I’m live blogging a discussion right now at the Museum of Jewish Heritage on “how and when images of atrocity should be used” entitled Regarding the Pain of Others, a title inspired by author Susan Suntag. It is a discussion about “whether the representation of atrocity provokes dissent, engenders compassion, or merely elicits a momentary [...]
Shortly after Palestinian widowed father, Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish was playing with his son following a Friday afternoon lunch his eldest 20-year old daughter Bisan prepared over a kerosene stove, an Israeli shell hit and killed Bisan, his two other daughters and their cousins in the girls’ bedroom, reported the Chicago Tribune. Their other cousin [...]
As the Israeli Defense Forces continue their ground and online offensive for the 18th day now, international journalists still don’t have access into Gaza with the exception of the Al Jazeera Network, some Arabic-language networks and local reporters.
Al Jazeera has been providing groundbreaking news coverage through their 24-hour Arabic and English news channels from inside [...]
Closing the South Beach firehouse every night to save money would instead cost lives, hundreds of Staten Islanders said at a weekend protest against the city’s latest budget proposal.
They chanted “161! 24-7!” and held up signs “Help Keep Local Firehouse Open” and “Many Fires Happen at Night” in hopes the city will answer their call [...]
Fatima Tayeh has lived through many hardships. The 76-year old grandmother lost her husband to a brain tumor when she was only 39 years old. Her eldest son who subsequently took over the family business died from a massive heart attack 14 years ago. This is a story of perseverance and how Fatima makes it [...]
By Rima Abdelkader
CNN was the only television news outlet to report from inside Iraq when the Persian Gulf War struck in 1991. Seventeen years later, sophisticated technologies and the Web replaced America’s major television network as the premier place for news in the attack of Mumbai’s Taj Mahal hotel.
People reported the attacks as soon as [...]
By Rima Abdelkader
U.S. Army helicopter pilot Edward George Johnson’s job in Cairo was to be ready to fly American troops in scout and attack helicopters to wherever they were needed. Instead, federal prosecutors today said the chief warrant officer used his six-month tour to smuggle some of Egypt’s rarest antique artifacts out of the country and make [...]
The Building Bridges Coalition of Staten Island hosted an “Interfaith Thanksgiving Celebration” on Wednesday, November 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Congregation Temple Emanu-El in Port Richmond.
The public interfaith service brought together Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus and other denominational groups for a day of prayer, thanks, and community.
When a car full of young men pulled up to Ali Kamara near his Staten Island home shortly after Barack Obama’s historic election victory, the teen didn’t run – he said he thought he was about to be stopped by cops.
Joe Sixpack. Hockey Mom. Maverick.
Even for those passionately following the presidential election, the definition of these campaign buzzwords can change with the voter, pundit or reporter who interprets them.
Imagine, then, how foreign language journalists must struggle to put the terms into context for their audiences when such words often have no direct translation.
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