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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a term that was coined in 1980 by the American Psychiatric Association in their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders III.  Recognition of the disorder came about following the Vietnam war, wh...

An Epidemic Without a Name

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a term that was coined in 1980 by the American Psychiatric Association in their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders III.  Recognition of the disorder came about following the Vietnam war, wh...

In October 2018, Saudi Arabian operatives killed a Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, at the country’s consulate in Istanbul. Khashoggi was a prominent critic of the Saudi regime, but his murder still shocked the greater international community. Th...

An Asymmetric Affair

In October 2018, Saudi Arabian operatives killed a Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, at the country’s consulate in Istanbul. Khashoggi was a prominent critic of the Saudi regime, but his murder still shocked the greater international community. Th...

After the Islamic Revolution of Iran in 1979, loyal supporters of Ruhollah Khomeini believed that he would advance the nation, uphold the “true” religious standards of Islam, and successfully transform the country into a democracy. While the publ...

An Inevitable Regime Change

After the Islamic Revolution of Iran in 1979, loyal supporters of Ruhollah Khomeini believed that he would advance the nation, uphold the “true” religious standards of Islam, and successfully transform the country into a democracy. While the publ...

Worldwide, climate change disproportionately affects the Muslim world, with recent increases in heat waves, floods, droughts, and extreme weather events. In addition to the added benefits of saving money on water and power bills, Muslims have a varie...

How Muslims are Changing the Face of Renewable Energy

Worldwide, climate change disproportionately affects the Muslim world, with recent increases in heat waves, floods, droughts, and extreme weather events. In addition to the added benefits of saving money on water and power bills, Muslims have a varie...

Though now one of the most arid regions in the world, the Middle East was once home to a lush environment. Sadly, the scattering of forests and natural vegetation that formerly defined the landscape have all but disappeared as a direct result of defo...

Taking Root

Though now one of the most arid regions in the world, the Middle East was once home to a lush environment. Sadly, the scattering of forests and natural vegetation that formerly defined the landscape have all but disappeared as a direct result of defo...

The 2014 annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the largest Zionist political lobby in the US, much like its predecessor conferences, did not address the seven decades of unchallenged human rights abuses per...

The Marriage Between Law and Activism in Palestine

The 2014 annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the largest Zionist political lobby in the US, much like its predecessor conferences, did not address the seven decades of unchallenged human rights abuses per...

While the Arab Spring saw revolutions across the Middle East, there is one revolution that has been suppressed on the ground, in the media, and by the US government: the Bahraini revolution. Bahrain has a population of only 1,425,171 and is ruled by ...

Bahrain’s Silenced Revolution

While the Arab Spring saw revolutions across the Middle East, there is one revolution that has been suppressed on the ground, in the media, and by the US government: the Bahraini revolution. Bahrain has a population of only 1,425,171 and is ruled by ...

The Syrian civil war that began more than seven years ago has resulted in the deaths of countless innocents: estimates range from a few hundred thousand to well over half a million lives lost. Many civilians have fled to neighboring countries and to ...

The Syrian Civil War: America’s Cynical Role

The Syrian civil war that began more than seven years ago has resulted in the deaths of countless innocents: estimates range from a few hundred thousand to well over half a million lives lost. Many civilians have fled to neighboring countries and to ...

My grandfather Fayez Hamdan Fayad will never forget the year 1948. A Palestinian refugee, he will always remember the time he was forced to flee his home. “I remember the day we [the Palestinians] were forced out of our homeland by the Zionist regi...

Discrimination of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

My grandfather Fayez Hamdan Fayad will never forget the year 1948. A Palestinian refugee, he will always remember the time he was forced to flee his home. “I remember the day we [the Palestinians] were forced out of our homeland by the Zionist regi...