A 34-year-old Jordanian American man, Mohammad Faiq Al-Hashaisheh, known as “Abu Fares,” was shot and killed inside his tobacco shop in Chicago a week ago, after reportedly refusing to sell cigarettes to a 17-year-old customer who would not provide identification. According to reports cited by Gulf…

Today, I was stunned by a shocking video reportedly showing an Israeli soldier displaying Palestinian children who were cuffed and blindfolded, accompanied by the caption: “For sale: 2 for 100, 3 for 75 shekels.”The video was reported by Al-Quds Al-Arabi in June 2026, which described the children…

October 4 has a special meaning to me. On this day, 49 years ago, I came to America.What I enjoy most about living here is the freedom of speech. I have been writing about Palestine and Islam for more than 40 years. Because I disagree with some aspects of our government's foreign policy, I have…

Iqbal El-Assaad is a Palestinian refugee from Lebanon whose extraordinary academic journey took her from the Bekaa Valley to becoming a physician specializing in pediatric electrophysiology in the United States.Her story is remarkable not simply because of how young she was when she entered medical…