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'Do you remember Mahmoud?' asked Abu Nidal, my neighbor from nearly 20 years ago, when I lived in Gaza.

Kids in Nuseirat. (Photo: John Harvey)

By Ramzy Baroud - Gaza

“Yes, of course, I do,” I answered. I remembered him as yet another troublemaking child among the…

The Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah arrived in London last week, leaving behind a political crisis and

In Kuwait, how will the conflicts between the Arabs and the Persians, Sunnis and Shiites, Bedouins and the urban population, the Al-Sabah family and the people, and within the Al-Sabah family itself…

"Hurra (Free) Libya! Hurra Libya! Hurra Libya!" -- the chant rang out in the playground of Fajer al-Hurra school in

Children engaged in activities far from fighting

Rebel children in rebel bastion of Benghazi seek ways to find new life as they await Moamer Gathafi's fall.

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The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said the embassy's refusal to return the

                     Aziz Nouhaili

WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/2/11) –- A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today called on the Obama administration to return the passport of an American Muslim citizen in Kuwait, which was seized by U.S. embassy officials in February.

passport amounted to…

Philadelphia (CNN) – Listen to the FBI and you will know that violent crime dropped over almost the whole country

By Eric Marrapodi, Dan Lothian, Chris Turner & Tom Foreman, CNN

 last year; murder, aggravated assault, forcible rape. Listen to people in some parts of Philadelphia and you will know that the Northeast is not part of that trend. Here the numbers keep climbing.

Violence comes to their…

ISB Executive Director Soumaya Khalifa was recently recognized by Muslim Heroes for her work at the ISB.

Muslim Heroes: Muslims Making a Difference is a website that was created in order to highlight the positive contributions that many Muslims have made to their communities, and societies, and note the impact they've had on the world…

On the 700 Club today, Pat Robertson once again spoke out against American Muslims, singling out the construction of

People for the American Way, 5/31/11

mosques and the purported threat of creeping Sharia law. Robertson likened critics of Muslims to opponents of Nazis and rejected claims that his opposition to rights for Muslims is bigotry, asking, "I wonder what were people who opposed the Nazis, were they bigots?"

"Why is it bigoted…

Gil Scott-Heron died Friday (5/27/2011) afternoon in New York, his book publisher reported. He was 62. The influential

 poet and musician is often credited with being one of the progenitors of hip-hop, and is…