TweetCloth throughout history worn for a political, personal or functional reason. Muslim cloth in general and Hijab in particular, have triggered so much debate and controversial in this country. America seemed obsessed with what Muslim women wear or don’t wear as if the only problem we are facing in this country. where, Political hijab is celebrated everyday in the White House and national news. The symbolism of Muslim hijab ranges from an oppression of Muslim women to a strong identity and a strong feminist stand. Lately we have two Muslim women who used hijab to break ground with totally different symbolism. “Halima Aden and Rep. Ilhan Omar. “Halima Aden both, brook…
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Thomas Friedman, A man with big Ideas !!
Tweet Thomas Friedman, the winner of three Pulitzer prizes, the New York Times foreign affairs columnist, with host of bestseller books, a man known for his big ideas. Friedman never ceases to amaze us with a new ‘big idea’ every now and then, from the bizarre to the ridiculous. Consider these examples. First, there is the ‘burger’ war theory: “No two countries with McDonalds go to war with each other”, but when they do, as Belén Fernández reported in Alter Net online magazine, “… in which case it is preferable if the outcome of the conflict indicates that Serbs ‘wanted to stand in line for burgers, much more than they…
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Why iPhone users are more likely to join ISIS than those who eat Falafel…
Tweet Dropping his first iPhone6 in a TV interview “like Hansel and Gretel hoping to follow their breadcrumbs out of the forest, the FBI sifted through customer data collected by san Francisco-area grocery stores in 2005 and 2006, hoping that sales records of middle eastern food, would lead to Iranian terrorists.” reported Jeff stein foreign policy magazine, what is next? falafel breath detector at the airport? Trevor Aaronson’s (whom I had on my show) in his book, the Terror Factory, Aaronson poured through the court records of every terrorism- related prosecution in the us in the ten years following 9/11. a staggering list of 508 defendants, according to…
