Insight / Disaster Response
May 15 is Nakba Day, or “day of catastrophe,” the day that commemorates the displacement and expulsion of almost 750,000 Palestinians from their homes in exchange for the establishment of the Israeli state in 1948. Now, 71 years later, generations of Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza continue…
Insight / Land Rights
Tuesday, May 15, marks an important and historic day, but what is it? Is it the first day of the Muslim holy month, Ramadan? Yes. Is it the anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba? Yes. It’s also the day after the U.S. will officially relocate its Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem,…
Insight
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”* *Unless you’re from Syria, Sudan, Yemen, Iran, Somalia or Libya I may not have originated from one of those six Muslim-majority countries, but I am a Muslim and a part of the majority of people in this…
Insight / Land Rights
I’m a six-foot-four, middle-eastern, Muslim man. I have a beard and brown skin and I fast during Ramadan. I’m a first-generation American born to parents that immigrated to the U.S. in the 1970s. And I value inclusion, humanity and dignity. Does that seem radical? Many of my formative years took…
Insight / Disaster Response
With only 8 weeks to go until the start of the Rio Olympics, the Zika virus is back in the headlines. Some athletes have revised plans to travel to Brazil for pre-Olympic training camps, while others have pulled out completely. I recently returned from my first international trip with ActionAid,…
