By: Raisa Sami / Arab America Contributing Writer Arab Americans, a diverse community with roots spanning 22 countries across the Middle East and North Africa, have significantly shaped the sociopolitical landscape of the United States. From early waves of immigration in the late 19th century to the present day, Arab Americans have consistently sought to … Continued
By Omar Mansour/ Arab America Contributing Writer In December 2001, the Texas-based Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF), then the nation’s largest Muslim charity, was shut down when it was designated a terrorist organization by the Bush administration, charging it with using its charity activity as a ruse to provide monetary support to … Continued
SOURCE: PALESTINE SQUARE BY: TAHA ALFOQAHA When Rashida Tlaib announced to a room full supporters in the pre-dawn hours of August 8th that she had won the Democratic primary in Michigan’s 13th congressional district, her mother draped a Palestinian flag over her shoulders. Before that moment, such a public display of identification with the Palestinian … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: DANIEL BARDSLEY A few months ago, Iraqi-American women’s rights advocate Zainab Salbi travelled to Iraq and went by road to Mosul, the city that not long before had been freed from ISIL control. Every building she passed on that three-hour drive had been wrecked. The scenes had a profound effect on … Continued
SOURCE: THE MICHIGAN DAILY BY: NISA KHAN In support of Palestinians and the #UMDivest movement, Students Allied for Freedom and Equality and more than 250 allies formed a human circle around the Diag proceeding Central Student Government’s first assembly in an open space in near-freezing weather. The crowd also included a large cluster of … Continued
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer Americans are itching in their seats to advocate and fight against a number of executive orders and decisions made by President Trump. Whether you voted for Trump or not, his decision to ban all citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries, give Christian refugees priority over others, and command refugees to take a … Continued
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