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… work with each other. Fliers for Arab students' event torn down Posted advertisements for the show have allegedly been destroyed for the past three years By Laura Van Hyfte Daily Staff Reporter In…

… what some call a malicious act, fliers announcing Arab Xpressions - a program held by the Arab Student Association - have been torn down across campus. It is still uncertain what prompted the destruction…

… of the fliers, said Sirene Abou-Chakra, a mem- ber of the Arab Student Association. "All the fliers and literature for this huge event ... have been taken down," Abou- Chakra said. "They're actually…

… by the ASA with the support of numerous other organizations. The fliers have been torn down every year that the performance has been held, said Dana Baki, president of the Arab Student Association…

… involving com- puter security breeches on college campuses has experts questioning the current security policies that universities nationwide have in place to protect the personal information of students and…

… occurred nearly a year ago when a student reported a bug in Wolverine Access. This glitch created the possibility for the dis- closure of personal information, said John Howell, the University's chief of…

… and underlined the growing power and cooperation of the Shiite Arab majority and Kurdish minority - groups that were long oppressed by Saddam's regime. There were stumbles, though. After his inaugural…

… minutes later and had to shout to a dwindling crowd that the President's Coun- cil - Talabani and his two vice presidents - had, as expected, selected Shiite Arab leader Ibrahim al-Jaafari as interim prime…

…-Jaafari spent more than two decades in exile help- ing to lead anti-Saddam opposition forces among Shiite Arabs, while Talabani was one of the most influential leaders in the resistance of ethnic Kurds to Saddam…

… as well as Arab domination. Sliiite Arabs and Kurds have worked together in put- ting the government together, and Talabani - whose post is largely ceremonial - reached out yesterday to Sunni Arabs…

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… Roadblocks to peace DAN SHUSTER THE- VAST RICHT-WiNG CONs''RACY ecently, with the Michigan Student Assembly vot- ing against the infamous divestment resolution, there has been increased discussion of the…

…" - which could be taken as support for replacing the Jewish state with a Palestinian state rather than reaching a two- state solution. Students Allied for Freedom and Equality, which proposed the divestment…

… "explode the Zionist presence in the Arab Homeland" and to "enter into a battle of annihilation." Yasser Arafat has preached to a cheering crowd, "We plan to eliminate the state of Israel and establish a…

… the eradi- cation of the Jewish presence in the Middle East. After repelling the attack, Israel was poised to march on the capitals of the three Arab countries, but pulled back, eventually ceding the…

… Arafat had much more to gain if the Palestinians were kept in their squalid living conditions, so that worldwide sympathy towards a Palestinian state would be better achieved. Likewise, Arab leaders want…

… to retard Palestinian progress, thereby uniting the entire Arab world, through the plight of the Palestinians in hatred against Israel. Palestinian independence threatens this unity of purpose. Former…

… Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nass- er proclaimed, "The Palestinians are useful to the Arab states as they are. We will always see that they do not become too powerful." I urge SAFE to examine the situation…

… working with Israel instead of against it. Shuster can be reached at dshuster@umich.edu. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Central Student Judiciary slow to address appeal Thank you -for supporting our request for a…

… fair and prompt resolution of the recent Central Student Judiciary decision (A fair shot, 4/4/05). With only two Michigan Stu- dent Assembly meetings left this semester, all reasonable efforts must be…

… cell. A prominent Shiite Arab was expect- ed to be named today as prime minister, the most powerful post in what will be Iraq's first democratically elected gov- ernment in 50 years. That would open the…

… Arab, were elected vice presidents. Talabani's selection and the expected choice of Ibrahim al-Jaafari as prime minister further consolidate the power shift in Iraq, where both the Shiite Arab majority…

… who are work- ing "to found a new Iraq, free of sec- tarian and ethnic persecution, free of hegemony and oppression." He also urged Iraqi insurgents, who are believed to be mostly Sunni Arabs, to sit…

… interim President Ghazi al-Yawer, a prime minister. Sunni Arab, were elected vice presidents. KABUL. Afghanistan Military helicopter crashes in desert A U.S. military helicopter returning from a mission…

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…. "It's not going to stop us - its just making it more personal." "It is clear that a lot of people have animosity towards the Arab community in general ... we all know there has been a lot of animosity…

… events being unsuccessful. ... It's kind of a malicious act," Abou-Chakra said. Arab Xpressions will take place this Saturday night at 9:00 in the Michigan Union. The show is free of charge. China opposes…

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… students from achieving an education. Schuster cites a poll which reports that 66 percent of Palestinians support suicide bomb- ing, and 51 percent favor the goal of the inti- fada as "liberating all of…

… May 1948, to the General Staff: "We must use terror, assassination, intimidation, land confiscation and the cutting of all social services to rid the Galilee of its Arab popula- tion." The influential…

…-notch candidate will emerge," he said. LSA sophomore Noora Ai-Sindi, right, applies henna on LSA junior Shin Diag activity put on by the Arab International Student Association. CME WRITE FOR THE MICHIGAN DAILY…

… Kraack Daily Staff Reporter Students sounded off on the idea of war against Iraq in a debate yes- terday as part of the "Books Not Bombs" student strike. The debate, held in the Chemistry Building, pitted…

… Michigan Review Editor in Chief James Justin Wilson and Managing Editor Ruben Duran against Nursing School junior Abby Schlaff and Amer Zahr, a student in Rackam and the Law School. Wilson said that the…

… Sunni Arabs, who make up 20 percent of the population, did not vote on Election Day. Instead, many stayed at home out of fear of violence or to support a boy- cott organized by clerics opposed to U…

… a Pakistani diplomat kidnapped last weekend in Baghdad. The Arab satellite station said the man, who was wearing a white skull cap, urged the Pakistani government and international community to…

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… keep singing." Sufi concert presents music from Islamic mysticism By Shubra Ohri Daily Arts Writer A treat for the senses in the form of mystic music will be available to University students next…

… weekend. As part of the final weekend of the Arab World Music Festival, three artists will perform their music at Rackham Auditorium under the title "Songs of the Sufi Brotherhood." The musi- SHORT TAKES…

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