Archive for April 2013
Are the Zionists Allergic to Research?

The past month affirmed to me that the Zionists are allergic to conducting research.
First, the University of Manitoba Student Union stripped the Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) from club status. Their argument was that Zionism is a national.
B'nai Brith's Silly Statement on Leila Khaled
Using the flimsiest of arguments, B'nai Brith Canada issued a statement denouncing the cyber-appearance of Palestinian freedom fighter Leila Khaled at the Conference for Palestinian Shatat in North America.
According to the statement, the CEO of.
Posted by Omar Shaban
Reviewing POLI 461 with Erin Baines and Juliane Okot Bitek

I do not normally review courses at UBC, but I felt compelled to do so this time because of the different nature of the material, message and methodology that the instructors adopted.
When I registered in the course, I was a little cynical and I.
Please Rescind Your Resolution to Ban SAIA
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Dear UMSU,
This is a personal statement, and it does not represent any group or organization.
I am sending this to you hoping that you would uphold principles of debate as paramount to any personal or reductionist approaches to policy. Students.
Freedom of Speech Muzzled at the University of Manitoba

In yet another effort to muzzle speech that exposes Israeli war crimes and atrocities in occupied Palestine, Zionists at the University of Manitoba in the university’s Student Union (UMSU) passed a resolution to ban the Student Against Israeli.
Posted by Omar Shaban
No Condescending Saviours: Obama Unwelcome in Palestine

Originally posted on the Conference for the Palestinians in the Shatat website.
Obama’s speech in Ramallah reaffirmed my conviction that the conference that will be held in Vancouver in May is more important than ever – and this is why.
With.
Posted by Omar Shaban
The Answer to “Why Can’t We be Friends?”

Originally posted on the Conference for the Palestinians in the Shatat website.
The following article was written by Omar Shaban, a member of the Conference organizing committee and of Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights at UBC (SPHR-UBC),.
Posted by Omar Shaban