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January 2024

Hate Crimes For Me, But Not For Thee
When pro-Israel students complain about campus safety they are treated as victims of hate crimes. But the same standards never apply to pro-Palestine…
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Persian Diaspora's Walking Dead
The Iranian diaspora has a political zombie problem.
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Does being anti-war make you anti-liberation?
We can talk about the gore and horror of war without acquiescing to our oppressors.
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Merchants of Nuance
Western commentators often claim that the Israel Palestine conflict is too nuanced to reduce to simple moral observations. They are, put simply, full of…
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Biden and the Arab Vote
Biden’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza has alienated many Arab American voters. What does this mean electorally?
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Limits of Liberal Protest
The liberal insistence on civility obscures the point of protest.
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The Trees Lining the Road to Death
The explosions in Kerman took place on a picturesque road that connects the city's living to their dead.
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Against Grief as Political Currency
Palestinians have been forced to use their grief to mobilize movements. What happens when we turn away?
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December 2023

Muslim and Arab Americans Should Abandon Biden in 2024
Democrats have long taken the Muslim-American support for granted. In response to Biden's abysmal handling of the war on Gaza, we should organize to…
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Israeli Heroes, Palestinian Zeroes
Westerner audiences are eager to lionize Israeli refuseniks as heroes. This lowers the bar for what constitutes heroism in the face of a genocide. It…
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Limits of Liberal Inclusivity
Today’s most zealous Islamphobes are not right-wing extremists. They are the liberals who spent the last few years performatively condemning…
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