Archive for Category: "In the News"

29Nov
2011

In Photos: Protest outside UC Regents Meeting at UCLA

On Monday, students protested outside the UC Regents meeting held inside the James West Alumni Center at UCLA.

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27Nov
2011

In Videos: Occupy UCLA

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In the past couple of weeks, the Occupy movement has spread to college campuses around the nation, including UCLA. Hear about what UCLA students are demanding.

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17Nov
2011

A call to action for Egyptians living abroad

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Attention all expatriate Egyptians: we have less than three days to make history. For many years, Egyptians living abroad could not vote. Now, for the first time in the past 30 years, Egyptians outside of Egypt are able to cast a vote in the Egyptian elections, after Egypt’s Administrative Court issued a ruling allowing them to take part in elections.

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3Nov
2011

In Photos: Occupy Irvine

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The occupy movement reached Irvine this October. Nadia Afredi, a UCLA student, shares her photos from the protest.

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2Nov
2011

What Students Think of Repealing Prop 209

UCLA students tell Al-Talib why they demonstrated to repeal Prop 209.

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2Nov
2011

Demonstration at UCLA to Repeal Prop 209

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Today, the briefs for two separate federal cases will be filed to repeal Proposition 209, which banned affirmative action in public spaces in California.

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20Oct
2011

What Muslim Students Think of Gaddafi’s Death

Today, the world heard of Gaddafi’s death. Al-Tailb interviewed UCLA students about their thoughts to this piece of news.

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28Sep
2011

Irvine 11 Townhall: Responding to the Verdict (Video)

After the verdict against 10 of the infamous “Irvine 11″ was given, a townhall meeting was held at the Islamic Institute of O.C. There, community members of all backgrounds and faith gathered to hear from the lawyers, community leaders and the students themselves.

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5Sep
2011

Libyan-American Student Reaction to Gaddafi’s Fall

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24Jul
2011

Vela Scarves Blends Western Fashion With Islamic Tradition

A young Muslim woman from O.C., Marwa Atik, has started her own business in designing fashionable hijabs. These Vela scarves stand out from the usual hijabs as they integrate Western fashion such as ruffles, pleats and beaded sequins. Though some Muslims criticize that these scarves contradict the hijab’s purpose of modesty by drawing too much attention to it, the Vela hijabs are becoming very popular around the world and even women of other faiths have shown interest in them. For [...]

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