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Pathbreakers of Arab America—Debbie Almontaser

October 23, 2024

By John Mason

This is the sixty-second of Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series includes personalities from entertainment, business, sports, science, academia, journalism, and politics, among other areas. Contributing writer, John Mason, presents our sixty-second Arab American Pathbreaker, Dr. Debbie Almontaser, an American schoolteacher and community activist of Yemeni descent. She was the founding and former principal of the Khalil Gibran International Academy in Brooklyn, New York. Debbie has fought relentlessly to defend Arab American and Muslim rights and identity in the aftermath of 9/11.

U.S. Needs More Focus on its Most Important M.E. Allies—Israel and Saudi Arabia—but not at the expense of the Palestinians

June 14, 2023

By John Mason

During a recent trip to the M.E. by NY Times columnist Thomas Friedman, he avers that the country exhibits “the threat to Israel’s original aspiration to be both a Jewish state and a democratic one is now so profound, posed by an extremist government trying to crush the independence of Israel’s Supreme Court.” In Saudi Arabia, he sees “the societal transformations being imposed from the top down by the iron-fisted Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (M.B.S.)…” as profound. John Mason, contributing writer, assesses the NYTimes report in the context of occupied Palestinians and how they might fare in an Israeli-Saudi détente.

Moroccan Photographer ‘Yoriyas’ Among New York Times Recommended Artists

June 12, 2020

By Ani Karapetyan

SOURCE: MOROCCO WORLD NEWS BY: TAHA MEBTOUL The New York Times article “Five Artists to Follow on Instagram Now” featured the photographer as “a builder of the bubbling Moroccan photo scene.” “Wheel of Life, Casablanca” (2017) by Yassine Alaoui Ismaili (Yoriyas) Rabat – Moroccan photographer Yassine Alaoui Ismaili is among five photographers that the New York … Continued

Tlaib Criticizes New York Times for Framing of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

May 6, 2019

By Ani Karapetyan

SOURCE: THE HILL BY: EMILY BIRNBAUM Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Sunday criticized The New York Times for its framing of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, calling the paper’s headline about the recent violence in the region “dehumanizing.” Tlaib was responding to a Times headline that read “Gaza militants fire 250 rockets, and Israel responds with airstrikes.” “When will the world … Continued

New York Times Promises Truth and Diversity, Then Hires Climate-Denying Anti-Arab White Guy

April 16, 2017

By Arab America

By Zaid Jilani The Intercept FOLLOWING DONALD TRUMP’S election, The New York Times promised its readers that it would aggressively pursue truth and challenge power in the days and months ahead. Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and executive editor Dean Baquet wrote an open letter to readers on November 13, vowing to “hold power to account, impartially … Continued

NYT runs Israeli’s op-ed recommending that Palestinians ’emigrate voluntarily’

February 21, 2017

By Arab America

By Scott Roth and Philip Weiss Mondoweiss In the last few days The New York Times has run several opinion pieces from the Israeli or American Zionist point of view. We’ve seen none from Palestinians. Last Wednesday was a low point. Right alongside Tom Friedman urging Donald Trump to “save the Jews” from division over Israel, … Continued

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