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Metro Detroit filmmaker tells rarely heard Iraqi American story in award-winning film ‘Pomegranate’
Detroit Metro Times - Michigan
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July 7, 2025
Courtesy of Pomegranate Pictures LLC Local filmmaker Weam Namou wrote and directed Pomegranate, a dramedy about a young Iraqi Muslim woman navigating her identity, religious expectations, and political tensions in a predominantly Christian Iraqi...
New York By God Times Stole Teenager's Failed College Application And Goddammit It Would DO IT AGAIN
Wonkette - Michigan
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July 7, 2025
Photo by Dmitry Shein. Around these parts, we’re big fans of Smilin’ Zohran Mamdani, his policies, his campaign, his purty face and purty wife, and his goddamn joy. But you know who does not like the Muslim immigrant from Africa/Democratic nominee...
Human Rights Must Anchor The Digital Age, Says UN’s Türk
Scoop
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Tuesday, 8 July 2025, 6:35 am Press Release: UN News 7 July 2025 Digital technologies have the potential to drive progress and strengthen rights, including connecting people, improving access to health and education, and much more. But the pace of...
Turkey: 32 go on trial over ski resort fire which killed 78
The New Arab
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July 7, 2025
The ski resort disaster claimed the lives of 78 people, with entire families wiped out [Getty/file photo] Thirty-two people went on trial in Turkey on Monday over a fire at a luxury ski resort hotel in January that killed 78 people, including 36...
NYC Public Schools Think DEI Can Fix Antisemitism. It Won’t.
Daily Wire
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July 7, 2025
It’s no secret that history’s oldest prejudice is on the rise in the Big Apple. In 2024, the NYPD recorded an antisemitic attack every 25 hours. All in all, there were 345 antisemitic hate crimes, which constituted roughly 54% of all hate crimes...
Ingram Micro cyber attack leads to concerns over Middle East fallout
The National News
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A ransomware attack on Ingram Micro, one of the world’s largest IT distributors, has raised concerns about potential knock-on effects in the Middle East and North Africa region, where the company plays a critical role in supporting regional tech...
'Planeloads of Russians' Touch Down in Iraq as Moscow Eyes Oil, Nuclear Deals
Oil Price
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July 7, 2025
The dull dirgeful drone of Russian has been gutturally resonating around various governmental departments in southern Iraq in the past few weeks, particularly since the U.S. and Israel grew tired of the game of nuclear Whac-A-Mole being played by...
Israel strikes Houthi infrastructure in Yemen
Asia News
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July 7, 2025
Today's news: BRICS condemns US tariffs, increased NATO spending and Israeli attacks, but makes no mention of Trump or Putin's aggression towards Ukraine; Typhoon Danas has hit Taiwan, causing at least two deaths; Since June, several Japanese...
As the West seeks to legitimize al-Sharaa, Israeli Druze warns of rising terror threat to Syria’s religious and ethnic minorities under jihadist rule
All Israel News
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British Foreign Secretary David Lammy hosts Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in London, July 5, 2025. (Photo: David Lammy/X) Reporting for ALL ISRAEL NEWS, Mansur Ashkar offers a fresh perspective on the situation in Syria. As a Druze Israeli with...
Turkey repatriates persecuted Iranian Christian, now in prison
Asia News
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July 7, 2025
Mehran Shamloui, 37, was trying to reach Europe, but was stopped by Turkish authorities who sent him back to his country of origin, he had been sentenced recently to 10 years in prison for religious activities. Meanwhile, Iran continues its policy...
Satellite data reveals Iran's crushing blows to Israeli military bases
Radio Habana Cuba
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July 6, 2025
Settlers inspect an impact site following missile attack from Iran on the central Israeli occupied territories, June 15, 2025. (Photo by Reuters) Tehran, July 7 (RHC)-- Satellite imagery analyzed by researchers at Oregon State University suggests...
Saudi Arabia executing foreigners on drugs charges at 'horrifying' rate, says Amnesty
Middle East Eye
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July 7, 2025
There has been a surge in executions in Saudi Arabia, particularly in relation to drug offences, a new report published by Amnesty International on Monday has revealed. The kingdom executed 1,816 people between January 2014 and June 2025,...
Bataan school gains international recognition
Philstar
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July 7, 2025
BALANGA CITY, Bataan, Philippines — The Mariveles National High School-Poblacion (MNHS) in Bataan has earned international recognition as one of the Top 10 finalists in the World’s Best School Prizes 2025 for its Changing Lives Through Sports...
Iran suggests China abolish visa requirements for its tourists in reciprocal move
Tehran Times
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July 7, 2025
TEHRAN – Iran has called on the Chinese government to lift visa requirements for Iranian nationals wishing to visit China, in a move aimed at deepening bilateral cultural and tourism ties. The proposal was presented during a meeting on the...
Earliest Hebrew alphabet found at Izbet Sartah reveals surprising Israelite literacy in the Iron Age
All Israel News
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The period of Israelite settlement in Canaan, known as Iron Age I, is dated to the 12th to 10th centuries B.C. Very little written evidence has survived from this era. One particularly surprising find was uncovered as early as the 1970s at the...
US should not fight Israel's ‘forever war’, Iran's Pezeshkian tells Carlson
Iran International
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July 7, 2025
“Netanyahu, as I said, has his own agenda. He wants to drag the US into forever wars… and to bring more insecurity and unrest to the whole region," Pezeshkian told Carlson in the virtual discussion, referring to the Israeli Prime Minister. Carlson...
Iran Hits Over 40 Israeli Targets Before U.S.-Brokered Ceasefire
Pravda.ru
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July 7, 2025
Iran Hits Over 40 Israeli Targets Before U.S.-Brokered Ceasefire Between June 13 and 24, Iran launched a series of precise strikes against Israeli territory, reportedly damaging more than 40 infrastructure sites and five major military...
Charting a sustainable future for airports in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East region
International Airport Review
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July 7, 2025
Stefano Baronci, Director General, ACI Asia-Pacific & Middle East, outlines how the region’s airports are transforming into hubs of sustainability – pioneering net zero commitments, embracing carbon accreditation, building climate resilience and...
Sudan Media Forum: War disruption to education puts children at risk of becoming a ‘lost generation’
Dabanga Radio
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July 7, 2025
Sudan Media Forum Joint Editing Room – Compiled by Sudans Reporters Before the war, eleven-year-old Rehab from Khartoum used to wake her mother early to help prepare her school uniform and booklets. She dreamed of becoming a paediatrician and...
University of Kent scholar receives award for refugee-led social enterprise
FE News
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July 7, 2025
The University of Kent is proud to celebrate the remarkable achievement of PhD scholar Basma Taysir El Doukhi who has been named one of the 30 winners of the prestigious 2025 Visa Everywhere Pioneers awards for Europe in recognition of her...