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Palestine Marathon sparks a growing push for movement over politics

Apr 4, 2016

By Jacqueline Kantor The Washington Post The finish line at the biggest race in the West Bank featured fresh-squeezed orange juice and(...)

Time Travel: Arab Spring on the Ground in “The Square”

Apr 4, 2016

BY SOPHIA STEIN CULTURAL WEEKLY Just about a year ago, director Jehane Noujaim accepted the Audience Award at Sundance Film(...)

Fighting Israeli Occupying Forces Is “Terrorism.” Boycotting Is “Anti-Semitism.” What’s Allowed?

Apr 4, 2016

BY Glenn Greenwald Intercept_ THAT “TERRORISM” IS a malleable term of propaganda, with no fixed meaning or consistent application, is(...)

Sanders is in Jewish tradition that rejected exceptionalist nationalism of Zionism

Apr 4, 2016

Philip Weiss MondoweissJesse Alexander Myerson has an excellent meditation on Bernie Sanders’s throw-back Jewish identity at the Village Voice. There is(...)

To be Arab and American

Apr 4, 2016

Maysoon Zayid, Palestinian Arab-American comedian and actress By Denise Oliver Velez Daily Kos After writing Black History and Women’s History(...)

‘We all think you’re a terrorist’: Texas schoolboy says teacher humiliated him with anti-Muslim hate speech

Apr 4, 2016

BETHANIA PALMA MARKUSRAW STORYThe family of a Muslim child is upset because they say the 12-year-old’s teacher called him a(...)

Palestinian-Canadian Restaurant owner's good deed comes back to bite him, in a good way

Apr 4, 2016

Laura Osman CBA Maher Taweel was shocked to open his Edmonton donair shop on Tuesday to a crowd of new(...)

Harry Reid joins the #HummusHaters

Apr 3, 2016

With all the anti-Arab bashing we see in the news every week, Arab America is determined to expose those who(...)

Blurring the lines between Palestine and Baltimore

Apr 3, 2016

By Noa Yachot |+972 MagazineA new play tells the story of Aseel Asleh, one of the 13 Palestinians killed by(...)

The brief moment in history when a common Israeli-Palestinian identity existed

Apr 3, 2016

Terror, enmity and fear were not always dominant in the Jewish-Arab narrative, maintains Middle East expert Menachem KIein. He tells(...)

Who’s Afraid of BDS?

Apr 3, 2016

by Mark Mondalek Jacobin Magazine Our next issue, “Between the Risings,” is out this month. To celebrate its release, international subscriptions are(...)

Iraqi-American tackles social justice and art

Apr 3, 2016

Mary CatonWindsor Star Amy Tesolin remembers being inspired as a high school student whenever Teachers for Global Awareness held an event.Through(...)