https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=colcD8UVr90 Dr. Dahlia Wasfi is an American-Iraqi physician and peace activist, who actively speaks out against the impact of war - both on the environment and the civilian population's quality of life. (https://writingforpeace.org/about/writing-for-peace-advisory-panel/dr-dahlia-wasfi/) The largest and most expensive embassy in the world today is the United States embassy in Baghdad. At 104 acres - nearly … Continue reading The U.S Occupation in Iraq by Dr. Dahlia Wasfi
Month: May 2019
Malaysia’s RM11 Million Scholarship Initiative to The Palestinians Goes Beyond An Act of Good Faith
On the 22nd of May, in conjunction with Nuzur Al-Quran and Ramadhan; I was invited to attend an iftar (open fast) dinner by Muslim Imran - the president of the Palestinian Cultural Organisation Malaysia (PCOM). It was an annual event attended by the prime minister and governments of both Palestine and Malaysia, and the Palestinian … Continue reading Malaysia’s RM11 Million Scholarship Initiative to The Palestinians Goes Beyond An Act of Good Faith
The Prisoners’ Document: A Unified Resistance of Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails
https://unispal.un.org/DPA/DPR/unispal.nsf/0/CE3ABE1B2E1502B58525717A006194CD Based on the Prisoners’ Document published in May 2006, officially known as the National Conciliation Document; political prisoners from Hamas, Fatah, Islamic Jihad Movements, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) had, in an unprecedented decision, jointly called for an independent Palestinian … Continue reading The Prisoners’ Document: A Unified Resistance of Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails
The Political Shift of Hindu Extremism Shaking India’s Secular Identity to the Core
Ever since his coming into power in May 2014, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spurted a new level of enthusiasm in endorsing the winning narrative of a diaspora aligning with right-wing nationalist ideologies. (https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/200-du-teachers-issue-statement-condemning-pm-narendra-modi-s-remarks-on-rajiv-gandhi-1519475-2019-05-07) As a lifetime member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) groups - the latter expressing … Continue reading The Political Shift of Hindu Extremism Shaking India’s Secular Identity to the Core
The Flying Olives 