Ahmed in the News- WTTW Chicago Tonight: CAIR-Chicago’s Ahmed Rehab on NATO’s role in global politics April 6, 2012
- WBEZ:Chicago Muslims reassured after meeting McCarthy February 29, 2012
- ABC 7: Rehab responds to NYPD spying on Muslims, and the Chicago connection February 23, 2012
- Egyptian Revolution Anniversary: Wael Ghonim and Ahmed Rehab on WBEZ Worldview January 26, 2012
- Huffington Post: Let’s Face it: It’s the Radical Right, not Islam, that is the Greatest Threat to the American Way December 17, 2011
- WGN 720 Radio: Jonathon Brandmeier talks to Ahmed Rehab about Lowe’s All-American Muslim Controversy December 15, 2011
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Helen Thomas Outspoken, Defiant in Extensive Interview
A candid conversation with the disgraced dean of the White House press corps about her rage against Israel, her sympathy for Palestinians and why she was fired. Continue reading
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Al Qaeda As We Know it Does Not Exist. Never Has.
According to insider experts, the concept of Al Qaeda as we know it – a hegemonic global hierarchal terrorist organization with a central command and a supreme commander – is a fictitious creation of the FBI and the CIA based on the witness of a single well-paid Sudanese witness who was the first to propose the name. Continue reading
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Traveling in Style; Reflections on “Luxury”
Gulfication: A flat bed with a flat HD screen in the air, a mahogany and granite bi-level presidential suite. But there’s a catch. Ahmed reflects between depravity and luxury from a balcony in Doha, Qatar. Continue reading
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The Other US Homegrown Radicalization
In a scene reminiscent of the “Goodbye Jews” scene out of Schindler’s List, a confrontational crowd of angry people in Orange County, California dished out hateful remarks at Muslim families as they calmly entered a charity function to help women’s shelters, homelessness, and hunger. Continue reading
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Tahrir Square Births New Egyptian Government
Few would have imagined a month or two ago, that the Egyptian government would be led by a politician selected by the people, one who was keen to seek their approval and blessings, and not the other way around. Continue reading
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After Tahrir: Moving On, Moving Up
We have toppled a corrupt regime. That’s half the journey. Now the challenge is to build a nation. Now it’s time for Development. I call on every Egyptian to pool what we can of our talents, expertise, money, and time into taking ownership of the new Egypt. Continue reading
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Let’s Face it: It’s the Radical Right, not Islam, that is the Greatest Threat to the American Way
Imagine if a major American advertiser were to pull its ads off of Jersey Shore because they received objections that the show while portraying a group of Italian-Americans, made the glaring error of excluding Mafiosi. Imagine if the absence of characters “whacking knee caps” and “making offers you cannot refuse” was deemed as an “omission” and therefore pro-Italian propaganda, and as a result too controversial to sponsor.
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