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Can we have an honest conversation; Yemeni to American?

Nearly two years since the 2014 attack on Gaza, San Francisco Bay Area child psychiatrist Bahar Hashemi, MD, talked about what she learned on her recent trip to Gaza about the effects of perpetual trauma on the children there.

Thanks to A. David Lewis Who Brought us “Comics & Dialogue” ! Here Is a List and Links to All of His ISLAMiCommentary Columns.

What does the latest political shift to the Right within Israel’s ruling coalition portend for Palestinians and Israeli Arabs ? Signaled by the May 26th appointment of two-time Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman as Defense Minister, this shift ...

The new anthology, co-edited by Mbaye Lo, grew out of a workshop hosted by the Duke Islamic Studies Center in Fall 2013 on “Islamic Institutions of Higher Learning in Africa: Their History, Mission and Role in Regional Development.”

Last week the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong, spent 4 days in Israel as the very-well-received guest of the government. At the center of the visit were working meetings between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu and Loong.

“We have to recognize that there are several shattered political visions that are still with us and there are several unhealed traumas or wounds – the Armenians, Kurds, Palestinians..we are still dealing with the long-term legacy..."

The status of LGBTQ rights in the Muslim world today is perplexing given that Islamic history is characterized by its relative tolerance of sexual diversity and same-sex desire.

Like most college arguments, the two brothers’ dispute had a familiar parent: procrastination. It was delightfully ironic. Eren and Murat Turan were both eager to avoid preparing for their law school exams...

Duke professor Mbaye Lo highlights key elements in his current book project entitled “Justice versus Freedom: the Problem with Militant Islam.”

Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) was a colossus among Muslim scholars. Stephen Frederic Dale gives us a portrait of this extraordinary man in his new intellectual biography, "The Orange Trees of Marrakesh: Ibn Khaldun and the Science of Man."

There is a never ending discussion between liberal and conservative minded people over freedom of choice — whether it furthers the development of our capabilities or leads us to depravity. In my native Kazakhstan ...

In this written Q & A with Malachi Hacohen, ISLAMiCommentary gets this European historian’s take on how ISIS, the Syria civil war, and the refugee crisis is shaping European politics and identity today.

With the landmark Iran nuclear agreement signed this past summer, there is increasing hope in scholarly circles that American researchers & students can engage more with a country that has not had diplomatic relations with the U.S. for more than 30..

Islam is a Black American. How would this understanding complicate the discussion about Islam in America right now? How would it complicate our understanding of the Black Lives Matter movement?