July 24, 2008
July 23, 2008
Obama's campaign has created a Muslim liaison, according to two sources familiar with the move. The sources said the job was likely to be filled by Haim Nawas, a Jordanian-American who filled a similar role for the campaign of General Wesley Clark in 2004. The job is complicated by the fact th...
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An internal memo on sartorial guidelines for the Obama campaign staff during his tour of the Middle East discouraged the wearing of green clothing. Why? Obama staffers fear sporting the color of Islam could be read as support for Hamas. Most of the comments in the Politico article on this ranged ...
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July 16, 2008
I give up, NO McCain, Obama full of flip-flopping tilting right"hope and change", McKinney choosing a hip-hop artist as running mate (not that she had a snowball's chance in hell of winning in the first place-same with Nader) I FOUND MY CANDIDATE!!! There's even a website where you can vote...
go to article »July 14, 2008
With a new tenant in the White House, the American policy toward the Maghreb is likely to undergo some important retooling in 2009. The magnitude of the changes is unclear as the new American administration will probably view the region through old and new lenses. John McCain, despite his Republi...
go to article »July 12, 2008
July 7, 2008
When Al Jazeera announced its plans to release English-language channel in 2005, the announcement was met with both support and protest in the United States. And so, although the US government doesn't prevent access to the channel, many cable companies are reluctant to carry it; after all, Donald Rumsfeld ...
I am a freelance writer, blogger, and new member of the team at Berkman. I maintain a personal blog, Jillian C. York, and cover Morocco for Global Voices. You can also find me on the Huffington Post, and Arabisto.com
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