By Sharon Rapoport It was a cold November night and the Publisher for L’CHAIM and I met with Dr. Nir Boms at The French Gourmet in Pacific Beach. It had been a little under a month since the French terror attacks, and the after the non-stop media coverage the world...
Sudan and Syria are waiting for an American Response The tide of anti-American demonstrations continues to swell as fervent protests spread throughout countries in the Middle East, Africa and South East Asia. Last week, protesters in Egypt breached the walls of the U.S. embassy in Cairo, and in Libya...
This month marks the 20-year anniversary of the start of the Bosnian War. As regime forces pound the city of Homs with artillery shells in advance of a UN observers team visit, I couldn't escape an eerie feeling of history repeating itself. In the Bosnian War there were more than...
הנושא הסורי, כידוע, קרוב מאוד לליבי ובשבוע שעבר קיימנו מפגן סולידריות עם העם הסורי בתל אביב. את דברי שלי אתם מוזמנים לראות כאן.ג מ
Jerusalem Post When the ground is ready to burn, a small spark might be enough to start a fire. Dominoes, the game presented to Chinese emperor Hui Tsung in the 12th century, traveled slowly before it finally reached the Middle East. These days, however, it appears to be the game...
Cairo has had an unusual response to efforts to mend Muslim-Copt relations. In Cairo, crowds filled the streets for the third time two weeks ago to mark Egypt's unprecedented three consecutive victories in the Africa Cup of Nations soccer tournament. Soccer is big in Egypt and proud Egyptians know how...
מה הקשר בין נוצרים קופטים במצרים, ג'ימייל ונשיא בלרוס לוקשנקו? על הקווים המטשטשים בין רשת למציאות ניר בומס, ניב ליליאן המדור הזה עוסק לא מעט במפגש שבין העולם הווירטואלי לזה האמיתי, ובקווי הגבול המטשטשים והולכים ביניהם. גם אצלנו יש לא מעט מפגשים כאלה ולא פעם גם הכנסת נדרשת לדון בנושאים...
Iran Buries the Past The Islamic republic bulldozes the mass graves of political victims. Nir Boms & Shayan Arya, The Weekly Standard As preparations begin in Iran for the festivities marking the Islamic republic's 30 year anniversary, another somber Iranian anniversary is commemorated. Twenty years ago, some 10,000 political prisoners...
By Nir Boms FrontPageMagazine.com | May 26, 2004 On May 11, in accordance with the Syria Accountability Act, President Bush imposed new political and economic sanctions on Syria. The Syrian government, not surprisingly, was quick to condemn this move, calling the sanctions "unjust and unjustified," and portraying Syria as a...
By Nir Boms and Reza Bulorchi The National Interest | Tuesday, June 15, 2004 In recent years, summer in Iran has been marked by uprisings, strikes, public protests and the government's harsh crackdown against them. There are signs this summer will be no different. As the anniversary of the anti-government...