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Israel Opinion

‘Broad City’ Didn’t Just Go on Birthright — It Spent 21 Minutes Mocking It

April 18, 2016 by Alex Shams

Originally published on The Forward on April 28, 2016. Written by Alex Shams. When Ilana and Abby from “Broad City” announced last week that they were going on Birthright Israel,

Reporting

Transgender Muslims in America Fight Bigotry on Two Fronts

April 15, 2016 by Alex Shams

Originally published on Muftah on April 15, 2016. The wave of Islamophobia erupting across the United States has taken a toll on every aspect of Muslim American life. A climate of

Reporting

Palestinian Christians celebrate identity in Easter rituals

April 12, 2016 by Alex Shams

Palestinian worshipers across Holy Land mark ‘Saturday of Fire’, an Orthodox celebration and yearly revival of community pride

Opinion

Neither Taharrush Gamea Nor Sexism Are Arab ‘Cultural Practices’

January 25, 2016 by Alex Shams

Originally published on Huffington Post. In recent days, a new term has suddenly appeared in the media to describe a supposedly Arab cultural practice: “taharrush gamea.” The term, which

Reporting

The Young Turks of Prizren

January 9, 2016 by Alex Shams

Originally published on Road and Kingdoms on Jan. 9, 2016. Less than 20 years ago, the streets of the southern Kosovo town of Prizren were filled with military checkpoints and paths

Opinion

Sacralizing a Shia Public Sphere: Muharram Commemorations Across Iran

December 1, 2015 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on December 1, 2015. The following is a photo essay by Ali Karjoo-Ravary, a PhD candidate in Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

Opinion Pakistan

Exhausted Geographies: Mapping the Dream of Pakistan in the Streets of Karachi

November 12, 2015 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on November 12, 2015. In Karachi, the dream of Pakistan – in all of its glory, misgivings, failures, and triumphs – has become reality.

Featured Israel Palestine Reporting

Learning the Language of Jesus Christ

November 2, 2015 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Roads and Kingdoms on November 2, 2015. Just a few hundred feet west of the church built atop the site where the Christian faithful believe Jesus was

Featured Palestine Reporting

The Ghosts of Christmas Past

August 18, 2015 by Alex Shams

The city of Bethlehem wants the world to know it’s more than a Biblical theme park.

Israel Opinion Palestine

Killings reveal link between homophobia, anti-Arab racism

August 15, 2015 by Alex Shams

Originally published on the Washington Blade on Aug. 15, 2015. Shira Banki, a 16-year-old girl who was stabbed during a Jerusalem Pride march, succumbed to her injuries on Aug. 2,