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Don't Tell US What to Talk About, Say Student at Open Hillel's First Confrence

Oct 14, 2014

Cambridge, MA – At a hall at Harvard packed with Jewish students from around the country for the first “Open(...)

The Covered-Girl look is great, say two Upper West Side Artist Who Think NYC Women Should Give the Hijab a Try

Oct 14, 2014

The hijab is hot! That’s the message two Upper West Side artists want to spread by encouraging women around the(...)

Parthenon Marbles Meet Hollywood as Amal Alamuddin Clooney Advises Greece

Oct 14, 2014

The human rights barrister Amal Alamuddin Clooney flew into Athens on Monday amid hopes that, as she begins advising the(...)

British MPs Back Recognition of Palestine

Oct 14, 2014

British MPs have voted in favour of recognising Palestine as a state in a move which will not alter the(...)

Let The Malala Effect Resonate Loudly

Oct 14, 2014

For many in the Arab world, the phenomenon of Malala Yousafzai is not a high point worthy of discussion or(...)

America Still Clueless About Islam

Oct 14, 2014

The events of the past couple weeks have confirmed something we Arabs and Muslims have known for some time: America(...)

A Symbolic Vote in Britain Recognizes a Palestinian State

Oct 14, 2014

Against a backdrop of growing impatience across Europe with Israeli policy, Britain’s Parliament overwhelmingly passed a nonbinding resolution Monday night(...)

Racism Against Somali-Canadian Politician Sparks #IStandWithMunira Campaign

Oct 14, 2014

Canadian politician Munira Abukar is using Twitter to fight back against racism she says she's received on the campaign trail.(...)

A is for Arab comes to Transit Center

Oct 14, 2014

Students in the transit center will now have something a little more interesting to look at as it has become(...)

$5.4b Pledged to Gaza Strip After Israel-Hamas War

Oct 13, 2014

CAIRO — A donor conference in Cairo to raise money for Gaza after this year’s war between Hamas and Israel(...)

How an Illinois Mom Converted to Islam And Found Peace and Joy During Her Very First Hajj

Oct 13, 2014

Kristin Szremski is a 53-year-old mom from Palo Hills, Illinois. Born into a Missouri-Synod Lutheran family, she first converted to(...)

Online Magazine Brings New Life to Arab Studies

Oct 13, 2014

The week after President Obama announced a stepped-up military campaign against jihadists in Iraq and Syria, the online magazine Jadaliyya(...)