Articles By: Habib Hamidi

21Mar
2011

Your tax dollars hard at work: U.S foreign aid to Israel and Egypt

A third of the United States foreign aid is spent on Israel and Egypt. That’s your tax dollars hard at work. Israel receives $400 million in economic aid and $2.775 billion in military aid while Egypt receives $250 million in economic aid and $1.3 billion in foreign aid.   Their total aid package ($3.175 billion to Israel and $1.55 billion to Egypt) account for a third of all US foreign aid and yet neither one of the countries are developing countries. [...]

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1Mar
2010

Student Media – An important tool in broadcasting the muslim voice.

Strength and weakness is often dependent on perspective.   The world witnessed the inauguration of Barak Obama as the 44th President of the United State with enthusiasm and hope after enduring the Bush years filled with darkness and arrogance.   With the new president, his biggest strength maybe seen as his biggest weakness.    Obama takes office as an outsider and a new voice.  With a new perspective, he brings a breathe of fresh air to Washington ready to “change” the direction of [...]

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9Feb
2009

Authoritarian Rule for Palestinians: a Step up from Apartheid

By: Habib Hamidi Authoritarian leaders subjugate their people to their absolute ways.  They expect everyone to follow their rules and what they deem as right.  Many times, they enforce their rules violently and make it known to their people that dissent is not tolerated. They promote their agendas through the media by stressing how deleterious it would be for the society as whole if they allowed the opposition to speak”that the national security and the life of the ordinary citizens [...]

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