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Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution by Mona Eltahawy
Jun 15, 2015
One afternoon earlier this year, I stepped into the carriage of a Cairo metro train. I was on the way home from(...)The "mipster" phenomenon
Jun 15, 2015
Most people have heard of the term "hipster", which conjures up images of hip young, middle-class urban adults with progressive(...)Syrian asylum-seekers face long waits in backlogged U.S. system
Jun 15, 2015
Basileus Zeno simply wants an answer. The Syrian academic has been waiting nearly two years to be interviewed by the(...)Coca-Cola Palestine CEO Urges Boycott of Israel
Jun 15, 2015
On Coca-Cola’s website, one can read of an award that was recently presented to Zahi Khouri, CEO of Coca-Cola Palestine,(...)Hath not a Palestinian eyes?
Jun 15, 2015
"I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes?" There are scarce any Shakespearean passage more potent, more visceral, more(...)Salaita firing lands Univ. of Illinois on AAUP censure list
Jun 15, 2015
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has formally censured the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) over its firing(...)Judge orders University of Illinois to release Steven Salaita emails
Jun 14, 2015
Illinois Circuit Judge Thomas Difanis today ordered the University of Illinois to release thousands of pages of emails that may(...)Bitter waters: Settlers invade ancient pool under Palestinian control
Jun 14, 2015
It’s a day that won’t be forgotten in the arid, far-flung village of Al-Karmel, in the southern reaches of Mount(...)Palestinian-American Comedians Make History
Jun 14, 2015
On Friday, June 5th, four Palestinian comedians made history by being the first Palestinian comedy production to perform at The(...)Catching Dreams and Building Hope in Syria's Schools
Jun 14, 2015
In April 2015, the Karam Foundation, a Chicago-based nonprofit organization, launched its fifth Innovative Education mission for displaced Syrian children(...)Few artists remember Syria’s Christians
Jun 14, 2015
While the West turns its bored gaze away from global Christian holocausts, a handful of diaspora artists attempt to catch(...)The Wanted 18: Israel Blocks Palestinian Filmmaker from Making NYC Film Premiere About Intifada Cows
Jun 14, 2015
The annual Human Rights Watch International Film Festival is underway here in New York City, but one of its featured(...)19,489 Results (Page 1,153 of 1625)