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Student play gives voice to struggles of Syrian refugees

BY CHRIS BOYD PECK The Daily Texan In the upcoming student play “A Singularity,” audiences will follow the story of a Syrian refugee trying to find her home and her identity as a woman, a refugee and an individual after losing everything to war. “A Singularity” is a student-written play by Carleigh Newland, Kelsey Linberg … Continued

OK State Rep Turns Away Muslim Kids, Asks Them: ‘Do you beat your wife?’ #HummusHaters

BY: Michelle Dermarkar/Contributing Writer At an annual “Muslim Day” event in Oklahoma, a group of American Muslim high school students attempted to speak with Republican State Representative John Bennett, but were turned down. Instead, they were required to fill out a very Islamophobic questionnaire regarding their faith and loyalty to Sharia law. The two-page survey … Continued

A Tool to Change How We Learn Arabic

BY: Hossam Abouzahr/Special to Arab America I didn’t expect my life to take the path of developing Arabic learning tools and the first multi-dialect Arabic dictionary. As a Lebanese-American (Lebanese father and white mother) raised in Michigan, I hated Arabic growing up. My parents put my siblings and me in a private Islamic school where we … Continued

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