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Updated on 30 July 2010

   
   

INDEX

   
         
  Arab and the Media Health and Politics Other selections  
  Arabs in Diaspora Human Rights Cartoons  
  Arabic articles بالعربي Politics, Analysis and Views Quotations  
  Ethnicity Xenophobia (Anti Arabism & Islamophobia) YouTubes Selections  
  Faith      
 

 

     
 

Studies

 
    British Arabs - Identity, Politics and Community. Study by Atlantic Forum edited by Faisal Al-Yafai, 2009. Forward by John Austin, MP  (pdf file)    
 

Politics, Analysis and Views  

 
    For articles in Arabic click here    
         
  30 July 2010

 

Surrender to al-Shabaab may be first step to victory for Somalia
"Whatever its failings the transitional government in Mogadishu has to be preferable to an absolute takeover of Somalia by the radical Islamists of al-Shabaab."
Daniel Howden  
  July 2010 Analysis of Iraq now.الموضوع : العراق : الحكم المستحيل!- الضيف : د. غسان العطية، مدير المعهد العراقي للتنمية والديمقراطية.
Ghassan Attiyah. Iraq politique interviewd by Mohamad Kawas. (in Arabic)
   
  28 July 2010 UK to build trade links with Sudan
"Britain's new government has signalled its willingness to become "candid friends" of Sudan's regime and boost trade and business ties, in defiance of US sanctions."
William Wallis  
  28 July 2010

 

Arabs not given chance to 'decline'
"
As a long-time fan of Robert Fisk, I was a bit surprised to see the assertion in his article that "the term Palestinian broadly refers to Arabs who declined Israeli citizenship in 1948, when the country was formed"."
Martin Fletcher  
  28 July 2010

 

Hero' the Libyan regime wants to keep out of sight
"One year on, the bitter recriminations between Britain and America over the release of the Lockerbie bomber show no sign of abating, with US senators suggesting that the quid pro quo was a BP oil deal and denouncing the refusal of British politicians and executives to testify on Capitol Hill."
   
  28 July 2010 To avert disaster, stop isolating Hamas. Ft.com by Chris Patten  
  28 July 2010 Blair brought Britain close to seizing up, says ex-army chief
"Tony Blair bounced military commanders into deploying large numbers of British troops to Afghanistan while they were facing a growing insurgency in Iraq, leaving the army close to "seizing up", the Chilcot inquiry was told yesterday."
Richard Norton-Taylor  
  28 July 2010

Robert Satloff Debates Amb. Chas Freeman on Israel's Value as U.S.
Strategic Asset.

   
  27 July 2010 Cameron lashes out at Gaza 'prison camp'
"David Cameron risked a rift with Israel yesterday when he branded the Gaza Strip a "prison camp"."
Francis Elliott and James Hilder  
  27 July 2010 The Israeli has a new vision - Jews and Arabs sharing one country
"If David Cameron is feeling a tad frustrated by the lack of progress in the Middle East - breaking with usual diplomatese during a visit to Turkey yesterday to brand Gaza a "prison camp" - then he is not the only one."
Jonathan Freedland  
  22 July 2010 Clegg told the truth on Iraq. It's for Cameron to end a decade of pretence. Simon Jenkins, The Guardian  
  7 July 2010 Nationalism and the long road to the Caliphate Yamin Zakaria  
  2010 CIA Report on the future of Israel    
  June 2010 Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt MP: Gaza situation "unacceptable and unsustainable" Received via CAABU  
  June 2010 World Zionist Congress    
  June 2010 Strange Bed Fellows The Living Stones  
  June 2010 Of course, they were asking for it Mark Steel, the Guardian  
  Jan 2010 Does Blair’s Testimony Clarify the Motive behind the Iraq War?

Yamin Zakaria

 
  February The legacy of George W Bush's Presidency: The Country He Inherited, The Country He Leaves Behind    
  2009 Seeking Knowledge in Gaza. PowerPoint pictures    
  6 February 2008 American Arabs Ponder Super Tuesday and Favor Obama Ghassan Rubeiz,  
  January 2008 The tragedy of Mosul
  28 June 2007 Checkpoints could be first target for peacemaker Blair James Hider in Azariya  
  15 June 2007 Iraq:  Dr IK Jalili  
  28 May 2007 The entire Labour party shares blame for Iraq's horrors Haifa Zangana  
  20 May 2008  Democracy? What a great idea... Nick Clegg  
  24 April 2007 The Islamic Threat to Europe: By the Numbers Kristoffer Larsson  
  18 April 2007 Israel: One third of Holocaust survivors live in poverty Bill Van Auken  
  12 April 2007 The Iraqi resistance only exists to end the occupation
The escalating attacks are not usually aimed at civilians, but are a direct response to the brutal actions of US-led troops (The Guardian)
Haifa Zangana  
  29 March 2007 Refugees or angry citizens: 
Iraqis should engage the exploding crisis of the refugees
Munther Adhami  
  28 March 2007 'Darfur - The Internal Struggle: A Window for Peace' Sir Emyr Jones Parry  
  27 March 2007 Tel Afer: Speech delivered at the European Parliament on 27th March 2007 at the “Iraqi Turkmen: The Human Rights Situation and Crisis in Kerkuk” event.  Merry Fitzgerald   
  19 March 2007 She Drew Away the Veil on Criminal and Outrageous Conduct: In Memory of Tanya Reinhart Noam Chomsky  
  18 March 2007 Open letter to the anti-war movement  Hana Al-Bayati  
  7 March 2007 Address by His Majesty King Abdullah II: Joint Meeting of Congress Washington, D.C.    
  7 March 2007 ‘Apes and pigs’: What does Islam teach? Dr Anthony McRoy   
  March 2007

The price of 'Liberation"? Corruption Galore .ثمن "التحرير"؟ إرضة الفساد

Haifa Zangana  

 
  24/01/07  

Liberal Democrats: Background paper on Iraq

The Liberal Democratic Party  
  11 Jan A Christian Exodus From the Arab World Amira El Ahl, Daniel Steinvorth, Volkhard Windfuhr and Bernhard Zand  
  4 Feb Morris Farhi's Tomorrow Duraid Jalili  
  7 Jan A drop in the abyss Haifa Zangana  
  1 Jan The Other Arabs - The Arab Jews: Letter  /  Video Richard Sullivan - INEAS  
         
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Arab, the Media And Xenophobia  

 
 

2007

     
  20 Aug 2007 UK more suspicious of Muslims than America and rest of EU  Daniel Dombey in London and Simon Kuper in Paris   
 

16 Oct 2006

Lancet Study on Iraq deaths-Independent CAABU Letter in the Independent (Chris Doyle)  
 

10 Oct

Crying Wolf: Media Disinformation and Death Squads in Occupied Iraq

Max Fuller  
 

1 Oct

Top British architect tells of terror 'arrest'  Sophie Goodchild, The Independent  
 

1 Oct

CAABU letter in Sunday Times on war on terror - 1 DIGGING DEEPER: Chris Doyle  
  9 Sept Objective Arab realities Hana Al Bayati  
 

8 Sept

CAABU letter published in The Jewish Chronicle re Julie Burchill article CAABU: Chris Doyle  
  Sept The New Arab World Hana Al Bayati  
 

16 August

Blair's 'frenzied law making' : a new offence for every day 
spent in office 
Nigel Morris  
 

1 August

نجوم هولييود مواقف بلا رتوش نضال حمد   
 

9 June

Be Alert Against the Bigotry and Racism Against Arabs John Lincoln  
 

4 August

(1) Racist attack on Arabs in the Daily Mail - introduction
(2) Racist remark against Arabs in the Daily Mail - Follow up
(3) CAABU response

(4) NABA response
   
 

July

Write to your MP on the Lebanon War (from CAABU) CAABU  
 

July

Letter from John Austin MP to Blair CAABU  
 

July

Letter from CAABU to the BBC re Maureen Lipman's statement CAABU  
 

July

Letter from CAABU to the Evening Standard CAABU  
 

July

Letter from CAABU to the Guardian CAABU  
 

26 July

To the American Media  May Ibrahim  
    The hate that dares speak its name: Anti-Arab racism Dr Anthony McRoy  
   

الحقدُ الذي يَتجاسرُ يَتكلّمُ اسمَه: التمييز العنصري المعادي للعربُ  

 الدّكتورِ أنتوني مكروي

 
   

Arabs And The Media

Narmeen El-Farra   
    العرب وأجهزةُ الإعلام    
 

March

Action Alert: Protestors to wear T-shirts with Muhammad Cartoons at Rally this Saturday

IHRC  
  March Muslim Visitors to US 'Targeted Unfairly' Ben Bain  
  Feb

On the Anti Muslims Movement in Europe and Simone Weisenthal Center  (English Version  /  Arabic Version)

National Islamic Congress in Europe

 
  Jan Stop Racist Billboard Campaign ADC Action Alert
Letter to Governor Easley
Letter to to Richardson
Arab Anti Discrimination Council  
 

2005

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  Feb A Battle with French Media (in Arabic and French) Subhi Toma  
  Jan

Unity In Deceit - The British Media And Iraq's Election

   
    Churchill Quits Chairmanship (Another example of the freedom of thought in the US by Matthew Beaudin  
  Jan Out of sight, out of mind? - On the Anti-Arabism in the UK  Sharif Nashashibi  
  Jan Extracts from CAABU's Letters to the Media on Anti-Arabism Chris Doyle  
 

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Restricting Rights of Muslim Americans William Kates  
  Jan British Muslims to miss Holocaust ceremony   Paul Majendie  
    Articles from America on Terror Via Naeem Bangali  
  2004      
  Dec Ending Religious Discrimination Dr Anthony McRoy  
 

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Islamophobia, Intransigence and ignorance Dr Anthony McRoy  
  Dec Institutional Racism is Alive and Kicking Dr les Back  
 

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Anti Arabism in the UK

Dr Anthony McRoy  
  Dec The Fear Factor: on the Islamophobia in the US Blaine P. Friedlander Jr.  
 

 

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  Nov 2003 Biased Media Coverage of Palestine and Palestinians ADC  
  Nov 2002 The Zionization of the American Media Edward Said  
  Feb 2001 In the freest press on earth, humanity is reported in terms of its usefulness to US power John Pilger  
  Jan 2001 Stigma Against Arab-American Political Discourse ADC  
  1991

Of Mice and Monsignors: The Press  and Canadian Policy Towards the Middle East

B E Burton  
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 Arab in Diaspora

 
  2006      
 

15 Oct

Charity work in the US (in Arabic) مراقبة التبرعات الإسلامية في أميركا    
  10 Oct

British Arab Muslims and the ‘War on Terror’: Perceptions of Citizenship, Identity and Human Rights

Layla M El-Wafi1  
  22 July Muslim group urges disengaging policy from 'dictates' of pro-Israel Lobby CAIR  
  June Bari is hope for British Muslims  Dr Anthony McRoy  
  June A Worrying Read: ID Card Frances Stonor Saunders  
  June Abrar Discussion: Muslims and the Western Media  Ahlul Bait Islamic Mission  
  May

British Muslims could learn a lot from the BNP!

Dr Anthony McRoy   
  March Please be aware of the irrational & the biased attitudes towards our Arab Allies, Partners & Friends John A Lincoln  
  2005 back to index    
  July Anatomy of a mission, transcript of Safieh lecture in Chatham House  Afif Safieh,   
    A Call to Arab and Muslim Organisations in Diaspora (In Arabic) Dr Ismail Jalili  
   

British Arabs

Dr Anthony McRoy  
    Three British Arabs from the 3 major political parties and elections 2005 مواقف عرب بريطانيا من برامج الاحزاب الرئيس   BBC Arabic website موقع ب ب سي بالغه العربيه  
   

Arab Christian in Britain

Dr Anthony McRoy  
    Invisibility of the Arab Community in Britain Ali Omar Ermes  
    Diaspora Arab Zeibnab Badawi  
    The Yemeni Community in Britain Mohammad Al Masyabi  
   

Cybernault of Arab Diaspora

Jon W Anderson  
   

Palestinian Communities in Europe (Arabic)

Dr Ibrahim Hammami  
   

British Arabs & Muslims & the Elections

Dr Anthony McRoy  
   

American Arabs and Muslims and the US Presidential Elections

Dr Anthony McRoy  
   

History of the Canadian-Arab Friendship Society

Habeeb Salloum  
    A Tribute to Edward Said Afif Safieh  
    Crosscurrents into the mainstream Amina Howeidy  
  Nov 2004 Arab Population in the UK Dr Ismail Jalili  
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Human Rights

 
         
    Iraqi Human Rights Monitor     
    Palestinian Human Rights Monitor    
 

July 2006

US Government Torture document American Civil Liberties movement  
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Ethnicity

 
 

2005

The Lunacy of Ethnic Profiling Dr Anthony McRoy  
         
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Health And Politics

 
         
  Feb 2007 4.5 Million Iraqi children suffer from malnutrition (in Arabic) العراق:  4.5 مليون طفل يُعانون من نقص التغذية!!  UNICEF ترجمة: د. عبدالوهاب حميد رشيد    
 

6 Oct

Revealed: the diversity that defines a nation  Maxine Frith  
  Sept 2006 Depleted Uranium Doug Westerman  
  Sept 2006 Effect of War on Iraq Dr Jawad Al-Ali  
  19 Sept 2006 Kashmir's Children: The Silent Witnesses of the earthqwake Al-Madad Foundation, UK  
  June 2006 Iraqi Hospitals Ailing under Occupation -  report Dahr Jumail  
  June 2006 Displaced children suffer depression and poor health IRIN  
  May 2006 Iraqi Children Falling Victim to Malnutrition Solomon Moore  
  Mar 2006 Increased humanitarian risk in Palestine after the elections  (download the report) UN  
  Feb 2006 Children's mental health affected by insecurity Iraqi Psychologists Association  
  Sept 1996 Author's reply to Israeli Medical Association Response Derek Summerfield  
  Sept 1995 Israeli Medical Association shirks "political aspects" of torture Derek Summerfield  
  July 2005  Rebuilding South Sudan’s Shattered Health Services Peter Moszynski  
  July 2005 Blindness in Sudan: a predicament in a turbulent see of darkness Ismail Jalili  
  May 1995 Torture in Israel Derek Summerfield  
  May 1995 Human rights in Israeli occupied territories Derek Summerfield  
  Dec 2004 Health Crisis in Palestine and Iraq Ismail Jalili  
  Dec 2004

The war in Iraq: civilian casualties, political responsibilities (Comment, the Lancet)

Richard Horton  
  Dec 2004 Palestine: the assault on health and other war crimes (BMJ) Derek Summerfield  
  Dec 2004 Iraq Health Care Under the Occupation Ghali Hassan  
  Nov 2003 Medical ethics, the Israeli Medical Association, and the state of the World Medical Association, Letter to the BMJ  Derek Summerfield  
  Apr 2003 Fighting "terrorism" with torture: Torture is a form of terrorism: there are no justifications for it. Derek Summerfield  
  2003 The State of Health and Medical Services in Iraq: On the aftermath of the previous regime Dr Anwar Barnouti  
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Faith

 
    Dalai Lama on Relogion    
  May 2008 Abolition of the Blasphemy Law in the UK via NSS  
  May 2008 اليزيدية جذورها عراقية قديمة اسمها أموي وليس لها علاقة بالاكراد ...... أنور معاوية الأموي بقلم: الأمير أنور معاوية الأموي أمير الطائفة اليزيدية  
  April 2007 Conference on "The Religious Dimension in intercultural Dialogue" Via NSS  
  19 April 2007 The Position In British Society of Those Who Profess No Religion. Debate called for by Lord Harrison in the House of Lords. Paper presented by the National Secular Society. NSS, UK  
  Oct Secular Organisation Report 2005 National Secular Organisation, UK  
  24 Sept Muhammad's Sword Uri Avner  
  30 Sept Pope Benedict XVI Distorts History to Serve US Cause Indian Communist Party  
  Sept Yousif Al-Siddique (in Arabic)    
  Sept The Arab national Congress comment on the Pope Speech ANC  
  23 Feb 2000 Israelites Sue God For Breach Of Covenant!!!
   
 

2007 

 
  27 Mar 2007 PRESS RELEASE: MONDAY 26 MARCH 2007 : UK’S EFFORTS AGAINST CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY     
  12 Jan 2007 Changes in the Electoral System and Health Provision in the UK with the Aging Population 2007 From local councils circulars  
 

2006

     
  29 Dec Alienated at home find solace at Haj  Arifa Akbar   
 

Oct

King's meteoric rise in world league table    
 

5 Sept

Britain undermined in Arab eyes Chris Doyle, CAABU  
 

23 August

How immigrants sustain Britain's economic growth  Andrew Grice and Jonathan Brown  
 

20 August

Clear Day Our foreign policy is just plain wrong Menzies Campbell  
  16 August Blair's 'frenzied law making' : a new offence for every day 
spent in office 
Nigel Morris  
  16 August "Many people in this country who have no interest in listening to any Muslim unless they can chorus their own loathing and suspicion of Islam" Madeleine Bunting   
 

4 August

Blair: Battered by criticism Colin Brown  
  3 August Mr Blair, it is time to recognise your errors and just go Rodric Braithwaite   
 

27 July

Menzies Campbell, leader of UK's Liberal Democrats  Liberal Democrats  
 

20 July

British anger at terror celebration Ned Parker and Stephen Farrell  
  Feb

Now it's time for Lib Dems to start acting seriously

Andrew Rawnsley  
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2006

 
    Palestinian Election 2006: Figures    
  Sept Sectarian Violence    
  Sept The birth Pangs of the new Middles East    
    Nashjib Al Muqawama - Condem the resistance (arabic)    
    Reborn of New Middle East    
    Arab aid to Lebanon    
    Condaleeza: new ME is reborn    
    Allahumma Ihzim    
    Nihayat Kaas Alalam    
    Israel's right to defend itself    
    Arabs League General Secretary    
    No comment    
  Sept Death Squads    
  Aug The most popular sign in Germany    
  July  Stem cells research and Arabs    
  July Cartoons on the war against Lebanon    
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Quotations

 
    Selections of quotations sent to NABA Various  
    Quotation by Israeli leaders Mona Baker.com  
    Quotations in a slide show    
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