November 2011 Table of Contents
Telling the Truth for 29 Years…
Interpreting the Middle East for North Americans • Interpreting North America for the Middle East
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The U.S. Role in the Middle East and the Israeli Occupation of Palestine
8 In the New Middle East, the Bill Comes Due for Israel's Intransigence—Rachelle Marshall
10 U.N. Countdown: Final Thoughts Before the Palestinian Bid for Recognition—Four Views—Ahmad Tibi, Charles O. Cecil, John V. Whitbeck, Gilad Atzmon
14 Once Again, in Full View of the World, U.S. Acting For Israel, Against Its Own Interests—Ian Williams
16 Israeli Drone Attacks on Gaza Leave Bodies Charred and Ripped Apart—Mohammed Omer
18 New Report Identifies Organizational Nexus of Islamophobia—Jim Lobe
20 Ten Years After 9/11, Is the U.S. on the Right Track at Home and Abroad?—Two Views—Rep. Ron Paul, Rachelle Marshall
22 A Conservative Estimate of Total U.S. Aid to Israel: More Than $123 Billion—Shirl McArthur
22 Sailing 8,000 Miles to Hold a Memorial Service for USS Liberty Fallen, Survivors—Larry A. Toenjes
38 Home, Bittersweet Home—William Parry
Special Reports
26 Remaking the Arab State—Patrick Seale
28 Kabul Attack Continues Taliban Control of War Narrative—Gareth Porter
30 China's Challenges in the Middle East—John Gee
36 The Hope Fund, an Organization That Lives up to Its Name—Alex Begley
Departments
32 The World Looks at the Middle East—Cartoons
40 New York City and Tri-State News: New York Law School Holds Conference on Shariah in America—Jane Adas
42 Northern California Chronicle: Students Learn Ways of Government at CAIR Muslim Youth Leadership Program—Elaine Pasquini
44 Southern California Chronicle: U.N Recognition Of Palestinian Statehood Merely Symbolic?—Pat and Samir Twair
46 Israel and Judaism: Israel's Summer of Discontent Is Opening the Eyes of American Jews to Its Genuine Reality—Allan C. Brownfeld
48 Arab-American Activism:
ADC Policy Conference Explores Impact of 9/11
48 Human Rights:
UNRWA Official and American Activist Address Israel's Blockade of Gaza
National Building Museum Cancels Public Award Ceremony For Caterpillar
Revolution in 140 Characters or Less
50 Music and Arts:
Dialogue Through Poetry
UNconditional: An Artist's Rendering Of the U.N. "Games"
"Whispers of Palestine"
Pam Olson Launches Fast Times in Palestine
Summer Voices of Palestine Film Series Challenges DC Audiences
Robin Wright's Latest Book Rocks The Casbah
Book Launch for Khan's Afghanistan And Pakistan
Omani Weaving and Embroidery at Washington, DC's Textile Museum
Middle East Films Expose Human Rights Abuses
55 Muslim-American Activism:
Compassion and Mercy in the Wake of Islamophobia
Iftar Celebrates America's Islamic Heritage Museum
Examining the Anti-Shariah Movement in America
Muslim Leaders Advocate Islam's Democratic Ideals
Muslims for Life Honors 9/11 Victims with Month-Long Blood Drive
58 Waging Peace:
Transferring Control to Afghanistan
Ambassador Peter Tomson Discusses The Wars of Afghanistan
American University Hosts 9/11 Dialogue
9/11 Commission Reflects on Progress
Wilson Center Panel Addresses Future of Terrorism, U.S.-Arab Relations
California Commuters Urged to End U.S. Military Aid to Israel
Iowans Continue Weekly Vigil in Des Moines
Gaza Freedom Flotilla Veterans Vow To "Sail On"
Shared Communities Program Visits Washington, DC
Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal Welcomed to Washington, DC
Rallies Support Palestine Becoming U.N. Member State
Ambassador Cretz Reports on Humanitarian Situation in Libya
Türkiye's Relations with Arab States And Israel
Pervez Musharraf on Bin Laden Controversy, U.S.-Pakistan Relations
What Lies Ahead for America in Arabia and the Gulf?
Nuclear Arms Experts Discuss the New World of Proliferation
SCAF Member Defends Transition Rule in Egypt
Diversity Poses Challenges in South Sudan
69 Diplomatic Doings:
Ambassador of the Year: Oman's Hunaina Al-Mughairy
70 Book Reviews: Traditional Palestinian Costume: Origins and Evolution Threads of Identity: Preserving Palestinian Costume and Heritage—Reviewed by Andrew Stimson
71 New Arrivals From the AET Book Club
73 2011 AET Choir of Angels
37 Index to Advertisers
