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Palestinian Rula Salameh Honored with a Guggenheim Fellowship

Apr 16, 2015

This is a letter written by Rula Salameh. "I am proud to share that Just Vision's Creative Director Julia Bacha has been(...)

Bassem Youssef: Comic, Dissident, Harvard Professor

Apr 16, 2015

By Nancy A. Youssef The Daily Beast Bassem Youssef is a comedian who doesn’t always have to be funny. Rather, the(...)

War, poverty deprive 21 million children of education in Middle East

Apr 16, 2015

Worsening conflicts, poverty and gender discrimination in the Middle East and North Africa are driving 21 million children and young(...)

700 Young Palestinians push for a gender-equal Constitution

Apr 16, 2015

“I used to be afraid to give my opinion, but now I tell people about complex issues like politics, women’s(...)

Listen: Loyola University Chicago students pass divestment for third time

Apr 16, 2015

By Nora Barrows-Friedman Electronic Intifada Last month, for the third time in two years, the student senate at Loyola University(...)

Naomi Shihab Nye: Dear Poet 2015

Apr 16, 2015

Cúirt 2015 plays host to a wide variety of poets, local, national, and international, with one of the highlights set(...)

Linda Sarsour leads NYC to DC March2Justice

Apr 16, 2015

Brooklyn is expected to have a strong presence at a planned protest march that will take demonstrators from New York(...)

How Hillary can help

Apr 15, 2015

As they say in America, all elections are local. So all the debates one will be hearing certainly in the(...)

Arab American Narrative in the Media… Challenges and Call to Action!

Apr 15, 2015

Are you an Arab American residing in the US, and looking for a platform to promote your work of arts(...)

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

Apr 15, 2015

In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis illuminates the connections between struggles(...)

Finding the Middle East in Florence with Artist Nasser Alzayani

Apr 15, 2015

I love, and probably overuse Marcel Proust's quote that goes, "the real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new(...)

International aid agencies call for sanctions on Israel over Gaza “stalemate”

Apr 15, 2015

Dozens of aid agencies have called for international sanctions on Israel over its continued illegal blockade of the occupied Gaza(...)