By Alison Norquist / Arab America Contributing Writer Women, of course, have been around since the beginning. Without women, humans would cease to exist. Everything about them was created to give and sustain life. To nurture. But women are more than just mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters. They are the strong foundation upon which civilization … Continued
By: Bishara A. Bahbah / Arab America Featured Columnist On Thursday, February 2nd, Republicans in the House of Representatives showed their ugly face by voting unanimously to strip Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Democrat, from her seat in the House’s Foreign Affairs Committee. This was not an unprecedented action in the US Congress. Sadly, when Democrats and … Continued
Arab American and Muslim Rep. Ilhan Omar has been threatened by new House leader McCarthy from serving on the Foreign Affairs Committee. While she’s accused of antisemitism, her criticism is of Israeli oppressive action against Palestinians. On another front, John Mason, contributing writer, reports on how the state of Virginia is launching a legal case against those who support the BDS or boycott on Israel. Yet a third accusation of antisemitism concerns an invitation to Human Rights Watch former head Kenneth Roth from Harvard’s Kennedy School—one which was subsequently withdrawn.
By: Salma Heram / Arab America Contributing Writer Six Arab Americans were sworn into the 118th Congress this past week – all of which now hold in the U.S. House of Representatives. First preceded by George A. Kasem of California in 1959, these six members of Congress are a bipartisan group, with diverse interests and … Continued
It was a lie from the beginning—the elevator story. Congresswoman Boebert fabricated a story about Congresswoman Omar that was clearly hate-mongering against Muslims. Contributing writer John Mason tells how the story escalated to lots of name-calling between the two and a ratcheting up to Congressional leadership to lay some sanctions on Boebert. That didn’t happen but the anti-Islamic atmosphere it created lingers on.
American workers have been trying to support Palestinians in several ways over the years. Recently Amazon and Google workers have tried to influence their companies’ decisions to supply the Israeli military and government technology used to harm Palestinians. Another case is of AFL-CIO workers who have voted to condemn Israeli violence against Palestinians and to end U.S. financial aid to Israel. On the Israel side is the government’s attempt to quell the important work of six Palestinian human rights organizations. Contributing writer, John Mason, these three grassroots attempts to support Palestinians.
By: John Mason / Arab America Contributing Writer Dana Milbank’s recent op-ed goes after Rashida Tlaib for her linking of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinians and the oppression of Black Americans and he conflates this with what he describes as her anti-semitism. Related is AIPAC’s campaign to incite Islamophobia and endangering the lives of “women … Continued
By: John Mason/ Arab America Contributing Writer Last week, we were confronted by an insurrectionist raid on our nation’s capital by Trump-directed white domestic terrorists attempting to bring down the Government. We were also faced with the continuing tragic pandemic of COVID-19, during which certain corporations rake in huge profits off their employees while making … Continued
By: Pamela Dimitrova/ Arab America Contributing Writer Last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu banned U.S Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from entering Israel. The given reason was that the two Muslim American and Democratic congresswomen refused to coordinate their trip with Israeli security officials. He added that Tlaib and Omar support the Boycott, … Continued
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN BY: MOUSTAFA BAYOUMI Fox News, New York Post and Donald Trump are contributing to a climate of vigilantism that threatens every Muslim in America today Here’s a question for you. Which American politician publicly referred to the terrorists who carried out the 9/11 attacks as “those folks who committed this act,” seemingly … Continued
SOURCE: USA TODAY BY: JEFF MURRAY AND CHRISTAL HAYES ELMIRA, N.Y. – A New York man is in custody after federal authorities say he threatened to kill freshman Congresswoman Rep. Ilhan Omar. Patrick W. Carlineo, 55, of Addison, was arrested Friday morning and charged by criminal complaint with threatening to assault and murder Omar, a Democrat representing Minnesota. On … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATION BY: PHYLLIS BENNIS The basic facts of the Ilhan Omar affair were simple, though much of the hysteria seemed to ignore the facts. The new congresswoman talked about the pressure that the pro-Israel lobby puts on members of Congress to show “allegiance to a foreign country.” It wasn’t that different from the … Continued
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