Common Ground News Service

A Muslim Mother’s Dilemma: To Walk At Post-Bomb Event

A Muslim Mother’s Dilemma: To Walk At Post-Bomb Event

KIRAN ANSARI, CGNEWS: It was a difficult choice – whether to identify myself visibly as a Muslim at a public community event

 Common Ground News Service

Islam & Terror: ‘Conversations With My Young, Muslim Son’

Islam & Terror: ‘Conversations With My Young, Muslim Son’

NAZISH YARKHAN, CGNEWS: ‘Do people call you a terrorist?, ‘How Do you Feel about the Boston bombing?’ These difficult conversations are important.

 Mondoweiss

Boston Bombings Unleash ‘Fresh Wave of Islamophobia’

Boston Bombings Unleash ‘Fresh Wave of Islamophobia’

ALEX KANE, MONDOWEISS: It began even before we discovered that the two perpetrators were indeed of Muslim extraction. It’s set to be very ugly again.

 Steve Royston

Boston Cool: Measured Response Required

Boston Cool: Measured Response Required

So Boston, it seems, has had its 9/11. Not on the scale of the New York attacks, of course. But the shock will be almost as deep.

STEVE ROYSTON: So Boston, it seems, has had its 9/11. Not on the scale of the New York attacks, of course. But the shock will be almost as deep.

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Palestine/Israel: A Tragedy ‘In The Purest Sense’

Palestine/Israel: A Tragedy ‘In The Purest Sense’

MICHAEL FELSEN, CGNEWS: The writing of Anton Chekhov provides a picture of how Palestinians and Israelis will end their conflict

 Richard Silverstein

U.S. Billionaires, Israel Media: Please, No More…

U.S. Billionaires, Israel Media: Please, No More…

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Adelson, Klarman… Israel needs these far-right pro-Israel billionaires in its media like it needs a hole in the head.

 Sultan Al Qassemi

Politics: Emirati Students Abroad Show Way at Home

Politics: Emirati Students Abroad Show Way at Home

SULTAN AL QASSEMI: Qatar, he told me, has one of the most impressive constitutions, as well as the most impressive parliamentary building. “Too bad there’s no parliament to occupy it,” he said.

 Steve Royston

Is Saudi Encouraging its own Brain Drain?

Is Saudi Encouraging its own Brain Drain?

STEVE ROYSTON: Could it be that the next wave of migration will come from the very class of people that Saudi Arabia sees as its future?