimicking U.S. politics – and capitalism at the cost of exploiting Natives. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 25 January 2010 )
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