By: Yaara Aleissa / Arab American Contributing Writer Welcome to the United States. The land of the free, home of the brave. Where life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness reside in unison. This is the United States that thousands fight to be in and you’ve finally made it. This is the dream that brings … Continued
By: John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer With the Biden-Harris victory, Arab Americans, Palestinians, and Muslims around the world can be proud to be seen in a totally new perspective in this post-Trump era, مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّٰ. The Biden-Harris campaign has been very sensitive to issues confronting Arabs, Palestinians, and Muslims worldwide. Our new leaders have … Continued
SOURCE: ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE BY: DR. JAMES ZOGBY The Supreme Court decision upholding the Trump Administration’s infamous “Muslim ban” will have consequences far beyond its restriction on visas for nationals from the affected countries. Of the greatest concern is the validation it has given to the president’s virulent anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant rhetoric. It was Trump’s inflammatory … Continued
SOURCE: NBC NEWS BY: JACOB TAYLOR AND CORKY SIEMASZKO Immigration attorney Farah Al-khersan knows firsthand what it’s like to be stopped at a border and forced to prove that you belong in America — it happened to her last year when the first version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban was unveiled. So when the … Continued
SOURCE: THE HILL BY: BASSEM KAWAR On April 25, millions of Arabs and Muslims in the United States and abroad will turn their attention to the U.S. Supreme Court as it hears argumentsfor and against President Trump’s third attempt at a Muslim travel ban. The court will consider the legality of the ban after allowing the Trump … Continued
SOURCE: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL A year ago tomorrow President Trump signed an executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States and temporarily banning all refugees. Naureen Shah, senior director of campaigns at Amnesty International USA, released the following statement: “The Muslim ban was the first devastating sign that President Trump was … Continued
SOURCE: CAIR MICHIGAN Dear Community Members: On December 4, 2017, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a stay of two lower court injunctions which had halted much of Muslim Ban 3.0 from taking effect. This means, that as of Monday, nothing is stopping the Trump Administration from fully implementing every provision of … Continued
By: Michaela Schrum/Arab America Contributing Writer It’s been an eventful week, to say the least as two pertinent issues affecting the Arab American community, including President Trump’s inflammatory Tweets directed against Muslims and the Supreme Court’s reinstatement of the Trump travel ban directed against Muslim counties. Trump’s Inflammatory Tweets Last week, President Trump retweeted a series … Continued
SOURCE: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL This morning, a coalition of 15 organizations delivered a joint petition with over 100,000 signatures to members of Congress calling for legislation to rescind the newest version of the Muslim Ban immediately. “We call on Congress today to rise to the challenge of putting country before politics and to protect the rights of all … Continued
SOURCE: REFINERY29 BY: RACHEL SELVIN Watch the video here In 2010, as the Arab Spring was sending shockwaves across the Muslim world, Brooklyn native Rabyaah Althaibani met Basheer Othman. Othman is a Yemeni journalist who’d spent his career agitating against ideological extremism, and was a natural ally in Althaibani’s network of organizers working to amplify … Continued
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer With only one day left before President Trump’s second travel ban is implemented, Arab Americans have begun to rally online and plan protests. Since announcing the revised executive orders on March 7, activists and political commentators have urged that the new orders are just as discriminatory as the first and wrongfully … Continued
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer President Trump has signed new executive orders on Monday after a federal appeals court unanimously blocked his ban on all nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries. The new executive orders will supersede the January 27 orders, which banned all citizens of Iraq, Yemen, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, Syria, and Iran from entering the U.S. … Continued
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