Democratic National Convention denies request for Arab American speaker, allows parents of hostage to speak

August 23rd, 20240 The Democratic National Committee declined a request from the "uncommitted" delegates for a member of the Arab American community to speak at the party convention in Chicago. “The answer is no,” Michigan uncommitted delegate Abbas Alawieh told journalists outside the United Center. “I said, 'No is unacceptable. No is...

Lebanese parliament re-elects Nabih Berri as speaker

May 23rd, 20180 BEIRUT — Politician Nabih Berri, a close ally of the Hezbollah group, was re-elected for a sixth term as speaker of Lebanon’s parliament in an uncontested vote on Wednesday. Reflecting a shift in Lebanon’s political landscape in favor of the heavily armed Shi’a Muslim group, another Hezbollah ally, Elie Ferzli, was elected...