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WMR: Ships and gaza - Two Perspectives

WMR: Ships and Gaza – Two Perspectives
Victoria Wilmarth 12/2/08
 
I looked at several articles about the same thing from two different sources.
CNN has an article titled “Israel Turns Back Gaza Ships” http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/01/israel.gaza.aid.ship/index.html and an Israeli Newspaper (Arutz Sheva) had an article called “Muslim World Send Ships to Give Hamas Control of Gaza Coast” http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/128662
The [...]

2008 12 02 Tori Wilmarth Arab World
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Israel
Media
Middle East
Palestinians Comments (0)

WMR - “India Warns Pakistan Over Attacks”

The Middle East in the News
• Cora Lewis, Monday, December 1, 2008
•”India warns Pakistan over attacks” News Article
•Al Jazeera, http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/12/2008121152158798572.html
•Article Summary
Time – Dec. 1, 2008
Place – Mumbai, India (also Pakistan…)
Key People - Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan’s president
- Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Secretary of State
Vocabulary - Lashkar-e-Tiyaba, a Pakistan-linked Islamist group
Main Ideas – At first glance, this [...]

2008 12 02 Cora Lewis Foreign Policy
Islam
Islam and Politics
Islam and the West
Media
Pakistan
South Asia
Terrorism Comments (0)

WMR 5 French Newspaper “L’ONU met en évidence la fragilité de la situation humanitaire à Gaza”

Zoe Weinberg November 19, 2008
Article: “L’ONU met en évidence la fragilité de la situation humanitaire à Gaza”
Le Monde, French Newspaper
http://www.lemonde.fr/proche-orient/article/2008/11/19/l-onu-met-en-evidence-la-fragilite-de-la-situation-humanitaire-a-gaza_1120438_3218.html#ens_id=1106055
Time: November 19, 2008
Place: Jerusalem, Israel
Key People:  Secretary General of the UN Ban Ki-Moon, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert,
Summary:
Secretary General of UN Ban Ki-Moon called for Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert to share in his “deep [...]

2008 11 20 Zoe Weinberg Arab-Israeli Conflict Comments (0)

WMR 4 “Deprogramming Jihadists”

Zoe Weinberg November 7, 2008
Article: “Deprogramming Jihadists”
From New York Times Magazine
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/magazine/09jihadis-t.html
Time: November 7, 2008
Place: Saudi Arabia
Key People:  Saudi Government, Sheik Ahmad al-Jilani
Summary:
Programs in Saudi Arabia attempt to use psychology and education to help Saudi men who are former members of a militant Islamic group. The basis of the educational program is discussing the meaning and [...]

2008 11 20 Zoe Weinberg Islam
Saudi Arabia Comments (0)

Earlier WMR The Economist, “Who Runs [Iran]“

The Middle East in the News
Zoe Weinberg October 2, 2008
Article: Who Runs It? The puzzling relationship between supreme leader and president
The Economist July 24 2008 (Economist print edition)
http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11792348
Time
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Place
Iran
Key People
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Supreme Leader of Iran)
President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Vocabulary
Supreme Leader
Article Summary/Main Ideas
Under Iranian law, the ultimate religious and political authority in the country is the [...]

2008 11 20 Zoe Weinberg Iran Comments (0)

WMR - US / Afghanistan / Pakistan (Political Cartoon)

Alysha Sayall – Nov. 20, 2008
US/Afghanistan/Pakistan (Political Cartoon)
Fares Garabet, Syria: http://www.cagle.com/politicalcartoons/pccartoons/archives/fares.asp?Action=GetImage
Time – Nov. 12, 2008
Place – Syria
Key People
- US troops in Afghanistan
- Pakistan 
Main Ideas
This political cartoon, published in Syria, sheds light on the American situation in Afghanistan. It portrays a US soldier in Afghanistan, evidently on a patrol seeming to try and keep the peace, yet with a ghost behind [...]

2008 11 20 Alysha Sayall Afghanistan
Pakistan
Terrorism
Trends Comments (0)

WMR4 - “A Risky New Film on Ataturk”

•Jordan Bach-Lombardo, 11/16/08

 

•”A Risky New Film On Ataturk”, video report from the New York Times
 

 

•http://video.nytimes.com/, specific video link in scroll box on upper right

 

• Turkish director Can Dündar recently released a documentary about Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the father of modern Turkey.  To us in the United States, this may not seem monumental, but in [...]

2008 11 18 Jordan Bachlombardo Turkey Comments (1)

WMR: U.N. Agency in Gaza Runs Out of Food

Your Name and Date: Victoria Wilmarth 11/16/08
Title of Article: U.N. Agency in Gaza Runs Out of Food
Source of Article: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/15/gaza.humanitarian/index.html
 
Article Summary
Time: November 2008
Place: Gaza
Key People: IDF, UN, Israeli Government, HAMAS (potentially), Ban Ki-Moon, Ehud Olmer, Mahmoud Abbas
Key Concepts:
Article Summary:  Israel sealed off the border with Gaza on November 5th in response to rocket attacks. [...]

2008 11 16 Tori Wilmarth Arab-Israeli Conflict
Israel
Palestinians
Terrorism Comments (0)

WMR - Want $5million? Become an African leader.

The Middle East in the News
•Kaki Elgin, Nov. 12
•Title of Article: A Reward for Good Behavior
•Source of Article: Newsweek
http://www.newsweek.com/id/41725
•Article Summary
Place: Africa
Key People: African leaders, Celtel, Mo Ibrahim
Main Ideas: Essentially, Mo Ibrahim is rewarding African leaders for doing their job.  He has developed the Achievement in African Leadership Prize, the winner of which will receive $5 [...]

2008 11 12 Kaki Elgin Comments (0)

WMR - Iran-US Diplomacy

The Middle East in the News
•Kaki Elgin, Nov. 12
•Title of Article: Opening a Door in Tehran?
• http://www.newsweek.com/id/167904/page/1
•Article Summary
Time: The near future, possibly
Place: Iran
Key People: The State Department, Condoleeza Rice
Main Ideas: The US is looking into opening up partial diplomatic relations with Iran by placing a “U.S.-interests” office inside the Swiss Embassy in Tehran—placing US diplomatic [...]

2008 11 12 Kaki Elgin Arab World
Economic Issues
Foreign Policy
Iran
Middle East Comments (0)