By sarahahmedThis Wednesday, a judge in Myanmar ruled on against the appeal for dismissal of a case against two Reuters journalists. They have been imprisoned in Myanmar, accused of violating the “Official Secrets Act” after they were arrested with papers given to them by the police. The preliminary hearings were held in a court in Yangon…
By sarahahmedNoor Salman, widow of the Orlando shooter, was found not guilty by the federal jury of aiding a foreign terrorist organization and of obstruction of justice in relation to the attack carried out by her husband in 2016. Salman was arrested in January, 2017 after her husband, Omar Mateen, attacked the Pulse night club in…
By sarahahmedSaturday’s March For Our Lives protest saw many powerful speeches–and performances by celebrities. But the one that stood out amongst all these incredible moments was Naomi Wadler’s statement. Naomi Wadler is an 11-year-old activist from Alexandria, Virginia who led the walk-out at her school with her friend Carter, and moved the crowd in Washington, D.C….
By sarahahmedOn March 10th, anonymous letters detailing a point system based on assault against Muslims were sent to families in East London. The points awarded increases incrementally as the assaults get more violent: 25 points for pulling off a woman’s head scarf 500 points for murdering a Muslim 1,000 points for bombing a mosque In addition…
By sarahahmedTahnee Gonzales and Elizabeth Dauenhauer were arrested on Thursday and charged with third degree burglary after stealing items from a mosque and streaming the entirety of it on Facebook. Officials at the Islamic Community Center filed a report when they saw the video. According to CNN, this will be considered as a hate crime during…
By sarahahmedAs February comes to an end, it’s important to look back on the month and reflect upon what we learned, or unlearned, about Black history, and the biases at play. So let’s start with the origins of Black History Month. In 1926, Carter G. Woodson and the Association for African-American Life and History came up…
By sarahahmedMennel Ibtissem recently quit the “The Voice” after she received backlash for some old Twitter posts where she condemned the Israeli occupation of Palestine, and the French government. She announced she was leaving the show on Friday via a video shared on Facebook. In the video, she apologized to anybody she may have upset. This comes a…
By sarahahmedMennel Ibtissem, a contestant on France’s edition of “The Voice,” stunned judges with her Arabic rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”. Soon after her cover went viral, the French media uncovered Ibtissem’s tweets which voiced her support for Palestine and criticized the French government. After these tweets came to light, she was dubbed a radical, far-right, anti-France terrorist…
By sarahahmedOn Tuesday night, President Trump delivered his first State of the Union Address. In his speech, he focused on employment growth and the economy, infrastructure, trade policies, immigration and national security. The address invoked a sense of unity, and bipartisanship, vastly differing from the gridlocked state that the government is currently in. Congressman John Lewis…
