Muslim students in Seattle public schools are facing the dilemma of attending their graduation or celebrating the Eid al-Adha religious holiday. This year, Eid-ul-Adha, which is calculated annually based on the lunar calendar, falls during graduation schedules from June 13 to 18. Students have expressed frustration about the issue. Althou...
BRUSSELS (AA) – A group of students at the Free University of Brussels has joined the Free Palestine Movement, asking for an academic boycott. The students of the Dutch-language campus of the university occupied the dining hall where they set their tents, blankets, carpets, sleeping bags, and food. They expressed their determination to n...
Beirut, Lebanon — AFP The United Nations children’s agency has warned that Israel’s attacks in Lebanon are taking a heavy mental and physical toll on children. “We are deeply alarmed by the situation of children and families who have been forced from their homes,” Edouard Beigbeder, the Lebanon representative for ...
The censure of pro-Palestine Professor Mohamed Abdou by Columbia University has sparked outrage. Three academics, including a visiting professor, have faced repercussions for defending Palestinian rights. Administrators, supported by politicians, have targeted dissenting voices. Tensions at the New York-based Ivy league college escalated last...
New York, United States – AFP Classes at Columbia University were shifted online Monday as protests over Israel’s war on Gaza heightened tensions on US campuses and led to dozens of arrests at Yale University. A large group of demonstrators has established a “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” on lawns at Columbia, with some J...
Ottawa, Canada – AFP The government of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday unveiled a federal budget that seeks to woo young voters while asking the wealthy to pay higher taxes. Trailing his main rival, conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, by more than 10 points, Trudeau must rally support from the millennials and Gen Z [&...
Kabul, Afghanistan – – AFP Schools in Afghanistan opened for the new academic year on Wednesday, with girls still remaining out of secondary-level classes for a third year in a row. Taliban authorities barred girls from secondary school in March 2022, after surging back to power in 2021 following the end of decades long US [&hellip...
Schools across the U.S. are finding ways to support Muslim students who are observing the Ramadan fast. Public schools in Dearborn, Michigan, are offering other activities during lunch time. In St. Paul, Minnesota, the East African Elementary Magnet School does something similar for its Muslim students who are mostly of Somali background, offe...
ISTANBUL (AA) – In the south of Gaza, a white, blue and sand-colored structure with lush green lawns once stood tall. Every day, hundreds of Palestinians would make their way to Israa University, a building with an imposing facade inspired by Islamic architecture. Today, though, the university exists only in memories and visual archives....
ANKARA (AA) – Harvard University is facing a government investigation for possible discrimination following a civil rights complaint filed by Arab and Muslim students, according to media reports. Since the start of Israel’s assault on Gaza last October, more than 60 investigations by the US Department of Education have been launche...
