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… transformation dress for Elsa’s “Let It Go” number, the “drama mamas” that helped along the way, the backstage crew, composed of Arab and Muslim students — that make the show. “Casting should be…

…, independent, fashion forward woman — an idea which consequently inflicts harm on society, because we can’t all be a cosmo girl. Meet Amani Badran, a trailblazer for Arab and Muslim women…

…. and the Importance of Representation HIBA DAGHER MiC Columnist In Reel Bad Arabs, Jack Shaheen explored the portrayals of Arab and Muslim characters in film. After analyzing a thousand…

… different films from 1896 to 2000, he found that 12 films had positive depictions of Arabs and Muslims, 52 neutral, and 936 negative. And representations of Arabs and Muslims haven’t gotten better…

… Arabs and Arab Americans outside of the Middle East, the Dearborn Youth Theater program, is trying to change all of that. Director Rashid Beydoun, musical director Vanessa El-Zein and assistant…

… director Lisa Cronin work to encourage and include students of all backgrounds in their productions. In January, I attended the Dearborn Youth Theater’s production of Frozen Jr. Sitting there, in…

… Asian American Organizations, La Casa, Arab Student Association and Students Allied for Freedom and Education. Though the University did not satisfy the group’s original demands, in their…

… and make recommendations about policing. The task force will have representation from both the GEO and Students of Color Liberation Front, which is a coalition of the Black Student Union, United…

… because of the relationship between policing and student health. At a press conference on Wednesday, GEO Vice President Erin Markiewitz spoke to this sentiment. “Policing, even when it…

… I think addressed feelings that Black and Brown students had of not feeling safe with armed police officers around campus,” White said. “Safety doesn’t look the same for all people, and we…

… modifications of the program by the University. Some students questioned whether GEO’s initial anti- policing demands were pragmatic. Engineering senior Yilin Yang said while he supported the group…

… with police would worsen the spread of COVID- 19 by weakening the Michigan Ambassadors’ power to keep student gatherings in check. “It seemed to me like these demands would have the effect of…

… and Brown students — who are the ones hurt by these problems existing in the first place — but also is used to wrap up progress in bureaucratic hurdles,” Soberano said. “But I think the fact that…

… they even allowed us a seat at the table is a big step. And we had to listen to especially the Black students in our community who were telling us, ‘look, we’re afraid of what the University will…

… Fall 2020 semester by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily’s office for $2. If you would like a…

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…Wednesday, September 23, 2020 — 7 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan In Color Twitter has always been my social media drug of choice. My timeline — essentially Arab twit- ter, Muslim…

… Michigan’s School of Public Health. “It spreads through the air. So if you have students who are drinking, laughing, and sing- ing, plus they’re drunk so their inhibitions are down, that’s a virus…

… being over- whelmingly impacted by COVID- 19 extremely relevant. The demographics of the gatherings in question are mainly young, middle to upper-class white uni- versity students. This population…

… disconnected from the impact to care. With the societally-pro- moted desire to care only about oneself, this leaves many of these students without a visible reason to care. Since this is a problem that lies…