The United Arab Emirates announced that it  will invest $35 billion in clean energy by 2021 as it seeks to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels following crude’s global price slide. Energy Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei said “By 2021, our investments in nuclear and solar projects will reach $35 billion ” He added that the UAE’s four nuclear reactors currently under …

 by Lawrence Davidson Part I – World War on ISIS I was waiting for a doctor’s appointment with only the magazine rack for company. I usually don’t pay much attention to news magazines, seeing as how the range of politically acceptable points of view are pretty narrow in such sources. However, with time on my hands, I picked up Time …

Yonatan Shapira, co-founder of Combatants for Peace, three-time Gaza Boat sailor, and supporter of the Palestinian Campaign of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions  (BDS) will speak in Vancouver: November 3 and 8. In 2003, Yonatan Shapira was one of 27 Israeli air force officers who denounced as war crimes the “targeted assassinations” carried out by Israel in the densely-populated Gaza Strip. The …

A fundraiser for Syrian refugees was held at the St. James Hall on October 14 and organized by ADALA – The Canadian Arab Justice Committee. The event raised over twenty thousand dollars for refugee relief which will be matched by the Canadian government. The event included performances by the Aire Flamenco Arabic Music Group, readings by Marcus Youssef of his …