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Iran Reporting USA

The Tourist’s Guide to Tehrangeles: Exploring the Capital of the Iranian Diaspora

August 10, 2016 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on August 10, 2016. Los Angeles is the undisputed capital of the global Iranian diaspora. Home to a community of at least 700,000 Iranians

Iraq Reporting USA

Chicago’s Assyrians embrace new technology to save ancient language

June 8, 2016 by Alex Shams

Assyrians based in Chicago are united in keeping Syriac alive in the US while hoping to spark a revolution in language learning

Palestine Reporting USA

Pro-Palestinian ad campaign takes over walls of US cities

March 20, 2015 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on March 20, 2015. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Commuters in cities across the United States were surprised this month to find their daily trips to

Reporting USA

Palestine student group banned at Boston-area university

March 16, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on March 16, 2014. A pro-Palestinian student group at a university in Boston was banned last week in what student leaders are calling a

Reporting USA

10th annual Israeli Apartheid Week kicks off globally

March 7, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on March 7, 2014. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestine solidarity activists launched the 10th annual Israeli Apartheid Week in North America and the UK last

Israel Palestine Reporting USA

Interview: Remi Kanazi on BDS and ‘hurt feelings’

March 6, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on March 6, 2014. Remi Kanazi is a Palestinian-American poet and activist and a member of the organizing committee of the US Campaign for

Israel Palestine Reporting USA

American Studies Association endorses academic boycott of Israel

December 4, 2013 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on December 4, 2013. A top body of the largest scholarly association dedicated to American Studies voted unanimously in a landmark decision on Wednesday

Reporting USA

Are Iranians People of Color? Persian, Muslim, and Model Minority Race Politics

December 3, 2013 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on December 3, 2013. In the lead up to the 2010 US National Census, campaigns emerged across the country calling for Iranian-Americans to stand

The Tourist’s Guide to Tehrangeles: Exploring the Capital of the Iranian Diaspora

Chicago’s Assyrians embrace new technology to save ancient language

Pro-Palestinian ad campaign takes over walls of US cities

Palestine student group banned at Boston-area university

10th annual Israeli Apartheid Week kicks off globally

Interview: Remi Kanazi on BDS and ‘hurt feelings’

American Studies Association endorses academic boycott of Israel

Are Iranians People of Color? Persian, Muslim, and Model Minority Race Politics

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