Stop Dreaming, Mr. President

Stop Dreamin’

Aref Assaf

So President Bush finally recognizes the urgent need to address the Palestine-Israel conflict. His “vision” of an independent Palestine state, first articulated in 2002, we are told, will be at the center of a major international

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Anti-Islamic, Anti-American

Anti-Islamic, Anti-American

Aref Assaf

Bergen Record Op-Ed

Online comments regarding the plans o build an Islamic center in Rockaway seethe with much ignorance and anger. Whether many hate mongers like or not, Muslims are in Morris County, NJ) here and

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Sorry, You Cannot Become a US Citizen!

Sorry, You Cannot  Become a US Citizen!

Aref Assaf

Bergen Record Op-Ed

While the heated and polarized debate on the issue of illegal immigration intensifies, little is surfaced about those who face untold obstacles in their desire to legally become

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Divide and Conquer will fail in Palestine

Divide and Conquer will fail in Palestine

Aref Assaf

Daily Record Op-ED

Herald News Special Feature Op-Ed , 6/24/2007

Published in the Star Ledger, 6/28/2007

We could see it coming when, upon a recent visit to Palestine, a young Palestinian

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A Qualitative Change in Racial and Ethnic Profiling

A Qualitative Change in Racial and Ethnic Profiling

Aref Assaf

The Bergen Record’s  lead article today, “Al-Qaida Associates in NJ” by Mike Kelly, caught my eye. (Read the article below)  As  I read the column, I immediately and almost instinctively

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US Has Hypocritical Nuclear Policy

US Has Hypocritical Nuclear Policy

Aref Assaf

Daily Record Op-Ed

As the world decides how to punish Iran for its acquisition of nuclear power capability, there is a kind of nuclear hypocrisy which lurks beneath US claims. One  facet is

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Lebanon Unbecoming

Lebanon Unbecoming

Aref Assaf

In the weeks leading up to the assassination of Pierre Gemayel, the 34-year old Industry Minister, posters were hung up all over Lebanon bearing the slogan “We will not forget.” More than eleven months after the

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Putting a face on the Arab world

Putting a face on the Arab world, A front page article in the Bergen Record
Thursday, November 24, 2005

By MITCHEL MADDUX and EMAN VAROQUA
STAFF WRITERS, Bergen Record

Arab-Americans want Governor-elect Jon Corzine to create a special commission that … Read More

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