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Wissam, Wesley, or simply W, is an educator, writer, entrepreneur, engineer, activist, ex-Imam, humanist, liberal thinker with interest and mediocre attempt at many takes of life. A modern confused Renaissance man, who uses doubt as a path for emancipation and science as a road towards enlightenment.

JE VEUX — The Paris Within Us

JE VEUX — The Paris Within Us A poem written in 2018. A dream brought to life in 2026. I wrote this poem in 2018, before I had ever set foot in Paris. But I had already lived there a thousand times. I had walked its streets in my imagination, fallen in love beneath its ...

ملصق ندوة اكتشفوا تراثكم المغاربي مع الباحث كمال صاروطي

توثيق الماضي لأجيال المستقبل

ندوة فاميلي سيرتش لشهر أكتوبر 2026 ضمن سلسلة توثيق الماضي لأجيال المستقبل، مع الباحث كمال صاروطي عن أنساب المغرب العربي ومصادر التاريخ العائلي، ويمكن متابعتها على StreamYard و YouTube.

This week: Peter Beinart & Andy Levin; Canvas with Jews for Abdul; end public funding of MIBA

Mon. & Tues., Oct. 19-20Acclaimed author/journalist PETER BEINART & former Congressman ANDY LEVIN: ANTI-SEMITISM, ISLAMOPHOBIA & THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY Peter Beinart (and Andy Levin on late Tuesday afternoon and evening events) will explore the intersection of law, humanity, morality, racism and bigotry and how this knowledge can be used to oppose the rise of ...

“WHY I AM AGAINST ALL TAXES” … Public Wealth Economics by Wissam Charafeddine

By Wissam Charafeddine | An Economic Vision for a Post-Tax Society Introduction: Why Must the Government Be Poor When Its People Are Productive? For centuries, governments have operated under an assumption so deeply embedded in political and economic thinking that few people seriously question it: to finance public services, the government must take a portion ...

HAPPENING NOW 2p HST … MONDAY 12 october 2026 – OTHER national GPUS candidates – 2026 Midterm Candidate Forum

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/pUIrd74MSYaTbTL8puc7Yg#/registration 2:00pm HST MONDAY 12 OCTOBER 2026

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Drop Jill’s charges for opposing genocide! Sign/share the petition!

OPPOSING GENOCIDE'S NOT A CRIME! DROP THE CHARGES AGAINST JILL STEIN! Photo by Eric Lee, St. Louis Public Radio Dear friend, The genocide in Palestine rages on at the center of this turbulent, historic moment - as you know. In 2024, with your help, our presidential campaign elevated the demand to end the genocide and ...

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Culture and Arts : The Cinema That Sheltered Beirut Now Hosts Its Festival

In September 1945, a cinema opened on Sourati Street in Beirut's Hamra district. Le Colisée was part of a new seven-storey block, one of the oldest picture houses in the city, and for decades it was where Beirut went to the movies: Arab, Indian and French films, red-carpet openings, a full house in the golden ...

Why I Am Running for the Michigan State Board of Education

By Wissam Charafeddinecharafeddine2026.com I have decided to run for the Michigan State Board of Education because I believe public education is one of the most important moral, economic, cultural, and democratic responsibilities we share. Education is not just about test scores. It is about whether a child in Dearborn, Detroit, Hamtramck, Livonia, Grand Rapids, Flint, ...

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Cinema Nights at AANM – Who Killed Alex Odeh?

Greetings friends, I hope this finds you doing well. The Arab American National Museum (AANM) is pleased to kick off the second half of Cinema Nights at the Museum, with the award-winning murder mystery documentary, Who Killed Alex Odeh? Who Killed Alex Odeh? reopens the mystery behind the 1985 killing of beloved Palestinian activist, teacher ...

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” بعبدات بين المقيمين والمهاجرين”

يسرنا دعوتكم لحضور ندوة هذا الشهر ضمن سلسلة ندوات توثيق الماضي لأجيال المستقبل التي تنظمها فاميلي سيرتش ويشارك فيها شهريًا عدد من المؤرخين والأمناء على الوثائق والباحثين في مجال حفظ التاريخ العائلي والإرث الثقافي. " بعبدات بين المقيمين والمهاجرين" تسلّط هذه الندوة الضوء على تاريخ الهجرة البعبداتية وبلدان الهجرة والإنتشار واللقاءات مع ابناء المتحدرين من ...