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Category: protest & resistance

July 3, 2024 Maryah

“Web of Resistance”

April 20, 2024April 21, 2024 Maryah

“Men at Work”

October 12, 2023October 12, 2023 Maryah

Losing Touch with Gaza

January 25, 2022 Maryah

We Bet On People

June 20, 2021June 20, 2021 Maryah

Things I Learned About Juneteenth Today

March 25, 2021 Maryah

On Commodification of Asian Food Culture

June 15, 2020 Maryah

“Sid Ismahan’s Brothers and Daughters”

June 12, 2020June 15, 2020 Maryah

“Halfway ‘Cross the World: Pandemic Missives”

April 8, 2020April 11, 2020 Maryah

“This *IS* Passover”: A Day Like No Other

There are far more people working for justice, equality and diversity than opposing them. Don’t let hopelessness trend in your head. --John Pavlovitz
December 1, 2019November 4, 2020 Maryah

One Small Kindness in a Time of Evil

September 2, 2019May 15, 2020 Maryah

The History of Labor Day Is the History of Me

August 11, 2019August 20, 2020 Maryah

Reflections on Sacrifice: Tish B’Av and Eid al-Adha

May 2, 2019 Maryah

Holocaust Remembrance Day and Children In Detention

April 29, 2019 Maryah

May Day: The Most American Holiday Americans Don’t Celebrate

March 31, 2019March 31, 2019 Maryah

I’m Committed to Reading More SF/F Writers of Color

January 21, 2019January 21, 2019 Maryah

The Radical Dr. King

October 22, 2018April 14, 2025 Maryah

Resources for Supporting Our Trans Siblings

October 11, 2018 Maryah

this Coming Out Day, I may be straight, but I’m scared

July 29, 2018 Maryah

The Straw’s Not the Thing

May 14, 2018 Maryah

Violence on the Eve of Ramadan

May 2, 2018July 3, 2024 Maryah

“Khawaaga: Eyes Always Watching”

January 14, 2018 Maryah

“Cold Comfort”

December 11, 2017December 13, 2017 Maryah

“Feast Days / أيام الأعياد”

December 2, 2017 Maryah

What I’ve Learned Since That Racist Thing I Said About Locs

November 23, 2017November 30, 2021 Maryah

One Pilgrim’s Progress on Thanksgiving

August 15, 2017August 21, 2017 Maryah

After Charlottesville: Now What?

August 5, 2017May 22, 2020 Maryah

Class, Pt. II: Hoarding

August 2, 2017August 2, 2017 Maryah

Community Care and the Best Advice I’ve Gotten

July 26, 2017July 27, 2017 Maryah

Teaching Arabic in a Time of Trump

July 12, 2017August 21, 2017 Maryah

Newark Rebellion Reading List

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