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Today's Egypt in a song: Rima is back to her old ways
Monday, 17 February 2014, 11:09 am | Mamoon Alabbasi
In Egypt, there is a new catchy tune circulating in social media pages. The song, which gives a symbolic description of the current events in Egypt, is sung by an artist who is known for his strong leanings towards the 25th January 2011 revolution. ... More >>
Mitt Romney's gaffes abroad show his numbers don't add up
Friday, 10 August 2012, 1:45 pm | Mamoon Alabbasi
US presidential candidate Mitt Romney ended a three-country world tour of Britain, Israel and Poland without appearing to have learned much from his overseas trip. Even in his attempts to water-down the impact of some of his gaffes, following an ... More >>
Suzy is no Sophie: how faking ordeals harms abused women
Friday, 13 April 2012, 1:58 pm | Mamoon Alabbasi
Even if one is familiar with stories of human trafficking, one never ceases to be shocked when hearing the details of new ones. And shocked you will be when you read 'Trafficked', an autobiographical account by Sophie Hayes, a young British salesgirl ... More >>
Sarah Gillespie's The War on Trevor - Mamoon Alabbasi Review
Monday, 9 April 2012, 5:50 pm | Mamoon Alabbasi
Politics and human rights have always been among the dominant themes in Sarah Gillespie's albums 'Stalking Juliet' and 'In the Current Climate', but her latest release 'The War on Trevor' - a fifteen minute music narrative divided into four sections – ... More >>
Kony's Invisible Christian Fanaticism
Thursday, 22 March 2012, 10:47 am | Mamoon Alabbasi
There is no doubt that the thirty-minute video 'Kony 2012' by the advocacy group Invisible Children has raised much awareness regarding the relatively under-reported atrocities committed by the Ugandan rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). More >>
Bahrain Bleeds for Liberty
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 11:55 am | Mamoon Alabbasi
Just before the Arab revolt erupted across the region there was much talk about how minorities in the Middle East we being mistreated. Of course such concerns were not unfounded, but many vocal critics never really cared for finding real solutions nor ... More >>
Bahrain Bleeds for Liberty
Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 10:44 am | Mamoon Alabbasi
Just before the Arab revolt erupted across the region there was much talk about how minorities in the Middle East we being mistreated. Of course such concerns were not unfounded, but many vocal critics never really cared for finding real solutions nor ... More >>
Rebranding Egypt's Revolution
Sunday, 20 February 2011, 12:10 pm | Mamoon Alabbasi
The revolution in Egypt came in spite of (or perhaps because of) a long-standing US backing of the dictatorship there. It was clear from the beginning that the protestors were united on one demand: namely that the unelected regime stand down or allow genuine ... More >>
Mamoon Alabbasi: Wikileaks for Dummies
Thursday, 28 October 2010, 2:48 pm | Mamoon Alabbasi
Despite the commendable efforts of the whistleblower website WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange to expose the truth about the Iraq war in a responsible manner - that not only would not endanger lives but aim ultimately to save millions of lives, in ... More >>
Two 'Iraq war' Movies Compete for Awards
Wednesday, 24 February 2010, 11:29 am | Mamoon Alabbasi
James Cameron's "Avatar" and Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" had battled for best film and best director at the BAFTA awards on Sunday. More >>
Mamoon Alabbasi: Gaza's Untold Story
Tuesday, 29 December 2009, 10:30 am | Mamoon Alabbasi
One year on since Israel's criminally-insane war on Gaza, many are still unaware of the roots of the 'conflict' and the plight of the Palestinian people. Israel would like to have us believe that its latest onslaught was a direct response to resistance ... More >>
Mamoon Alabbasi: It was Never about Democracy
Monday, 30 March 2009, 5:53 pm | Mamoon Alabbasi
Such comments and their likes are unfortunately not uncommon among some Americans and Iraqis regarding the US-led invasion of Iraq. Whether American or Iraqi, pro-war or anti-war, one fallacy lies at the bottom of their reasoning: that somehow 'democracy' ... More >>
New Play: Fallujah Freed From Fallacy
Monday, 14 May 2007, 1:06 pm | Mamoon Alabbasi
Two years after the US-led military besieged and destroyed the Iraqi city of Fallujah, a British play appears to reveal to the public some of the shocking details of that military operation, highlighting what has been missed by mainstream media. More >>
