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Why I think we failed Yemen

Edit Al Jazeera 26 May 2016
On the afternoon of March 25, 2015, the three of us, Yahia, Hashem and I, met, as we often do, at my home in the Haddah district in central Sana'a, Yemen's capital ... Yahia would use his camera to document what the world most needed to know, Hashem would flood social media with the footage and with stories we co-produced, and I would work my media contacts around the globe to keep our coverage in the news cycle....

Iranian teachers warn of jail threat - BBC

Edit NCRI 25 May 2016
A teachers' union leader in Iran has warned of an intensifying campaign of harassment and imprisonment by the Iranian regime against teachers' union representatives. Hashem Khastar, from Mashhad in north-east Iran, has told the BBC there have been hunger strikes staged by teachers in protest against jailings and the denial of human rights ... ....

Basic food prices slashed in the UAE for Ramadan

Edit The National 25 May 2016
ABU DHABI // Prices of 5,000 food items will be reduced by up to 70 per cent at supermarkets this Ramadan, the Ministry of Economy said on Wednesday. More imports, agreements with suppliers and hundreds of inspections are among the measures to ensure the prices remain low in the holy month, said Dr Hashem Al Nuaimi, director of the ministry's consumer protection department ... But not everyone is convinced ... tsubaihi@thenational.ae ....

Meet Shmuley Boteach, the Right-Wing Reality Show 'Rabbi' Hustling His Way Into the Trump Campaign

Edit Alternet 25 May 2016
By insinuating himself into Trump’s family, Boteach has appointed himself Trump’s top Jewish surrogate. "He who is greedy of gain troubles his own house, but he who hates gifts will live.” —Proverbs 15.27. “As a rabbi, I am particularly grateful to the Adelsons.” —Shmuley Boteach ... Rabbi Ezra Schochet declared that any Orthodox Jew promoting Boteach's lectures was guilty of “chillul hashem”—a desecration of God’s name ... Congress....

EgyptAir Flight 804: Sisi says 'all scenarios possible'

Edit Al Jazeera 22 May 2016
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has urged the media not to speculate about the cause of an EgyptAir plane crash which killed all 66 people on board, saying all scenarios were still being considered ... "Until now all scenarios are possible ... "The Egyptians seem to be sort of back-tracking from their initial position," Al Jazeera's Hashem Ahelbarra, reporting from Paris, said ... Source. Al Jazeera And Reuters. Produced by. birceb ... ....

Al-Falih reviews renewable energy strategy of country

Edit Arabnews 21 May 2016
Author. . RASHID HASSAN. Sat, 2016-05-21. ID. . 1463780132127417200. RIYADH ... Upon his visit to K.A.CARE headquarters on Wednesday, he was received by President Hashem Abdullah Yamani. Al-Falih also assumed charge as the chairman of the board of directors of K.A.CARE. Main category. . Saudi Arabia ... ....

Shocked By Rise of Jewish Extremism in Israel, Maverick Rabbi Denounces Discriminatory Laws

Edit Alternet 21 May 2016
In 2010, Yosef said in a speech ... The book unequivocally states ... We’ve suffered ... “And the other is the concept of Hillul Hashem [desecrating God’s name] and Kidush Hashem [sanctifying God’s name] ... Hillul Hashem is forbidden.” ... According to the premise of Hillul Hashem, Jews should not discriminate against non-Jews because were if those outside the religion learn that Jewish law is discriminatory, it could reflect badly on the Jewish deity....

The New Odyssey and Cast Away review – stories from Europe’s refugee crisis

Edit The Guardian 21 May 2016
Spring is here, migration season in the Mediterranean ... More boats mean more wrecks, more losses ... “At a time when traditional travel guides seem increasingly irrelevant, I’d stumbled across a Baedeker for the refugee era.” For a fortunate few – notably a Syrian named Hashem whose story Kingsley interleaves throughout the book – the journey ends with permanent residency granted somewhere in Europe ... He promotes an urgent message ... Related ... ....

When is an immigrant not an immigrant? When he’s an Irish expat

Edit The Irish Times 20 May 2016
My experience as an Irish immigrant has been a world away from that of Hashem and Alicia, the subjects of my documentaries ... Hashem and Alicia have come as members of a marginalised underclass of immigrants who are given almost no opportunities ... Hashem, who is from Bangladesh, is a former politician who ran his own carpentry business ... Hashem speaks Bengali, English and Spanish....

How to Create a Refugee Crisis

Edit The New Republic 19 May 2016
Two summers ago, Hashem al-Souki, his wife, and their three sons were ready to board a smuggler’s dinghy at Egypt’s northern coast, bound for Europe ... Eight months later, Hashem, a Syrian civil servant, would try the crossing again ... This time, Hashem’s family stayed behind in Egypt, planning to join Hashem in Europe later, by means that would carry a lower risk of ending in a watery grave....

Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian... (PCHA - Palestinian Centre for Human Rights)

Edit Public Technologies 19 May 2016
(Source. PCHA - Palestinian Centre for Human Rights). Print. Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) ... Summary ... Shooting. ... Incursions. ... Jewish Majority. ... At approximately 18.00 on Sunday, 15 May 2016, Israeli forces stationed at the Container checkpoint, northeast of Bethlehem, arrested Amen Hashem Jaber (36) and Salah Monther Hijazi (23), both from Nablus, when they were crossing the checkpoint....

Here’s the opening menu for the Mission’s soon-to-open Eastern Mediterranean restaurant

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 18 May 2016
Mourad Lahlou's Richmond restaurant to get facelift While there are lots of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern eateries here in the Bay Area, Azhar Hashem thinks that they don’t do the regions’ cuisine justice. We see a lot of examples of street foods like kebabs, falafel and hummus, says Hashem, but it hasn’t evolved much beyond that....

World powers gather in Vienna to resume Syria talks

Edit Al Jazeera 17 May 2016
Senior diplomats from the West and the Middle East are to meet once again in Vienna in an effort to salvage stumbling efforts to halt Syria's bloody civil war ... "There's a sentiment here in Vienna that it may take some time to bridge the gap between the two key players," said Al Jazeera's Hashem Ahelbarra, reporting from the Austrian capital. "We've been talking to members of the Syrian opposition, They say they have lost trust ... Source ... ....
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