By: Mohammed Alhammami/Arab America Contributing Writer Eight months ago, I achieved a dream: I was admitted to the graduate program at Southern Illinois University and actually “escaped” the blockade of Gaza—unlike so many hundreds of others who try and fail. But these days, it is hard to feel happy about it without feeling angry and guilty … Continued
By Allison Deger Modoweiss A 55-year old Palestinian-American instructor at a community college in North Carolina was “brutally beaten” by members of the Jewish Defense League (JDL) while walking by the AIPAC conference in Washington DC on Sunday, according to a video and statement released by the Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) today. The man … Continued
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer Thousands of activists from around the world protested against the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) annual conference on Sunday. Arab and Jewish Americans linked arms to protest the powerful lobbying group, which supports Israel’s right-wing agenda of building more illegal settlements, advancing Israel’s military, and maintaining the occupation of Palestinians. … Continued
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been acquitted on Thursday over his alleged participation in the killings of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 Arab Spring. After a day long trial in the Court of Cassations, Egypt’s highest criminal court, Judge Ahmed Abdel Qawi ruled the Mubarak, the defendant, was innocent. … Continued
BY: Michelle Dermarkar/Ambassador Blogger and Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer Amidst a week of uncertainty and fear following President Trump’s executive orders banning immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries and refugees from Syria, an outpouring of support for immigrants has swept across many of the major U.S. cities, as protesters gathered in airports and in front of the White … Continued
By Lauren Gambino and Sabrina Siddiqui , Paul Owen, and Edward Helmore The Guardian Thousands of protesters gathered and marched in cities and at airports across the US on Sunday, in opposition to the executive order from Donald Trump which imposed a freeze on refugee admissions and a ban on travel from seven Muslim-majority countries. In a statement on Sunday, Trump … Continued
By JESSICA GRESKO, MICHAEL BIESECKER AND JACK GILLUM, ASSOCIATED PRESS ABC News Protesters set fires and hurled bricks in a daylong assault on the city hosting Donald Trump’s inauguration, registering their rage against the new president in a series of clashes that led to more than 200 arrests. Police used pepper spray and stun grenades to … Continued
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