Photo Credit: CNN Following a federal judge’s decision to block the Trump administration from implementing the latest travel ban, Naureen Shah, Amnesty International USA senior director of campaigns, released the following statement: “This ruling will provide hope to thousands of people across the world. It’s a blow to the Trump administration’s attempts to tear families … Continued
Museum of the Palestinian People is launching the international opening of Bethlehem Beyond the Wall, a new traveling exhibition that invites viewers to see a familiar place from a new point of view. Everyone recognizes Bethlehem as the birthplace of Jesus, few know that the city has a rich modern culture. Throughout history, Bethlehem has been a … Continued
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, condemned President Trump’s termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program as “pandering to the demands of anti-immigrant extremists.” DACA is the Obama-era federal administrative relief from deportation policy that protects the rights of some 800,000 undocumented young … Continued
By: Jessie McDonald Source: The Guardian Inside a Palestinian refugee camp just outside Bethlehem, an arts centre is encouraging young people to express themselves through photography. Here they share their images and the experiences that inspired them All photographs courtesy of Alrowwad Cultural and Arts Society ‘Photography is a form of beautiful resistance,’ says Kanan Abusrour, … Continued
BY: NASOUH NAZZAL, GULF NEWS The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East is believed to be gradually shutting down Qalqilia Hospital, regarded locally as the only symbol of the Palestinian right of return. Pressure from Israel is suspected behind the move. Palestinians from Qalqilia and the refugee … Continued
Source: CS Monitor By: Steve Donoghue AUGUST 15, 2017 —Historian Ilan Pappe’s new book The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories continues his work of shining new analytical light on the seemingly intractable Israel-Palestine conflict, following up earlier books such as “Ten Myths About Israel” and the bestselling “The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine.” Pappe … Continued
Source: Al Jazeera By: HyoJin Park8 Nabi Saleh, occupied West Bank – Friday is a day of protest in Nabi Saleh. Manal Tamimi has been going to these protests for as long as she can remember. To her, to be a Palestinian parent is to be an activist. It’s impossible to separate the two roles. Taking … Continued
Source: NewsDeeply By: Danish Mehboob Michigan, with its long Arab-American history, offers refugees fleeing war in Iraq a family away from home. Yet the financial crisis made it even harder to find work there, while the arrival of secondary migrants drawn to Michigan’s sense of community strains resources. WHEN IRAQI REFUGEE Mohamad Soleiman visited Dearborn, Michigan, it … Continued
By Colby Cyrus/Contributing Writer In conjunction with Google, HP, and UNICEF, the Clooney Foundation announced a plan to increase access to education for thousands of children in Lebanon, in the form of seven public schools for Syrian refugees. Actor Clooney and his wife, Amal, announced that they had dedicated over $2,000,000 to their new project … Continued
Source: Rudaw ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – As an American soccer player of Iraqi parents, Justin Meram is distressed by detentions and deportation threats within his Chaldean Christian community, a fallout of the US government’s agreement with Baghdad to remove Iraq from its travel ban targeting seven Muslim-majority countries. “Being a Chaldean American, being an Iraqi … Continued
by Ani Karapetyan/Contributing Writer In February 2017, British musician, Sting, won Swedish Polar Music Prize, and on Monday announced that he donated the one million kronor ($118,000) awarded in prize money to a refugee non-profit. In a statement posted on the organization’s website Sting said “I was deeply honoured to receive this year’s Swedish Polar Music … 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
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