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Long Before Halloween Attack, NYPD Spying on Sayfullo Saipov's Mosque Broke Down Community Bonds
NEW YORK, NY — Within minutes of the Friday prayer ending, volunteers at Masjid Omar in Paterson, New Jersey, hurried congregants along...


How America’s Immigration Laws and 287(g) Tear at our Seams
JERSEY CITY, NJ — The rattling of the train, speeding across the tracks below. I focus my gaze on the sun’s flirtations with my hand...


Diaspora Diaries: Little Egypt
ASTORIA, NY — Strolling through Little Egypt, I am reminded of summers spent in Cairo, beneath blazing sun and engulfed in warm, happy...


My Heart Can't Rest Here
NEWARK, NJ— Between President Barack Obama’s record-breaking deportations and the former presidential candidates’ policy proposals, much...


On the Edges: Nubians Still Live in the Shadow of Displacement
NUBIA, Egypt — “Take her to the bank of the Nile and make sure you drop her off by the boat that goes to Sheikh Fadl,” a middle-aged man...


The Match Became a War: Egyptian Judoka Speaks About Olympic Controversy
GIZA, Egypt — “The match was no longer merely a matter of sport,” Egyptian judoka Islam al-Shehaby told Al-Nahar TV on Tuesday, in his...


Turkish Airlines to Resume Flights to Sharm el-Sheikh After a Year
GIZA, Egypt — Turkish Airlines is set to resume its flights from Istanbul to Sharm el-Sheikh following nearly a year’s hiatus since the...


Rocking the Hijab
NEWARK, NJ — I was 13 when I first played soccer on a team. I was also 13 when I decided to stop. When I received notification of my...


A Story of Hope and Healing: “My Hope Overcomes My Despair”
CHAPEL HILL, NC — “I would never take advantage of this tragedy or these circumstances to preach our faith,” Yousef Abu-Salha said in a...


Despite Having Absolutely No Relation or Connection to the Attack, the Muslim Population, as a Whole
"What do you think of ISIS, Dina?" The question pierced through the air in the room and left a heavy, deafening ringing in my ears....
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