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As Americans celebrate Independence Day, Muslim Americans, especially those of Palestinian descent, experience a complex array of emotions — rejoicing in values cherished on this day and also grappling with …
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Senator Lindsey Graham slams Palestinians as ‘radicalised’ in social post
by Khelilby KhelilUS lawmakers have leaned into anti-Palestinian rhetoric as Israel’s war in Gaza continues and the death toll rises. Al Jazeera
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Inside the congressional effort to provide Palestinians with Refugee Status
by Khelilby KhelilU.S. Correspondent Michael Arria speaks to Mohammed Khader from the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights about the push in Congress to resettle Palestinian refugees in the U.S. Mondoweiss
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‘We will not vanish’. How a Palestinian American pastor defies stereotype
by Khelilby KhelilDressed in a grey blazer and a high-collar preacher’s shirt, Pastor Khalilia opens the wrought-iron gate to his red-brick church. He holds prayer beads in one hand. Al Jazeera
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Paintings unraveling personal and collective Arab histories
by Khelilby KhelilIt was in 2011, during the Arab uprisings, that Massoud Hayoun first started thinking about “what ‘Arabness’ was all about.” Born in LA, and raised by North African Jewish grandparents, …