Search Results

… States have a duty to save the Arab World from itself. Fueling the political agenda, numerous politicians have honed in on efforts to “bring peace” to the Middle East, with the latest attempt…

… politics is not lost on Arabs like myself and each take is more nauseat- ing than the next. Whether reflecting on 2011 during the Arab uprisings or focusing on current politics surrounding each nation…

… savior complex on steroids, and unfortunately this mindset and its detrimen- tal effects have wreaked havoc in the region while affecting the mainstream American per- ception of the Arab World and…

… like UAE, Qatar and Saudi Ara- bia — has in no way suffered similarly to other countries in the Arab world, as they, along- side the West, continue to exploit the rest of the Middle East for monetary…

…-backed corrupt gov- ernments. Another affronting assumption is that the Arab general public agrees with the governments of their coun- tries, an idea that is blatantly false. The Middle East does not have a…

… it does, it only discusses its failures. Rarely discussed when analyzing the roots of a troubled Middle East are the flawed borders in the Arab world created by a drunk Churchill and his allies…

… framing. As a student studying political science, I have heard awfully misguided opinions on the Middle East — opinions that lack a true understanding of the region. For instance, I have heard…

… terrorist state and Israel is the only “democracy in the Middle East,” purposefully excluding Israeli Occupation of Palestinian lands. Every single issue that relates to the Arab world gets its one…

… believe Zionism is a threat to Arab sovereignty and the Palestinian people, will they assume I state that solely because I am Arab or because I have come to this reasoning through solid evidence…

…? Every- one but fellow Arabs and I are able to speak without seeming as though we are predisposed. It is impossible to truly sepa- rate myself from my identity, nor do I want my identity as an Arab…

… and CSG’s collective commitment towards ensuring this campus is inclusive for our Palestinian, Arab and Muslim students,” Gerstein said. “We look forward to getting to work in the last four weeks…

…GEO President Emily Gauld, a Rackham student, spoke to The Daily before the grade-in and described GEO’s disappointment with the University’s rejection of proposals for promoting equitable and…

… a contract agreement addressing pay caps on mental health services, formation of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Graduate Student Student Assistant positions and greater protections for…

… international graduate students. This contract was the result of 27 bargaining sessions, multiple sit-ins and threats of a walk-out. Gauld said the purpose of the grade-in was both a response to HR…

…’s proposal rejections and its impact on the future of graduate student workers. “We see it really as an opportunity to make the labor that graduate students do visible,” Gauld said. “We’ve been asked…

… sure that it’s clear what exactly that labor is, how much we put into this University, and that our asks do not outweigh the work that we do.” Rackham student Sumeet Patwardhan, co-chair of the…

… GEO Bargaining Committee, attended the grade-in and spoke to The Daily about how GEO’s purpose and values impacted him. “When I first became a graduate student here, I didn’t even know what a…

… graduate student worker all by myself but that there is this union that would be collectively fighting for us.” The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, February 21, 2020 — 3 REGENTS From…

… Page 1 CLUB From Page 1 GRADE-IN From Page 1 ASL From Page 1 Read more at MichiganDaily.com “Due to this increase, fewer than 12 students from the waitlist (who have not studied ASL previously…

…) are able to begin the ASL sequence each year with the first-semester language course.” The ASL program was established in 1999 in response to a student-led initiative to bring ASL courses…

… entire life, I am not entirely fluent in Arabic. There has always been a twinge of shame underlying that fact, breeding a strange sense of inadequacy in me. No matter how much I’d like for…

… pronunciation of Arabic words, distinctly marking me as an imposter when communicating with my friends who spoke the language with ease. They watched as I struggled with the complex inflections that the…