Berkeley School Board Meeting
Calling Berkeley families, teachers, students and alumni! RSVP: tinyurl.com/rsvp-april17  TOOLKIT: tinyurl.com/busd-april17 #naahm #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth

BREAKING: The House just passed a bill that would reauthorize Section 702, expanding the government's ability to continue to spy on us without a warrant.

It now heads to the Senate, where they must add a warrant requirement and rein in this out-of-control government spying.

“While my friends and I meticulously plan the start of a new chapter in our lives, we are painfully aware of the erasure of generations in other places.” Day 15 of #30DaysArabVoices with Amira Hattab please read and share widely.

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Language was a main tool of colonization. Decimate local tribal languages and an important aspect of identity is striped away.

“The most important and dangerous part of saying Free Palestine is the part where you say Palestine, say Palestinians. The second most important thing is noticing who doesn’t say it, either because they don’t believe in it or because they are afraid of the consequences.”

The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.

George Orwell

'Everything about being Arab and Muslim in America was political. When your identity and faith are described as part of the “axis of evil,” you have no choice. Whether you liked it or not.'
#30DaysArabVoices Dr. Sawsan Jaber, NBCT
Revealing the truths we carry inside
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Did my taxes online, the tax preparer entered the room, took one look at me & said: 'oh wait let me transfer you to the other rep, I don't do foreign taxes.' I hadn't said a word until then. I was born & raised in SF 🙄 & hijab ≠ non English speaker. Plz don't make assumptions!

“I began to understand that the storytelling we needed was not one of explaining. A colonized mind explains. A colonized mind tries to justify its existence..” Check out my blog on Day 13 of #30DaysArabVoices

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Listen.

This onslaught on Gaza teaches us one VITAL lesson as Arabs and Muslims:

The whole “seat at the table” strategy is a FAILURE.

Being token parts of the Democratic Party, “the inside game,” can’t even deliver a Ceasefire on Gaza.

It can’t even slow a Genocide of…

“I began to understand that the storytelling we needed was not one of explaining. A colonized mind explains. A colonized mind tries to justify its existence..” Day 13 of #30DaysArabVoices with author Rhonda Roumani rhondaroumani.com/blog-1-1/Blog%…

This Eid, Muslims in India face repression and erasure of their cultural identity middleeasteye.net/opinion/india-… I see so many deniers of realities wishing folks “eid Mubarak” & waxing nostalgic for when they intermingled with Muslim friends, but have y’all addressed hindutva? We must.

Every child that reaches for a book today should be met with “windows AND mirrors.”

If readers don’t find themselves and their lived experiences in the books they read, they may find it difficult to connect with reading and to forge a love of reading.

So before we ask kids to…

“Bitter-مر -Murr. This is the flavor at the top of my tongue and the first word that comes to my mind as I reflect on life and how it has felt for the past 187 days.” Day 11 of #30DaysArabVoices with Mona Mustafa Read & Share!

medium.com/@mmustafa1072/… honored to be part of this project thanks to the efforts of Dr. Sawsan Jaber, NBCT Day 11 of #30daysofarabvoices #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth

Pls support these writers, who are giving up a chance to win a significant prize in order to support the 🇵🇸 people.

I am deeply moved & inspired by their solidarity.

Buy their 📚, follow them, share their posts, tell your libraries to buy their 📚.

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his voice omg did he know what was coming

Education would be so much better if policy people would just listen to classroom teachers

What justifies making 8 year old children sit for a four hour test. Really. I need to know.

What data can they get from a 4-passage, 25 question test that they can’t get from a 2-passage 15 question test. Someone please explain.

Famous people and online influencers who convert to Islam require more pastoring and religious instruction before they start trying to represent the religion to the public. Breaking the ego is an important part of Islam. Their teachers, on the other hand, need to commit…