Asmaa Albukaie was married at age 14. She had two children by the time she was 15. Then she took an unusual step for a stay-at-home Syrian mom: She signed up for a university degree in library science in Damascus. “I noticed that women in movies, American women, decide whatever they want to decide. This […]
This story was co-published with Frontline. Almost a year after Islamic State terrorists killed 130 people in Paris, U.S. intelligence agencies have identified one of the suspected masterminds of that plot and a follow-up attack in Brussels. U.S. counterterror officials said the man, who goes by the name Abu Sulaiyman al Fransi (Abu Sulaiyman, the
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International, Middle East, USASaudi Arabia executed a member of the royal family for murder after he was convicted of fatally shooting a Saudi man during a brawl. Prince Turki bin Saud al-Kabir was put to death in the capital city of Riyadh on Tuesday. According to local reports, Prince al-Kabir was found guilty three years ago by a
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Middle EastAmid tight security, worshipers invited to special sukkah by chief rabbis, rabbi of the Western Wall By Times of Israel staff Thousands of people gather at the Western Wall for the Priestly Blessing on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 (Israel Police) Thousands of Israelis flocked to the Western Wall in Jerusalem Wednesday, for the traditional biannual
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastPalestinian women killed after attempted stabbing attack (JNS.org) A Palestinian female terrorist was shot and killed by Israeli security forces Wednesday when she tried stabbing Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers at the Tapuach Junction in Samaria. No Israelis were hurt in the attack. Border Police officers fired warning shots and called on the 19-year-old woman
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Middle EastPink Floyd’s Roger Waters repeated his harsh words against Donald Trump and Israel Sunday at the end of the inaugural Desert Trip rock festival in Indio, California. “I’m not going to allow this moment to pass,” Mr. Waters told the crowd of thousands. “I didn’t last Sunday, and I’m not going to let it pass
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAA planned circumcision in the city of Bnei Brak descended into chaos on Tuesday when the father of the newborn boy snatched the baby up and bolted in an attempt to thwart his son from undergoing the traditional Jewish operation. The father, a formerly religious man, is adamantly opposed to his son taking part in
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastThe chief of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, has received “death threats” after she criticized a series of controversial Arab-backed resolutions which seek to erase the Jewish connection to holy sites in Jerusalem, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations organization said on Monday. “The director general has received death
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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle EastTEHRAN, Iran — Two Iranian-Americans, a father and son, have been sentenced to 10 years in prison in Iran, according to a report published Tuesday by Mizan, the Iranian judiciary’s news service. Businessman Siamak Namazi and his father, Baquer Namazi, who both hold dual citizenship, have been in custody in Iran and were sentenced on
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Middle East, USAPolice issue restraining orders against right-wing activists after culture minister seeks to have Tamer Nafar’s concert canceled By Times of Israel staff Palestinian rapper Tamer Nafar (screen capture: YouTube) Despite objections from Culture Minister Miri Regev, the Haifa municipality confirmed that Palestinian rapper Tamer Nafar will perform Tuesday on the opening night of the Neve
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsMonument commemorating 16 fighters killed in 1948 incident to be unveiled October 27 in Nahalat Yitzhak cemetery By Times of Israel staff Alatalena Memorial in Nahalat Yitzhak cemetery, Tel Aviv (Avishai Teicher) A new monument to the victims of the 1948 Altalena incident, which cast a pall over the foundation of the Israel Defense Forces
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Middle East“When America needs us, they call,” the woman tells me. “But will they forget what we have done when we need them?” Khota Kider is a commander of a female Kurdish brigade, and her question resonates here in Iraqi Kurdistan, on the front lines in the war against the Islamic State group (ISIS). A stateless
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Middle EastFatah claims anti-Semitic children’s drawings are innocent (JNS.org) Fatah posted anti-Semitic Palestinian children’s drawings on Facebook, calling the hate-filled, and often violent, depictions of Israel innocent, Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reported. One drawing personifies Israel as a human, wearing a Star of David napkin, eating a Palestinian boy wrapped in a Palestinian flag, with
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By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Under the auspices of the The Zionist Council in Israel, we recently visited Shilo (or Shiloh), in the heartland of Samaria. Shilo was the first capital of the Israelites during the period when Joshua divided the Land of Israel by lottery among the 12 tribes (15th c
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