Born in Jordan, Bader Qarmout, 43, is new to politics. He so readily admits his novice political pedagogy. Interestingly, the two Republican candidates who are hoping to unseat entrenched Democratic Senator
Palestine’s Nakba, 64 years in the making
By: Dr. Aref Assaf
Note: I wrote this piece in 2011 marking the 63rd anniversary of the Palestinian “Nakba” or expulsion from their homeland. While little has changed to erase the memory of what was lost, much
A Fatwa Revisited: Should Arabs Visit Occupied Jerusalem?
Forsaking Liberty: The Legal Lynching of American Muslims
By: Dr. Aref Assaf
What Muslim rights? With the blessing of Mr. John Brennan, President Obama’s top counterterrorism advisor, the NYPD has finally been vindicated for spying on American Muslims. If the NJ Attorney General follows suit
Arab American festival in Paterson promotes heritage, combats stereotypes
Polls and American Muslim rights
By: Dr. Aref Assaf
Since when are polls the yardstick by which we judge the legality or even the morality of core civil rights? Since when have polls become the yardstick by which laws have been enacted
Gov. Chris Christie should not have skipped Palestine on Israel trip
By: Dr. Aref Assaf
On March 29, just before Gov. Chris Christie’s trip to Israel, I tweeted him an invitation to visit my mother in the Palestinian refugee camp, Kalandia, which lies at the now-infamous checkpoint that
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