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Strange Alliances: A Rumination on Islam, Iran, and the Left

Strange Alliances: A Rumination on Islam, Iran, and the Left

Dante Magazine, Published on April 2013 by Nir Boms and Shayan Arya Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu has asserted that there is a threat from the “strange union” of Islam and the political Left in the West, particularly in Europe. Nir Boms and Shayan Arya tend to agree. Here they explore...

By Nir Boms
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May 9, 2013
14 Min Read
Syrien nach Todeszahlen

Syrien nach Todeszahlen

Es gibt viele Geschichten hinter der täglichen Zahl der Todesopfer, und nur wenige werden erzählt. Die Katastrophe des Landes wird von alleine nicht aufhören. Nun gehen sie jeden Tag ein, die Todeszahlen aus Syrien, beständig und schmerzvoll: 141, 201, 152, 81 (das war ein Glückstag). Vergangenen Samstag wurden 566 Leichen...

By Nir Boms
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May 2, 2013
5 Min Read
Syria, by Body Count

Syria, by Body Count

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Bodies in Queiq , Allapo[/caption] Wall Street Journal There are many stories behind the daily death tolls, and too few are told. The country's catastrophe will not end on its own. By NIR BOMS They come in every day now, the body counts from Syria, consistent...

By Nir Boms
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April 26, 2013
5 Min Read
סוריה בוחשת ברשת: האינטרנט ותנועות המחאה הסוריות

סוריה בוחשת ברשת: האינטרנט ותנועות המחאה הסוריות

סוריה בוחשת ברשת: האינטרנט ותנועות המחאה הסוריות   (גרסא מקוצרת מתוך בומס ניר (2013), "סוריה בוחשת ברשת: האינטרנט ותנועת המחאה הסורית" בתוך: העם הסורי יודע את דרכו, מרכז משה דיין ללימודי המזרח התיכון ואפריקה, אוניברסיטת תל אביב). לאחר מהפכת בועזיזי בתוניס, מהפכת תחריר במצרים, ההפגנות במדינות המפרץ, ההתנקשות בנשיא תימן...

By Nir Boms
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March 11, 2013
1 Min Read
Textbook ‘incitement’ debate not over yet

Textbook ‘incitement’ debate not over yet

Palestinian texts promote discord, not peace   “Victims of Our Own Narratives” was the title of a recent handout given to journalists filling two rooms — one in Jerusalem and the other at the Press Club in Washington, DC. Headlines were quick to follow stating that the problem of incitement...

By Nir Boms
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February 25, 2013
5 Min Read
Everyday Arab Identity: The Daily Reproduction of the Arab World by Christopher Phillips

Everyday Arab Identity: The Daily Reproduction of the Arab World by Christopher Phillips

Israel Journal of foreign Affairs VII : 1 (2013) Pp. 174 - 176  Everyday Arab Identity: The Daily Reproduction of the Arab World by Christopher Phillips (London: Routledge, 2012), 224 pages Reviewed by Nir Boms Much has already been written about the “Arab Spring” that erupted some two years ago...

By Nir Boms
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January 27, 2013
9 Min Read
New Hostage Crisis in Iran

New Hostage Crisis in Iran

Mullahs make women prisoners in their own land Washington Times At the end of her 49-day hunger strike, Iranian activist Nasrin Sotoudeh smuggled a letter from her Evin prison cell letting the world know about the 36 other female political prisoners incarcerated with her in Evin. This number is a...

By Nir Boms
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January 1, 2013
3 Min Read
Alte Kriege in einem neuen Nahen Osten

Alte Kriege in einem neuen Nahen Osten

Zum ersten Mal seit dem Golfkrieg 1990/91 waren vergangenes Wochenende Sirenen in Jerusalem und Tel Aviv zu hören gewesen. Nachrichtensender zeigten Szenen von verwirrten Bewohnern, die rennend nach Bunkern suchten und dabei Anweisungen aufnahmen, wie sie sich beim Ertönen der Sirenen zu verhalten haben. Glücklicherweise passen sich die Menschen hier...

By Nir Boms
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November 22, 2012
6 Min Read
Old wars in a new Middle East

Old wars in a new Middle East

Strategic Outlook/ the Commentator For the first time since the Gulf War, sirens were heard this past weekend in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. News stations broadcasted scenes of confused residents running for shelter along with instruction on what do when you hear a siren.  Fortunately, people here adapt quickly.  All...

By Nir Boms
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November 21, 2012
5 Min Read
Abbas hat Recht – Bildung kann aufhetzen

Abbas hat Recht – Bildung kann aufhetzen

Audiatur, translation from English Mahmud Abbas hat Recht – Bildung kann aufhetzen. In diesem Fall sollte er einen genaueren Blick darauf werfen, was palästinensische Kinder in ihren Klassenräumen lernen. In seiner jüngsten Rede vor der UN verwies Mahmud Abbas auf den aufhetzenden Charakter israelischer Schulbücher, die die neuste Welle von...

By Nir Boms
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October 24, 2012
5 Min Read

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