As part of an effort to construct and promulgate a public relations narrative in preparation for Barack Obama’s visit to the Middle East, the White House summoned a group of Arab-American “leaders” to a meeting. Overcome by the lure of being invited to the White House and being part of the mainstream these groups...
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Ikhras was pleased to learn that Omar Baddar has left his position as New Media Coordinator at the Arab-American Institute (AAI). While we’re unaware of the circumstances surrounding Omar’s departure from James Zogby‘s AAI we believe this can only be viewed as a welcome development. Despite our fundamental disagreements with Omar we have always believed...
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The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee’s (ADC) cancellation of a performance by German-born Syrian composer and pianist Malik Jandali at their convention last weekend caused an uproar among Arab-Americans that follow the activities of the self-described “largest Arab-American grassroots organization in the United States.” Jandali had planned to perform Watani Ana, a piece that addresses the...
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The ADC did not name the underwriters and sponsors of their convention on their website, but according to their program the event was underwritten by the Saudi Embassy, and sponsored by the Qatari and United Arab Emirates diplomatic missions. James Zogby‘s “Gibran Gala” last month was also underwritten by the Saudi embassy.
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James Zogby is assuring everyone that a wave of democracy and freedom uprisings across the Arab world will not reach the Arabian Gulf states, the American oil-colonies are stable, and business confidence remains high: WASHINGTON // Business confidence in the Gulf region remains high despite the revolutions convulsing parts of the broader Middle East...
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This article was first published on the Arab-American, variety website KABOBfest on May 29, 2011. The article appears as a critique of Ikhras’ response to the AAI media coordinator’s previous attack piece , but also addresses what the writer apparently perceives to be the overall, general approach Ikhras has taken to covering the activities of...
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وإذا أتتك مذمتي من ناقص فهي الشهادة بأني كامل The writer of the recent article titled “Confronting the Needless Hostility Within” which first appeared on the Arab-American website Kabobfest is the media coordinator at James Zogby’s outfit, the Arab American Institute (AAI). Although the vitriolic attack piece was aimed at Ikhras it can only be...
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Confronting the Needless Hostility Within One of the mistakes our community has made in dealing with Islamophobia has been to ignore the forces behind it,...
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Forget Dean Obeidallah, Ray Hanania, and Maysoon Zayid. The self-appointed spokespersons and representatives of the Arab-American community in Washington DC are the real Arab-American comedians. James Zogby is now the “radical”, “extreme” Arab. His comments on the Obama speech were too harsh AND uncompromising for the more moderate, pro-peace Hussein Ibish.
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Would any sincere anti-imperialist lose sleep over the US’s image? “The last thing we needed is to take an incident like and turn it into something that becomes not believed or reinforces the sense that we don’t tell the truth,” says James Zogby, founder and president of the Arab American Institute.
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A bunch of House Arabs and House Muslims wrote the following open letter to Brahim Zaibat, who until recently was Madonna’s “boytoy.” OK, they didn’t really write this, but they might as well could have, considering their strong desire to grovel to the US mainstream while the US rains death and destruction on innocent...
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We are US-based Arab and Muslim organizations. We feel a compelling obligation to explain to our fellow Americans the meaning of the US killing of Osama bin Laden. We take this opportunity to revisit the inconvenient fact that Osama Bin Laden and the Mujahideen were funded and supported by the US to fight the...
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