I Wish I Could Speak Like This Journalist by B Nimri Aziz 06/09/2025
I refer to Caitlin Johnstone and her Notes from the Edge of the Narrative. It’s worth putting aside a forthcoming commentary to direct you to one of the most clear-headed English writers in the world today: Caitlin Johnstone. (Commentators frequently quote one another or hyperlink to each other’s work, but we don’t often devote a ...
Change Begins with YOU
Power is with the people ...
Introducing a Journey Through the Foundations of Universal Human Values: Article 1: Freedom
Written and shared with Musings readers by Livonia resident and author Wissam CharafeddineAs an Arab American activist, author, and educator dedicated to the values of human dignity, justice, and enlightenment, I have long been fascinated by the evolution of human rights across civilizations. Our modern understanding of freedom, equality, and human dignity did not arise ...
TODAY: Fast for Gaza Vigil at 4pm; upcoming events & actions
Silent Vigil with FastersWednesday, June 4 • 4-5:30 pmWear Black • Bring an empty pot or bowl Signs & Banner provided Meet at Rep. Thanedar’s office, 400 Monroe, downtown Detroit Walk to Sen. Slotkin’s office, 719 Griswold, Detroit Demand our elected officials support an end to U.S. complicity in Genocide, humanitarian aid under U.N. authority ...
ACCESS May 2025 Update
Dear friends, I hope you have been enjoying this Spring season of renewal despite these unsettling times. Please allow me to share some updates from the month of May with you. May is recognized nationally as Mental Health Awareness Month and our Community Health & Research Center participated in numerous activities, which included presentations at ...
Fresh, local, and full of flavor — Vara Juice expands its menu with seven brand-new, unforgettable Turkish Milk Cake creations
June 1, 2025 — Vara Juice, known for its fresh, locally sourced ingredients and bold Middle Eastern-inspired flavors, is shaking up the smoothie scene once again. Starting June 1, 2025, all Vara Juice locations will introduce a new product line featuring seven different Turkish Milk Cake desserts. The Turkish Milk Cake line includes: ● Dubai ...
Over 600 days of GENOCIDE: Action Is Our Only Option
Urgent Updates On The Genocide In Gaza You Are Invited Dear Wissam Please join this important webinar on the Genocide in Gaza Sunday June, 1st at 12 PM EST Register to attend here. https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aUUzycRDSwaem750Nc6iFg Over 600 Days into the Genocide in Gaza – Action is Our Only Option To End The Genocide In Palestine. The ...
9 French Films Premiering at Cannes 2025
Source: https://frenchly.us/french-films-premiering-at-cannes-2025/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=What+You+Missed+at+Cannes+2025&utm_medium=email The Cannes Film Festival, the premium showcase for world cinema in general and for French cinema in particular, is just wrapping up on La Croisette. Here is a rundown of nine French films that premiered in various programs at this year’s festival. The Great Arch (L’Inconnu de la Grande Arche) The Great Arch ...
The Border and the Bars: A True American Nightmare
A dynamic Arab American Activist, Author, Entrepreneur, Educator, and Engineer. With a Master’s in Software Engineering, bridges the worlds of technology, education, and community leadership. A founder of numerous nonprofit initiatives and a dedicated scholar of Islamic Studies, Arab identity, and history, Wissam brings deep insight and bold ideas to every space he enters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zy7qu15xVc ...
Ravens Day 2025 Showed Up and Showed Out
Ravens Day 2025 Showed Up and Showed Out💚🤍💚🤍 Ravens Day at Riverside Middle School was everything it needed to be—fun, loud, full of smiles, and powered by community. Hosted by the Amity Jr. Club, this year’s event brought families together for face painting, photo booths, cheering, and nonstop energy. Thank you to advisors Mrs. Rita ...
From Stigma to Strength: Navigating Divorced Identity as Arab American Muslim Woman and Political Arena – Micho Assi
As a divorced, single mother and immigrant, I'll share my personal journey of navigating the challenges of feeling 'not enough' in multiple roles - not enough American in some spaces , not enough as a woman in other spaces , not enough as a divorced parent. Yet, through pain and struggle, I've transformed these feelings ...
It’s Wrong, Wrong, Wrong May 28, B Nimri Aziz
It’s Wrong, Wrong, Wrong. So Reprehensible, So Urgent, It Needs Repeating. by B Nimri Aziz. by BN Aziz 05/28/25 “Starving children”, if you didn’t deduce the urgent it. (No illustrations necessary.) Starving Palestinians – of all ages. Not really new, but the report of their growing numbers might push the barest fact into a day’s ...
New Updates: Executive Orders and the Impact to our Communities
We are writing this weekly email to summarize several key developments that are impacting our communities. Our team continues to monitor and provide regular updates on a range of federal policy changes on our website. This was a busy week that was dominated by the House passage of the budget reconciliation bill and courts weighing ...
Manifesto of Elias Rodriguez
Manifesto of Elias Rodriguez, who killed two employees of the Israeli Embassy. If you think this will upset you, please do not read it. ========================ExplicationMay 20, 2025Halintar is a word that means something like thunder or lightning. In the wake of an act people look for a text to fix its meaning, so here's an ...
PRO PALESTINE EVENTS COMING UP
JVP envisions a world where all people — from the U.S. to Palestine — live in freedom, justice, equality, and dignity. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ...
Reminder: Arab Film Festival May 7-11!!; Passes & Individual Tickets Available!
Greetings friends, This is your friendly reminder that the Arab American National Museum's (AANM) 20th Arab Film Festival is happening this week; May 7-11!! Individual tickets for each screening + passes are available throughout the festival. While many of our screenings will take place at AANM, we are excited to bring screenings to Detroit, Flint ...
The Green Party Declares a Global Environmental and Peace Emergency!
The Green Party Declares a Global Environmental and Peace Emergency! Read by Patricia C. Vener (The Declaration was adopted by the Green Party of the United States National Committee by a majority vote of 38 States/Caucuses. It was introduced by the Green Party Peace Action Committee (GPAX) and endorsed by five state parties, the Green ...
Mark Your Calendars: Crestwood’s Second Annual District Art Show – May 6, 2025!
🎨 Second Annual Crestwood District Art Show 🎨 Last year’s Art Show was an incredible success — a true celebration of creativity, featuring amazing artwork from our talented K-12 students and families coming together to support their artists! You can check out images from last year’s event to see just how special it was. Don’t ...
Arab Family History Day Saturday 4/26
You don't want to miss this. National Society for Arab & Arab American Genealogy Presents Our 2nd Annual Arab Family History Day This Saturday Register Here April 26 8:00 AM PST 11:00 AM EST SPEAKERS Dr. Mahasin Saleh, Ph.D., MSW, FHEA, Associate Professor at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, is ...
Gaza Walks by B Nimri Aziz
“Walking, Waiting, Wondering, Walking Again – On Orders” April 21, 2025 by B Nimri Aziz “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk”is thetitle of a soon-to-be-released film featuring photojournalist Fatima Hassouna, the most recent of more than 208 assassinated Gazan journalists. With no prior knowledge of this film’s content, I knew it must emanate ...
When the Lesser Evil Becomes the Greatest Betrayal: Why I Cannot Vote for a “Less Bloody” Killer— By Wissam Charafeddine
“If someone must be killed, let it be the one whose death causes the least harm.”This is how the logic of the “lesser evil” simplifies moral dilemmas in times of crisis.But what if all options are evil?What if this logic becomes a tool to normalize genocide and political corruption? One of the most famous philosophical ...
عندما يصبح الشرّ الأصغر أكبر خيانة: لماذا لا يمكنني التصويت لقاتل “أقل دموية” ـ بقلم وسام شرف الدين
إذا كان لا بد من قتل أحد، فليكن القتل الأقل ضررًا، هكذا يختصر منطق "الشر الأقل" أزمة الخيارات الأخلاقية في زمن الأزمات. لكن ماذا لو كانت كل الخيارات شريرة؟ وماذا لو أصبح استخدام هذا المنطق أداة لتطبيع الإبادة الجماعية والفساد السياسي؟ من أشهر الأمثلة الفلسفية على المعضلات الأخلاقية ما يُعرف بـ"مأزق القطار" : قطار منفلت ...
Run for City Council: An Invitation from Dearborn Greens
Dear community leaders, changemakers, and advocates for justice, The Dearborn Greens are calling on bold, principled individuals like you to step forward and run for City Council in Dearborn and Dearborn Heights. At a time when many political parties have failed to represent our values, the Green Party remains unwavering in its commitment to peace, ...
New Inductee to Dearborn Blog Hall of Hero’s: Ibtihal Aboussad
We are proud to announce the latest addition to the Dearborn Blog Hall of Heroes—Ibtihal Aboussad. This recognition comes in light of her brave and powerful actions during a recent protest at Microsoft’s 50th anniversary celebration, where she made headlines for her passionate stand against the company’s involvement in military contracts with Israel.A Heroic Protest ...
Free Films About Palestine: Share the Stories with the World
Salam friends In light of the current events in Palestine, a large number of filmmakers have made their films about Palestine available online for free. In this post, we share with you links to films you can view and share to get our message out to the world: A collection of documentaries published by Al ...
PROTESTS TODAY and beyond for Palestine, Peace & Justice
Lands Day for Palestine Collections to support SW Detroiters 📍 Location: 5 Woodward Ave ⏰ Time: 1 pm (drop off donations—see below for request) 1:30 pm (protest begins) Since 1976, Land Day has been commemorated by Palestinians in Palestine and the diaspora to sustain the struggle for the right to remain and return to historic ...
The Dark Ages of America
There is a reason why many of us are lamenting our current state. Whether it is the war on Gaza, WB, and Lebanon, or the current ugly "State of the State." I came across this PBS documentary about Thomas Jefferson. I AM NOT sending this for any reason, except to compare and contrast where we ...
What’s An Oscar Worth? By B. Nimri Aziz
What’s An Oscar Worth? By B. Nimri Aziz It was costly for British actor Vanessa Redgrave beginning in the 1970s, forever pilloried for her crime of speaking out on an unspeakable subject. She refused to back down, calling her adversaries ‘Zionist hooligans’. Resolute in the face of a tenacious enmity, she retorted “I had to ...
Arab and Muslim American Green Party Caucus Condemns the Arrest of Dr. Jill Stein and Demands All Charges Be Dropped
https://www.instagram.com/p/DHdxHQhuHc7/?img_index=1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 20, 2025 Arab and Muslim American Green Party Caucus Condemns the Arrest of Dr. Jill Stein and Demands All Charges Be Dropped The Arab and Muslim American Green Party Caucus unequivocally condemns the unjust arrest and politically motivated charges against Green Party Presidential Candidate, Dr. Jill Stein. We demand the immediate ...
Protest TODAY at WSU, Book Tour w/Rami Khouri, Upcoming Events,
Rally for Mahmoud Kahlil today at 2:30pm! TODAY, we are rallying against the detention and attempted deportation of Mahmoud Khalil at Wayne State University, Keast Commons! Join SDS, SJP, and many others this today, Wednesday 3/19 at 2:30 to protest the illegal detention and attempted deportation of Mahmoud Khalil. The student movement won’t tolerate attacks ...
March 15 film – 36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime + director talkback + Iftar
Greetings and Ramadan Kareem, The Arab American National Museum (AANM) and Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) invite you to our next Cinema Nights at the Museum, which will take place Saturday, March 15, 2025. We are pleased to screen the powerful, sobering documentary, “36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime” directed by Tarek ...
Arab & Muslim American Green Party Caucus launches
Arab & Muslim American Green Party Caucus launches Join the movement:Linktr.ee/dearborngreens In Arabic: https://youtu.be/vhvoQ9VQmQI?si=qOQnQw4Nd32u_OcC In English: https://youtu.be/IjVX0v129cY?si=UjOriafmKb-Lt2ik
الصالون الثقافي في ليفونيا يقدم: الهوية العربية في راهنها المتأزّم مع الدكتور وجيه قانصو
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5OfLs3CPXA Join & Follow Livonia Salon https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/ep-e2up9k1
Dearborn Greens Post Election Gathering
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUKm2fFhiEg https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/Dearborn-Greens-Post-Election-Gathering-e2uoa88
تاريخ الصراع العربي الإسرائيلي ٢٨: العرب الأميركيون و الإبادة الجماعية الصهيونية في فلسطين ولبنان؟
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfOQK7vVKBA https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/ep-e2uo9ol
No Votes For Genocide Rally
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o11E_lURxhU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah9APwjmyfY https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/Dearborn-Blog-Films-Present-Dearborn-Voting-Jill-Stein-2024-e2uo81o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwP4jd03ipo https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/No-Votes-For-Genocide-Rally-Part-1-e2uo8db https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/No-Votes-For-Genocide-Rally-Part-2-e2uo8lg
Hands Off the Middle east Rally August 5, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqqg6WRuR8Q https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/Hands-Off-the-Middle-east-Rally-August-5--2024-e2uo7mf
الصراع العربي الإسرائيلي حلقة 26: الصراع العربي الإسرائيلي، إلى أين؟
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7epZ-rGRQdM https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/23-e2lr6ta https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/26-e2uo7h6
Gaza Relief Dinner – Doctors Against Genocide – Dearborn May 18 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BczaSTsvfks https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/Gaza-Relief-Dinner---Doctors-Against-Genocide---Dearborn-May-18-2024-e2uo776
ILAN PAPPE IN DEARBORN: Gaza in Context: Past, Present, and Future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gikX6i_OuLU https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/ILAN-PAPPE-IN-DEARBORN-Gaza-in-Context-Past--Present--and-Future-e2uo6u8
AlNadwa Freethinking Society Presents: Liberation is Our Word
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebjUWZpaD04 https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dearbornblog/episodes/AlNadwa-Freethinking-Society-Presents-Liberation-is-Our-Word-e2uo6od
A Fly on the Wall of the Oval Office 02.4.25 by B Nimri Aziz
Appropriately benevolent-looking, Netanyahu didn’t need to utter a word. He watched passively but attentively while the dauntless U.S. president announced plans for Gaza at their February 4th press conference. Only a fly on the wall was privy to their private exchange beforehand. The Bibi: “I’ve often been received in this room; today will surely surpass ...
Watch This Banned Documentary In Israel for Free
! Watch The Bibi Files for FREE between January 30 - February 10, 2025 Courtesy of J Street! Dear Nabil, Thank you for registering for the exclusive Q&A event of The Bibi Files with filmmaker Alexis Bloom, presented by J Street! We recommend watching the movie before the Q&A. You'll get a chance to watch ...
A Federal Worker Speaks Out: The Reality Behind Public Service
Dr. Stockton wrote: One of my memorable students wrote these thoughts about being a federal worker. She gave me permission to share it. My Perspective as a Federal Worker Over the last two weeks, nearly every day, the two million of us in the federal government have received email after email from the Administration degrading ...
Tell TikTok: Don’t Sell Out!
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Support Palestine & Justice this week, MLK DAY events
TODAY @ NOON Detroit Police Union Bldg 1938 E. Jefferson, Detroit Saturday, Jan. 18 • 12-2 pm Black Lives Matter Detroit, Michigan Coalition for Human Rights, and General Strike U.S. (Detroit/Downriver) Chapter invite you to protest at the Detroit Police Union Building (1938 East Jefferson St, Detroit to bring attention to the bloated Detroit Police ...
Arab America Foundation Responds to DOJ Settlement with DoubleTree Hilton Orlando at Seaworld
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington DC, January 17, 2025–The Arab America Foundation (AAF) welcomes the Justice Department’s announcement yesterday regarding its investigation and subsequent settlement with AWH Orlando Property LLC, the owner of the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Orlando at SeaWorld. The settlement follows allegations of discriminatory practices that led to the last-minute cancellation of the ...
Nomination of Kassem Istanbouli for the Position of Lebanese Minister of Culture
Nomination of Kassem Istanbouli for the Position of Lebanese Minister of Culture A group of intellectuals and activists has launched a call to nominate the founder of the Lebanese National Theater, actor and director Kassem Istanbouli, for the position of Minister of Culture in Lebanon’s upcoming government. Istanbouli is currently working on rehabilitating the historic ...
Bulldozers and Bombs Jan 14/25 by B Nimri Aziz
Bulldozers and Bombs Jan 14/25 by B Nimri Aziz Bulldozers, those agile, yellow caterpillar-track hoes, we watch transforming towns, farms, deserts and suburbs worldwide. But how many of us have seen an Israeli bulldozer at work? Many Palestinians for certain, as they rush this way and that to grab furnishings, documents and clothes from their ...
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