by Nadia S. Mohammad
Nadia S. Mohammad, Associate Editor of AltMuslimah.com, writes about how recent events are bringing American law enforcement agencies and policymakers closer ending racial and religious profiling in the United States. (Source: Common Ground News Service (CGNews), 15 May 2012)
by Manar Ammar
After the arrest of Egyptian lawyer Ahmed al-Gizawi in Saudi Arabia, Egypt-Saudi relations have been tense. But Manar Ammar, co-founder of Bikyamasr.com, urges activists on both sides to look beyond their own countries to the common goal that they share. (Source: Common Ground News Service (CGNews), 15 May 2012)
by Nada Akl
Female inmates at a Lebanese prison have taken the classic tale of Scheherazade, the storyteller in1,001 Nights, and used it as inspiration to tell their own stories and break down barriers, writes Beirut-based journalist Nada Akl. (Source: Common Ground News Service (CGNews), 15 May 2012)
by Rema Kheriya Irshed
Palestinian Israeli author Rema Kheriya Irshed reflects on her experience hiding from a missile attack last March with her son’s Israeli friends, and what it taught her about overcoming fear of the “other”. (Source: Common Ground News Service (CGNews), 15 May 2012)
by Reverend Chloe Breyer and Sarah Sayeed
As Americans – and others around the world – continue to struggle with how to talk about the tragic death of Shaima Alawadi in March, Reverend Chloe Breyer and Sarah Sayeed of the Interfaith Center of New York highlight the need for faith leaders to talk openly about violence, and work to end it. (Source: Common Ground News Service (CGNews), 15 May 2012)
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