Source: bdsmovement.net July 9, 2017 marks 12 years since the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement was born. It’s been 12 years since an impressively large and diverse coalition across Palestinian civil society surmounted incredible odds to unify around three basic Palestinian rights and a nonviolent, inclusive, anti-racist path of struggle to achieve them. Despite the fragmentation, … Continued
Jack G. Shaheen, pictured in 2016, lobbied to shatter demeaning stereotypes of Arabs and Muslims in popular culture. Credit: American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee By: Sam Roberts Source: The New York Times Jack G. Shaheen, who diplomatically but tenaciously lobbied to shatter demeaning stereotypes of Arabs in popular culture as “billionaires, bombers, belly dancers and boisterous bargainers,” died on … Continued
Source: Center for Constitutional Rights Advocates point to alarming reliance on sources hostile to Palestine advocacy to justify ban Students at Fordham University filed their opposition to the school’s motion to dismiss their lawsuit over its refusal to grant club status to Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). The students, represented by the Center for … Continued
Jack G. Shaheen in an undated photo. (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) By Adam Bernstein and Abigail Hauslohner July 11 at 3:34 PM Jack G. Shaheen, an Arab American scholar, author and activist who devoted his career to challenging venomous stereotypes of Arabs in film and television — usually depicted, he once said, as “billionaires, bombers and belly dancers” … Continued
By Will Youmans/Contributing Writer Anyone who has written a word about Hollywood’s misrepresentations of Arabs owes a debt of gratitude to Dr. Jack Shaheen. His legacy is even more pronounced for the generations of media scholars whom he mentored and inspired. When the professor, activist, and lecturer passed away July 10, 2017, Dr. Shaheen left behind a … Continued
On Monday, June 26, 2017 the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) weighed in on the two temporary restraining orders which previously blocked Trump’s Executive Order implementing “Muslim Ban 2.0.” The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the full case in October 2017, but the Order released on June 26 made some changes to … Continued
Compiled by Arab America Two prominent Christian leaders, Gregory Lahham III, former Melkite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and Alexandria and Jerusalem, and Archbishop Theodosios of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, more commonly known as Archbishop Atallah Hanna, began hunger strikes this week in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners striking in Israeli … Continued
BY: Leila Diab/Contributing Writer To stand in solidarity with over 1,700 Palestinian prisoners, living under an illegal Israeli military occupation of their homeland, and the unjustifiable and inhumane imprisonment of Palestinians, a Saltwater Campaign Challenge strategy reaches out to supporters to participate in solidarity with Palestinian hunger strikers. Palestinian detainees, are prisoners without a trail … Continued
BY: Daniel Gil/Contributing Writer The continued politicization of the issue of climate change can make it difficult to foresee a reasonable shift towards bipartisan action and the way we try and address it as a country. Debates on man-made global warming have become an entrenched aspect of modern politics in the United States punctuated by … Continued
PEOPLE’S CLIMATE MARCH 2014 BY: Christine Shahin/Ambassador Blogger Early one morning 28 years ago, as my eldest child and I were readying to deliver the morning news paper, the headlines stated that our small rural central NY community was sited to host a regional garbage landfill and incinerator. This event launched our community to … Continued
Photo: Roger Waters BY: Diego Reyes, Contributing Writer Everyone knows the iconic band Pink Floyd, an English band formed in London with their progressive and psychedelic music who became one of the most influential rock groups in the history of popular music. Now, former Pink Floyd iconic lead singer, Roger Waters, most recently known for … Continued
Ralph Nader, left, and Photo Credit: Don LaVange and intal Compiled by Arab America Palestinian activist Omar Barghouti and Arab American consumer rights crusader, Ralph Nader received the 2017 Ghandi Peace Award from the Connecticut group, Promoting Enduring Peace. Barghouti was honored for his work as the co-founder of Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) and Nader for … Continued
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