Opinions
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Let us build bridges and not walls
April 3rd, 20210 - From Nada Almawiri My name is Nada and I am a Yemeni American student at the University of Detroit Mercy. My current instructor is Abbas Al Haj Ahmad, who is also...
“Right to travel”: Biden and Congress must keep their promises to Arab Americans
April 3rd, 20210 This week, a federal appeals court in Virginia enshrined the federal government's use of the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB). After a lower court ruling held that...
Kafkaesque politics: The missing lessons from Israel’s latest elections
April 3rd, 20210 A “major setback” was the recurring term in many news headlines reporting on the outcome of Israel’s general elections of March 23. While this depiction......
A house divided against itself cannot stand: Addressing Anti-Yemeni Discrimination in the Arab American Community
April 3rd, 20210 It started at childhood. “Yemeni, Yemeni, shower is my enemy.” At 9-years-old, these unforgettable words, among others, were often muttered by my fellow Arab...
The Nakba of Sheikh Jarrah: How Israel uses “the law” to ethnically cleanse East Jerusalem
March 24th, 20210 A Palestinian man, Atef Yousef Hanaysha, was killed by Israeli occupation forces on March 19 during a weekly protest against illegal Israeli settlement expansion in Beit......
Biden’s China policy likely to be doomed from the start
March 21st, 20210 A much anticipated American foreign policy move under the Biden administration on how to counter China’s unhindered economic growth and political ambitions came in the...
Reckless behaviors could lead to disastrous consequences
March 20th, 20210 In 2017, The Arab American News published a story titled “Local Yemenis feel marginalized as Lebanese brethren gain momentum.” In it, writer Hassan Khalifeh......
Ready to work with Netanyahu: Mansour Abbas splinters Arab vote in Israel
March 15th, 20210 At a glance, it may appear that the split of Arab political parties in Israel is consistent with a typical pattern of political and ideological divisions which have...
“Is this who we are?”: Gitmo is America’s enduring shame
March 10th, 20210 “That’s certainly our goal and our intention.” This was the non-committal answer given by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki when, on February 12, she was asked......
Biden is on the verge of making the same dangerous mistakes as his predecessors
March 7th, 20210 By Frank Giustra and Andrew Bacevich If the escalating tensions between the United States and China aren't causing you concern yet, you've not been paying...
Biden’s foreign policy: No joy in Mudville
March 3rd, 20210 By Thomas L. Knapp Well, at least he hasn't started any NEW wars! For four years, that was the excuse I got from anti-war Donald Trump supporters every time he......
Schools might be opening back up too soon
February 25th, 20210 From Younes Bazzi: Schools are set to reopen for in person learning as early as March for Dearborn Public schools, but this is quite concerning. As of right now...
Imagining Palestine: On Barghouti, Darwish, Kanafani and the language of exile
February 24th, 20210 For Palestinians, exile is not simply the physical act of being removed from their homes and their inability to return. It is not a casual topic pertaining to politics......
Europe will redefine itself despite political shift in the U.S.
February 20th, 20210 Despite the long-awaited political change in Washington as Democratic President Joe Biden has officially become the 46th president of the United States, Europe is...
“Leaving Aside” international law: Why Democrats are as dangerous as Republicans to a just peace in Palestine
February 17th, 20210 Motivated by their justifiable aversion to former President Trump, many analysts have rashly painted a rosy picture of how Democrats could quickly erase the bleak......
Help is available for young people struggling with addiction during the pandemic
February 11th, 20210 In the midst of a pandemic, the drug epidemic persists as health experts say fentanyl is still the leading cause of drug overdoses in Wayne County, while the number one...
“Freedom is never voluntarily given”: Palestinian boycott of Israel is not racist, it is anti-racist
February 11th, 20210 Claims made by Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang in a recent op-ed in the Jewish weekly, “The Forward”, point to the prevailing ignorance that......
Our mutual fight: The case against Pakistani normalization with Israel
February 6th, 20210 The Pakistani government should never, under any circumstances and no matter the pressure, normalize with Israel. Doing so is not only dangerous — as it will embolden...
Time to reset our national approach towards domestic violent extremism
February 3rd, 20210 The past four years in America have been tumultuous regarding the internal security of our republic. Mass shootings, such as ones at a high school in Parkland, Florida......
The “insurrection” and its discontents: “American exceptionalism” revisited
January 31st, 20210 History is being written in the United States today. Even the most pessimistic about the prospects of American democracy have rarely ventured out this far while offering...
Fearing the Palestinian narrative: Why Israel banned “Jenin Jenin”
January 21st, 20210 On Jan. 11, the Israeli Lod District Court ruled against a Palestinian film-maker, Mahmoud Bakri, ordering him to pay hefty compensation to an Israeli soldier who was......
We must learn from the attack on the U.S. Capitol
January 20th, 20210 With a new administration taking office, it is tempting to put the disturbing events of Jan. 6 behind us. But we should not dismiss – or fail to learn from – what...
Covid-19 under Apartheid: How Israel manipulates suffering of Palestinians
January 14th, 20210 Israel’s decision to exclude Palestinians from its COVID-19 vaccination campaign may have surprised many. Even by Israel’s poor humanitarian standards, denying......
