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51.8%ANMag Issue 22 Public Surveillance
Media in Conflict Zones
By Farah Salka, Staff Writer
Beirut, Lebanon − ‘The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance. It is the illusion of knowledge.’ - Stephen Hawking
Experience has shown that conflicts are usually fought on more than one ground, on two to say the least: the first being the battlefield itself and the second being the minds of the people. The second part involves disseminating powerful propaganda that aims explicitly at dividing the world into what is called the ‘good people’ and the ‘bad people’. [More]
Republican Presidential Candidate Rudolph Giuliani Lays Out a Vision for U.S. Foreign Policy
By Vanessa Zuabi, Staff Writer
Paris, France − In the United States and abroad, people are keeping a close eye on the U.S. 2008 presidential candidates. Foreign policy and the War in Iraq are of the utmost importance to the American voters and all those affected by U.S. actions abroad. Rudolph Giuliani, former mayor of New York has emerged as a favorite within the Republican Party. He has currently raised $11 million for his campaign, far more than any other Republican candidate, and is a frontrunner for the Republican Party. [More]
Obsessive Dieting Disorder: The Fruit of Today’s Society
By Suha Karaky, Managing Editor
Beirut, Lebanon — Nariman, weighing in at a hefty 110 kilos, hopelessly tried for 14 years to lose weight. She had lost hope in making her dream come true until her neighbor, Mona, told her about her “secret” diet. “The one question I had in mind was: will it work?” said Nariman. “But I’m going to try it anyway.”
After one month, Nariman, 25, has not lost one kilo.
Nariman is one of the many Lebanese, who try all kinds of diets and, yet, get no results. [More]
Economic Growth Must Have Its Limits
By Yousef Salama, Staff Writer
Toronto, Canada − For decades, economic growth and increased trade were viewed as perilous to society. Although they resulted in higher living standards, rising incomes, and new jobs, they also came with a price tag: an environmental one. Consequently, today’s policy-makers struggle to integrate economic growth and environmental protection. [More]
The Month of Cleansing or Conflict?
By Hanin Ababneh, Staff Writer
Beirut, Lebanon − Streets empty, cars parked neatly in their driveways, and the serene-yet-firm sound booms through the atmosphere “Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar”. Ramadan has filled the hearts and minds of the Muslim world and enveloped its ambience. Stop. Wait a minute! Walking down an ambushed street, dodging cars, people and the infamous scooters, I look around to realize that this serene picture of a once-resounding reality has indeed evaporated, to instead create a chaos of disregard and disrespect. [More]
If Americans Knew : Rachel Corrie, an American Conscience
By Farah Salka, Staff Writer
Beirut, Lebanon − ‘This is not at all what I asked for when I came into this world.’
‘No amount of reading, attendance at conferences, documentary viewing and word of mouth could have prepared me for the reality of the situation here… Disbelief and horror is what I feel. I am disappointed that this is the base reality of our world and that we, in fact, participate in it… Nobody in my family has been shot, driving in their car, by a rocket launcher from a tower at the end of a major street in my hometown. I have a home. I am allowed to go see the ocean. [More]
Lost in Global Translation?
By Naseem Javed, Contributing Writer
Toronto, Canada − Countries are like little homes; they house a nation, hold ideologies and provide shelter and comfort to its people in hopes that the occupant will nurture better ideas for themselves and further flourish humanity. Such are primary desires and goals of most countries on this small planet. America is no exception. [More]