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Asil Aldarawsheh: A Nurse Motivated By Trauma To Fight Back

Asil Aldarawsheh: A Nurse Motivated By Trauma To Fight Back

DeMario Phipps-Smith
Sports Edition, You Should Know, sports, Print Issue, Palestine in America

We caught up with Aldarawsheh immediately following her first kickboxing fight in front of a packed audience at Joe’s Live in Rosemont, Illinois, and we chatted again a few days later at the Oak Lawn gym. Though she was recovering from a tough loss, Aldarawsheh was hopeful that she’d be in the Octagon again and looked to continue her training.

Remember the Name: Belal Muhammad, UFC Fighter

Remember the Name: Belal Muhammad, UFC Fighter

Nader Ihmoud
Palestine in America, sports, Q&A, You Should Know

Muhammad earned his call to UFC by dominating in the smaller fighting circuits. He was 9-0 before he was notified about his opportunity at a more professional level, but he was not surprised. He fought five fights at Hoosier Fight Club in Indiana, two for Bellator MMA — a California-based MMA promotion — and three for Titan FC, a Florida-based MMA promotion. The Palestinian fighter expected the call from the UFC after he defeated former UFC fighter Steven Carl by TKO to win the Titan FC welterweight championship in 2016.

Former ‘Project Runway’ star Rami Kashoú on his new ready-to-wear collection, Palestinian embroidery and being a design wunderkind at age 7

Former ‘Project Runway’ star Rami Kashoú on his new ready-to-wear collection, Palestinian embroidery and being a design wunderkind at age 7

Heather Schrӧering
Palestine in America, Art, culture, Print Issue, You Should Know

Since his 2007 appearance on season four of “Project Runway”, a reality show for fashion designers, Rami Kashoú has styled Penelope Cruz, Jessica Alba, Kim Kardashian and countless other women in evening wear with his signature elegant drapery. His Spring/Summer 2020 ready-to-wear designs are a change of pace from his custom red carpet looks but no less constructed, bold and expressive.

Intelligentsia In Dissent: Palestine, Settler-Colonialism and Academic Unfreedom in the Work of Steven Salaita

Intelligentsia In Dissent: Palestine, Settler-Colonialism and Academic Unfreedom in the Work of Steven Salaita

Omar Zahzah
Palestine in America, You Should Know, Education

The author invites readers to bask in Steven Salaita’s innovative bridging of Palestinian and Indigenous/Native American Studies frameworks. When conducted ethically, and in a genuinely reciprocal fashion, Salaita shows us, comparison is not an empty intellectual exercise, but a veritable plotting of points towards comprehensive, collective liberation. 

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