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Saddam Hussein hunted
American troops hunted down deposed Iraqi dictator
Saddam Hussein and arrested him in his hometown of
Tikrit in mid December.
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NEWS & REPORTS
One tyrannical regime down
The month of December witnessed the most
important event in the Middle East, the arrest of Saddam
Hussein.
Iraqi communists learned their
lesson the hard way
by
Shehab al-Sharif
(BAGHDAD)
The US occupation of Iraq has divided the Arab
world, and leftist group was not an exception.
Arab veiled women protest French
ban of headscarves
The French decision to ban veiled women from going to public
education institutions or serving as civil servants prompted
veiled females in the Middle East to demonstrate in front of
French embassies to protest this decision.
Kuwaiti women continue struggle for
rights
While Muslim women in the Western world
protested secular decisions, women in Kuwait are still
organizing their rank and file to win their right to vote.
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EDITORIALS
Their outcome is what counts
Arabs received the capture of Saddam Hussein
with mixed feelings.
We got’im!
How can someone who claims to be a human being
bet on a dictator? How can an Arab be insulted by the capture
of one of the most horrific dictators ever. Being an Arab
means being chivalrous, polite, charitable. The only thing
that this Arab Knight, Saddam Hussein, used during his reign
was his sword.
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Op-Ed
Reconsider separating the state
from civil society
by Raja Abu
Hassan (WASHIGTON DC)
Political Studies professors usually teach
their students a simple model, which postulates that in any
modern country, there are two broad entities, called ‘the
state’ and ‘the society’.
Women have power that should be
appreciated
by Hasan Makki
(ARIZONA)
You would probably think that this article is a
rave (or a rant) about girl bands, 20 year old divas and that
the whole teen glam phenomenon we are going through. It may be
about the emergence of power of corporate women leaders such
as Fiorina and Whitman (CEOs of HP and ebay respectively).
But it is not. This is not about the Hilton sisters or the
Spice Girls, Britney Spears or Stella McCartney. This is about
the true power of a woman, the power that is innate in the
form of a touch and voice. A force that is a sensibility and a
haven in an otherwise mad world.
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FEATURES
A state of terror
By
Nada Mozaffar (RAMALLAH)
“If they come, would you shoot them dad?” Ofer
Atam, 6, asked his father David, who escorted him to the
Swings Park in the settlement of Shilo.
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HISTORY & CULTURE
Left forces end of Camille
Chamoun’s mandate in 1958
by Hamid Assaf (BEIRUT)
The modern history of Lebanon is not exactly a
bed of roses .This small Middle Eastern republic has had its
share of civil strife. Lebanon is famous for its 15 years of
civil war which began in 1975 and only ended with the Taif
accord 15 years later.
Sociodemocracy should be
revised, says a new leftist group to be born in Beirut
In Beirut, a new leftist group, named still
unidentified, is planning to come to life soon. Founding
members summed up for Alternative of their brainstorming
sessions.
Lebanese politician recounts civil war
displacement
A civil society is doomed to failure in the
Arab world unless Muslim scholars update their religion and
integrate into it principles of secularism and citizenship,
according to a senior political activist.
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Youth News
Spain failed to present a model of a
‘co-existing’ nation
by
Ricardo Gonzalez (BARCELONA)
After the fall of the Soviet Union, many
scholars predicted a peaceful world for the coming decades.
The most famous among them, Fukuyama, defined it as “the end
of history”. However, the 1990s saw a surge in wars worldwide,
most of them due to ethnic and national rivalries.
State fails to comply with LU
demands, students and faculty escalate
by
Elias Shartouni (BEIRUT)
By the time this publication went to print,
faculty and staff at the Lebanese University (LU) were still
on an open strike, which started on Nov. 17 to protest the
government’s withholding of funds and intervention in LU
affairs.
Leftist students flex a muscle
as they retain most student seats of AUB’s USFC
Leftist students flexed a muscle at the
American University of Beirut (AUB) as they succeeded in
sweeping the majority of seats of the University Student
Faculty Committee (USFC).
Marcel Khalife sings in UNESCO,
receives presidential recognition
Throughout three concerts held in the UNESCO
palace in December, Lebanese leftist singer Marcel Khalife
marked his return to the origins of his musical successes:
patriotic songs.
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LIGHT NEWS
Kuwait was the first Arab nation to
provide internet services
by
Ezzeddeen Jradi (BEIRUT)
Much analysis has been made on the shape the
Internet will be taking. This is determined by breakthroughs
in the Communication and Information Technology which trigger
phases or turning points in the overall development of the
Internet.
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