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Farrah HassenCommon Dreams |
I’ve always known my Arab culture is worth celebrating. I heard it in Syrian tenor Sabah Fakhri’s powerful voice reverberating in my mom’s car...
Despite attempts to smear and silence them for supporting Palestinian human rights, a new generation of Arab Americans is having an impact.
Fining, arresting, and jailing people for a lack of housing is never the solution—and compounds existing housing inequities.
The U.S. needs to prioritize making housing affordable, accessible, and habitable for everyone.
How we gonna pay last year’s rent?” the chorus implores in the song “Rent” from Jonathan Larson’s 1996 musical of the same name. It’s the...
The U.S. government often claims to stand for justice and the rule of law. But is it willing to stand by those principles for the Palestinian people?
If I must die, you must live to tell my story,” wrote Dr. Refaat Alareer, a 44-year-old Gazan poet and literature professor. A few weeks later,...
The U.S. must stop funding this assault, which will only lead to the loss of more Palestinian and Israeli lives—and exacerbate the rising...
Two years ago, filmmaker Mohannad Abu Rizk asked children in Gaza about their dreams. One young girl responded, “My dream is for us to stay alive...
A growing number of young people, states, and cities are suing Big Oil and governments for failing to act on the crisis.
Across the globe, people are turning to the courts to combat the worsening climate emergency. Since 2015, cases around the world have doubled to...