What Palestine Taught Me About Steadfastness— and What Americans Must Learn

By Robyn McBurney Prior to a settler tour, streets are cleared by Israeli Occupation Forces. Photo Courtesy of Robyn McBurney.   I crossed the border into Palestine thinking I was prepared. I had read the history. I had studied the language. I have a degree in Middle Eastern and North African Studies, focused largely on the … Continue reading What Palestine Taught Me About Steadfastness— and What Americans Must Learn

Injustice in Gaza: a Muslim Perspective

I have witnessed enough children without heads or brains due to explosions, or crushed or buried by  rubble than I can bear to stomach, I see my own children's faces in these children. Now the war and destruction has expanded to Lebanon with a fragile ceasefire looming, following the same blueprint as  Gaza breaking all the rules of warfare with little concern for innocent civilians.