UNRAVELING THE CONSTRUCTION OF RACIAL IDENTITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST How does one go about constructing a racial identity? We typically frame Racial Identity as an American-centric, or more broadl...
Fifty-two years of occupation have dismantled the very essence of economic independence for the Palestinian Territories (i.e., the Gaza Strip and West Bank). The struggle of regaining economic st...
When does it become ok to say, enough is enough? This is a question lingering through the minds of many Palestinians in response to the new plan the Trump Administration has created in prepara...
Many countries in our world are going through wars and conflicts that unfortunately leave children as the most wounded entity in the equation. The Global Charity said in a report that at least 3...
Dozens of civilians, including 29 children, were killed in a deadly air strike. According to Al Jazeera , the Saudi-UAE military alliance is responsible for the attack on a school bus on Thursday...
Around two thousand demonstrators were heard chanting “This is not acceptable, Jerusalem is our capital” throughout the streets of Chicago downtown during a rally organized by the Chicago Coa...
PRESIDENT TRUMP officially announced on Wednesday, December 6th that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital city, igniting a fiery response from groups throughout the world....
In a coordinated push for self-determination, millions of Kurds in Iraq recently voted in a referendum that would lead them down the path for state independence. Ninety-two percent of Kurds in ...
“I basically jumped on his feet, and I told him, I begged him, ‘Free me from this huge person, take me for yourself and I will do whatever you want.’ Then he took me for himself. That night...
Twenty months into Yemen’s civil war, the country has suffered over 6,800 deaths, an estimated 2.8 million people have been displaced, and 14.4 million are classified by the UN as ‘food insec...
Since the Syrian uprising in 2011, the world has been informed of the refugee crisis, Assad’s brutal regime, as well as internal and external factors that are affecting the war. Leaders from al...
The UN has recently come under criticism after a Saudi-led military coalition was removed from a “blacklist” of groups violating children’s rights in armed conflicts. Before being taken off...