Women in Islam: Hiding Her Story
The discussion of women in Islam is a highly charged one. It is an issue infected with Orientalist and Islamophobic rhetoric about the assumed inferiority and subjugation of w…
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Reclaiming an Egalitarian Understanding of Islam
The equality and intrinsic dignity of all human beings are central principles in Islam. These ideals should effectually result in the liberation of the oppressed. However, emp…
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How an Ancient Meteorite Adorned King Tut’s Jewelry
A meteorite crashed into the sands of Egypt and Libya 28.5 million years ago, creating a luminous yellow glass called Libyan desert glass. One piece found its way into the tom…
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Egypt’s Blackface Sketch and Racist Attitudes in the Middle East
Racist representations of black characters on television are symptomatic of the entrenched anti-blackness prevalent in the Arab world.
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Book Review: Mahmoud Darwish’s Memory for Forgetfulness
The title of Mahmoud Darwish’s memoir of the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon deals with the power of language through its direct impact on memory and history, on what is reme…
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Book Review: The Parisian, by Isabella Hammad
Isabella Hammad’s breathtaking debut novel, The Parisian, is a work of historical fiction that masterfully presents crucial periods of Palestinian history through the life and…
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