Decades of spying and repression: the anti-Palestinian origins of American Islamophobia
I wrote this feature for The Guardian on how it is often assumed that Islamophobia is the driving force behind US anti-Palestinian …
Republican congressmen are now talking about throwing migrants from helicopters
Anti-migrant rhetoric has reached the point of a congressman citing a far-right meme about Augusto Pinochet’s death-flights, I write for The Guardian. …
Millions of Palestinians rely on UNRWA. Why is the US suspending funding based on Israeli accusations?
Twelve of the agency’s 13,000 Gaza employees were allegedly part of the 7 October attack – so the US and its allies …
The US election looms. Arab Americans feel stuck between a rock and a hard place
For The Guardian, I wrote about how Arab, Muslim and younger voters face a choice between Biden, who does little to stop …
Biden officials decry Trump’s anti-migrant xenophobia – yet quietly copy his stance
I wrote this for The Guardian about Trump’s odious rhetoric about the border. It must be rejected, of course, but the real …
The Harvard and UPenn presidents walked into a trap in Congress
I wrote this essay for The Guardian, about how three university presidents from elite institutions were asked about non-existent calls for genocide …
Threats against Palestinian, Muslim and Jewish people has spiked since the war began
I had the honor to speak with Mary Louise Kelly of NPR’s All Things Considered regarding the spike in threats to Palestinians, …
Why is Joe Biden campaigning for Donald Trump?
I wrote this piece for The Guardian. The US president is helping to build Donald Trump’s southern border wall. What is he …
Donald Trump has been charged. The swamp is finally being drained
I wrote this for The Guardian on Trump’s arraignment, which marks the day when he began to be held criminally accountable. And …
The Iraq war started the post-truth era. And America is to blame
Twenty years ago, the United States led an invasion of Iraq. There is much to say about this colossal mistake, but this …