DETROIT - When Ahmad Balshe was seven years old, he fled war-torn Palestine with his family and settled in Ottawa, Canada. At age 10, his passion for hip-hop music surfaced and was enhanced by a love of poetry and creative writing. Today, at age 22,...
April 4th, 20070
WASHINGTON (IPS) — A controversial documentary on the threat of radical Islam, promoted by the two most-watched U.S. cable news networks, was marketed and supported in part by self-described "pro-Israel" groups, according to an IPS investigation.
Abbreviated versions and segments of "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West"...
March 17th, 20070Comedian Dean Obeidallah has only been an Arab for five years, but he's pretty good at it.
"I went to bed on September 10 (2001) a white guy, and I woke up on September 11 an Arab," said Obeidallah, of New York, who's performed around the country and on Comedy Central as part of the Axis of Evil Comedy tour.
New York...
