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While not rejecting the possibility of eventually liquidating Israel proper, Nasser maintained the flexibility to depict Israel as an illegitimate, artificial colonial outpost since its independence in 1948 -- which he referred to as al-nakba the catastrophe.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Michael Sharnoff 2012
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The Syrian academic Constantine Zurayk (Qustantīn Zurayq), a liberal Arab nationalist, is generally credited with having put the term nakba into broad circulation as a designation for 'The Catastrophe' (al-nakba) in a pamphlet that had a profound effect on public opinion: The Meaning of the Catastrophe (or disaster), published in 1948 and reissued in a second edition the year after.
openDemocracy Gilbert Achcar 2010
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The Syrian academic Constantine Zurayk (Qustantīn Zurayq), a liberal Arab nationalist, is generally credited with having put the term nakba into broad circulation as a designation for 'The Catastrophe' (al-nakba) in a pamphlet that had a profound effect on public opinion: The Meaning of the Catastrophe (or disaster), published in 1948 and reissued in a second edition the year after.
openDemocracy Gilbert Achcar 2010
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Israel does deserve admiration, and the Arabs 'self-imposed, self-prolonged "al-nakba" needs to be recognized as psych war propaganda.
CAMERA Snapshots 2009
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Salim Mansur's Edmonton Sun column ( "Israel deserves admiration," May 10), was a gem amidst the dumpster of journalistic news and commentaries about "al-nakba" - the Arab-Islamic attempt, abetted by the far left and far right in the West, to blacken Israel's
CAMERA Snapshots 2009
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Israel does deserve admiration, and the Arabs 'self-imposed, self-prolonged "al-nakba" needs to be recognized as psych war propaganda.
CAMERA Snapshots 2009
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Salim Mansur's Edmonton Sun column ( "Israel deserves admiration," May 10), was a gem amidst the dumpster of journalistic news and commentaries about "al-nakba" - the Arab-Islamic attempt, abetted by the far left and far right in the West, to blacken Israel's
CAMERA Snapshots 2009
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Israel does deserve admiration, and the Arabs 'self-imposed, self-prolonged "al-nakba" needs to be recognized as psych war propaganda.
CAMERA Snapshots 2009
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Salim Mansur's Edmonton Sun column ( "Israel deserves admiration," May 10), was a gem amidst the dumpster of journalistic news and commentaries about "al-nakba" - the Arab-Islamic attempt, abetted by the far left and far right in the West, to blacken Israel's
CAMERA Snapshots 2009
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Israel does deserve admiration, and the Arabs 'self-imposed, self-prolonged "al-nakba" needs to be recognized as psych war propaganda.
CAMERA Snapshots 2009
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