Community organizer and membership coordinator for the Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC) in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Community organizer and membership coordinator for the Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC) in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Mohammed Khader is the policy advisor for Jeramy Anderson, who is running for mayor of Moss Point, Mississippi.
When Iman Jodeh was elected to Colorado’s House of Representatives in 2020 she became the state’s first Muslim lawmaker.
Serving her second term representing the 13th District of Michigan
Palestinian America Salaam “Sam” Rasoul is running for lieutenant governor of Virginia. He is a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 11. He took office in 2014, and his term ends in January 2022.
Tahanie Aboushi is in the middle of the race to become Manhattan’s next district attorney.
In February of 2020, the United Nations published a list of companies violating Palestinian rights like facilitating the construction, expansion or maintenance of Israeli settlements or the demolition of Palestinian housing and property. The United Nations named General Mills, a Minnesota-based corporation, as one of seven United States businesses violating international law by operating on occupied Palestinian territories.
Two years ago, Naseem Nimer walked into his cousin’s birthday party and was surprised when he was met with the guests wearing ugly Christmas sweaters even though none of them celebrated Christmas. He knew that they were wearing them because it’s a fun tradition and is normalized in America no matter what religion you follow, but it made him think ‘why don’t we have anything like this?’
Thanks to major contributions by Sama’an Ashrawi, Shirien, and Yasmeen Sheikah Palestine in America will publish its second Music Edition this August.
In the midst of the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID19), the detainment of Palestinian children has only gotten worse as the world focuses on the public health crisis. As of March 31st, 194 Palestinian children had been detained, which is a six percent increase since January.
If you have the ability, I highly recommend giving what you can to help re-elect Palestinian American Rashida Tlaib to Congress.
Oday Aboushi is an offensive guard for the Detroit Lions. He is a Palestinian American from New York City.
The Palestinians, regardless of citizenship status, face the ire of the state. It is precisely in this situation that Covid-19 enters the Holy Land with the potential to wreak havoc amongst a vulnerable population.
They killed you.
How am I supposed to forgive that?
They put a bullet through his head
They put a bullet through my heart
How do they expect me to forgive that?
When we talk about Palestinian resistance, certain things automatically come to mind, such as the BDS call by Palestinian Civil Society; Sumud (steadfastness) of the people in Gaza; Palestinian hunger strikers among others. But we often miss to mention one important aspect of resistance that all oppressed people have protected for hundreds of years – Art.