Mortal Moments: A Conversation with Cartoonist Joe Sacco
Yazan al-Saadi* | 22 May 2013
Joe Sacco Joe Sacco is a rare breed in his dual fields of cartoons and journalism. Over three decades, he successfully married the two to such a degree that he has been dubbed a pioneer of a new school of journalism called “comic journalism.” Small in stature, soft-spoken, keen to laugh, and always intent on listening, Sacco is easy to talk to; it’s a rare...Israel’s Bombing of Syria: It’s Domestic Politics, Baby
Yazan al-Saadi* | 18 Mar 2013
A sign showing the distances to Damascus and a cut out of a soldier are seen at an army post from the 1967 war at Mt. Bental in the Golan Heights, overlooking Syria. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov) On January 30, 2013, an Israeli strike inside Syria reportedly hit a convoy of anti-aircraft weapons heading to Lebanon according to Israeli and western news...The 2012 Gaza Massacre: How, Why, and What Is Next?
Yazan Al-Saadi* | 19 Dec 2012
Smoke rises following an Israeli air strike on a house in Gaza City, on November 14, 2012. (Photo credit: AFP) During Israel’s eight-day brutal assault on the Gaza Strip in November 2012, one hundred sixty-two Palestinians, including more than a 100 civilians and 40 children, were killed by sophisticated bombs unleashed from the sky and sea on to the most densely...Syria v. Bahrain: Silencing an Intifada
Yazan Al-Saadi* | 23 May 2012
Fueled by a desire for liberty and dignity, the region’s various uprisings continue unabated. While each uprising faces its own set of challenges and obstacles, various interests have worked to ensure that a semblance of the previous geo-political status quo survives this staggering onslaught of people power. Amid the regional upheaval, world attention has...One State: the Only Viable and Just Solution for Palestine/Israel
Yazan Al-Saadi* | 21 Mar 2012
It is neither outrageous nor controversial to say that the two-state solution is dead. The land supposedly allocated for a Palestinian state has become little more than shattered islands surrounded by walls, security zones, checkpoints, and Israel’s colonial expansion. The so-called ‘peace process’ has entrenched the Israeli government’s multi-layered...Money & Resistance: How “Moderate” Arab States Sold Out the Palestinian Cause
Yazan al-Saadi* | 20 May 2013
Qatar’s Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (R) attends the opening of the Arab League summit in Doha on March 26, 2013. When it comes to confronting the Israeli government’s actions against the Palestinian...Recent “Challenges” the Palestinian Right of Return
Yazan Al-Saadi* | 24 Dec 2012
A mural painting on the the return of refugees in the southern Gaza Strip refugee camp of Rafah.(Photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib) On November 2, 1917, the UK Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour sent a letter...The Myths of Zionism
Yazan Al-Saadi* | 11 Oct 2012
Like most nation-states, Israel is built on a set of myths used to justify and legitimize its existence. In the case of the Zionist state the myths are a compilation of Judeo-Christian misconceptions, steeped...The Routine Justifications of Zionism
Yazan Al-Saadi* | 13 Apr 2012
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands in front of a portrait of Theodore Herzl, the father of modern Zionism. (Photo Credit: Reuters) Daniel Steiman’s response to my article...Looking Back at the Cairo Speech: Obama, West Asia, & North Africa
Yazan Al-Saadi* | 29 Feb 2012
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the Cairo University in Cairo, Egypt Thursday, June 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis During the early days of his first term, people in the West Asian and North African region...
