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‘Emphasizing common humanity in education key to curbing extremism’
The attacks on mosques in New Zealand once again remind that the world is confronted with a gigantic issue and needs a solution that can come from an education that emphasizes common good of all, a...Mar 19, 2019 1195 0 -
Ilhan Omar lambasts Obama for ‘caging kids’ and ‘droning countries’
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar ripped former president Barack Obama for his policies including caging of kids at the U.S.-Mexico border and droning several countries around the globe. In a rare indictment of Obama by a Democratic leader,...Mar 8, 2019 939 0 -
A Journey into Europe that reminds of enlightenment amid challenges
Professor Akbar S. Ahmed’s Journey into Europe is a multi-levelled endeavor. It is a journey into the soul of Europe undergoing its latest upheaval in which the values underpinning pluralistic democracy have been put into question;...Mar 6, 2019 1443 0 -
Virginia’s Asian Americans greet Lunar New Year with art and joy
Northern Virginia is a bustling place for immigrant entrepreneurs, who contribute vitally to the state’s economy with their small businesses. For the large Asian American communities spread over Washington metro area, the time of filing taxes...Feb 15, 2019 2858 0 -
America’s new generation to be most diverse, best-educated
Image: A teacher teaching young students in elementary school, Credit: Woodleywonderworks via Wikimedia Commons The young Americans – born after 1996 – may still not have been branded with a consensual name as a generation but...Jan 19, 2019 1514 0 -
Post Office in Virginia named after fallen Pakistani-American army hero Khan
Khizr Khan and Ghazala Khan, parents of fallen Army Captain Humayun Khan A post office in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been named after fallen Army Captain Humayun Khan – son of Pakistani-American couple Khizr Khan and Ghazala...Dec 25, 2018 11352 0 -
New study illustrates the importance of U.S.-Immigrant Nobel connection
George Mason University Life from Fairfax, Virginia /Wikimedia Commons As a resounding answer to the anti-immigrant rhetoric in 2016, the United States got the news that six of the seven American Nobel Prize winners that year...Dec 17, 2018 1163 0 -
‘Let’s put out the fire and build bridges’
Image: Author Akbar signing German Ambassador Emily Haber’s copy of Journey into Europe Just before Thanksgiving, Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, the former High Commissioner from Pakistan to the UK and Ireland and the Ibn Khaldun Chair of...Nov 30, 2018 2002 0 -
Undocumented immigrant population from Mexico declining; steady from other nations – Pew Research
United States-Mexico Border/Wikimedia Amid raging controversy over immigration, a new report says the number of undocumented immigrants living in the United States fell to a 12-year low in 2016, possibly due to economic recession. The population...Nov 28, 2018 733 0 -
American Muslims find political voice as U.S. electorate embraces diversity, inclusion
American Muslims are just one percent of the U.S. population, but they make up 10 percent of the medical practitioners. One of the greatest medical minds in recent history was late Dr. Ayub Ommaya, an illustrious...Nov 14, 2018 888 0
