Archive for December 15th, 2007

Parents Want Justice For Son After Arrest

December 15, 2007

By ELAINE SILVESTRINI, The Tampa Tribune
Published: December 15, 2007
TAMPA – Hamou Moussaoui and Anissa Zekkari came to the United States from Morocco on Wednesday, proud parents, eagerly anticipating their son’s graduation from the University of South Florida with three degrees.
On Thursday morning, their world turned upside down. They were thrust, they said, into hell.
“Instead of [...]

Bosnia: Divided We Stand

December 15, 2007

BY Najlae Benmbarek
and Durrell Dawson
“Divided We Stand,” FRONTLINE/World’s latest story from Bosnia-Herzegovina, is a departure from our past Bosnia coverage. As always it starts by recalling the tragedy of the civil war in the 1990s, but this time we focus on young people, a new post-war generation looking for ways to move on.
The [...]

Stealth campaign underway to name late Moroccan king as righteous gentile

December 15, 2007

By Marc Perelman, The Forward
RABAT, MOROCCO – Morocco and Israel have a longstanding relationship veiled in secrecy, one involving quiet diplomatic initiatives and discreet intelligence cooperation. So it is only fitting that it is a stealth campaign that is pushing to have a former king of Morocco become the first Arab admitted to Yad Vashem’s [...]