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Nabil Al-Tikriti Moderates Forced Migration Workshop at NGO Assembly

Posted on June 11, 2012 by admin

In his capacity as a board member of MSF / Doctors Without Borders USA, Nabil Al-Tikriti co-organized and moderated a June 7 workshop on migrant populations preceding the MSF USA 2012 General Assembly in New York City. Panelists included Dr. Alison Mo… Continue reading →

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Nabil Al-Tikriti Presents Great Lives Lecture

Posted on April 18, 2012 by admin

  On Tuesday, April 17, Nabil Al-Tikriti delivered a lecture entitled “‘Ghazi’ Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, 1881-1938″ as part of the Chappell Great Lives lecture series at Dodd Auditorium on the UMW campus. The prezi visuals which … Continue reading →

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Nabil Al-Tikriti Participates in Tokyo and Amman NGO Conferences

Posted on April 4, 2012 by admin

In his capacity as a board member of the United States section of  MSF/Doctors Without Borders, Nabil Al-Tikriti, associate professor of history and American studies, participated in the annual MSF Japan General Assembly in Tokyo on March 24 and 25. F… Continue reading →

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Even Einstein couldn’t think of a peace plan An archive of Einstein’s letters reveal his thoughts on a problem he couldn’t solve: how Arabs and Jews can live together. From Jerusalem, Donald Macintyre reports

Posted on March 21, 2012 by admin

Einstein’s views on Palestinian peace… Continue reading →

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Yehoshua on American Jewry

Posted on March 18, 2012 by admin

In this article, prominent Israeli writer A.B. Yehoshua states that American Jews are only “partial Jews”. Continue reading →

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Christopher Torchia, SF Gate, 2/24/2012: “Turkey’s Jewish narrative: tolerance and dark side”

Posted on February 24, 2012 by admin

Turkey’s Jewish narrative: tolerance and dark side.  This article discusses the SS Struma sinking that we mentioned in class this week. Continue reading →

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Jonathan Lis, Ha’aretz, 2/23/2012: “U.S. refuses to grant visa to Israeli MK due to his membership in ‘terror group’”

Posted on February 24, 2012 by admin

U.S. refuses to grant visa to Israeli MK due to his membership in ‘terror group’ — for the first time in recent memory, an Israeli parliamentarian was denied entry into the United States due to membership in a banned organization, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Israel Shamir, Counterpunch, 2/22/2012: “What Really Happened in the “Yom Kippur” War?”

Posted on February 23, 2012 by admin

What Really Happened in the “Yom Kippur” War? Continue reading →

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Jonathan Cook, MERIP, “The Myth of Israel’s Liberal Supreme Court Exposed,” 2/23/2012

Posted on February 23, 2012 by admin

The Myth of Israel’s Liberal Supreme Court Exposed “Little more than a decade ago, in a brief interlude of heady optimism about the prospects of regional peace, the Israeli Supreme Court issued two landmark rulings that, it was widely assumed, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Jonathan Cook, MERIP, “The Myth of Israel’s Liberal Supreme Court Exposed”

Posted on February 23, 2012 by admin

The Myth of Israel’s Liberal Supreme Court Exposed
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