My name is Melanie and in October of 2009, I converted to Islam. This statement has profound implications because it implies that, for a period of time before my conversion, a curiosity regarding Islam brewed within me that eventually led to my conversion. I was born on August, 1987 to an Iranian woman whom I…
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), a student activist group on campus, recently undertook a unique – and ultimately, successful – endeavor to bring aid to children in refugee camps in the Middle East by attempting to diffuse knowledge through literature. They put together a two day event, co-sponsored by the United Arab Society, promoting…
Peace is the calm of the landscape about us, with little moviement except the wind and the rising sun. It is a calm that seems almost threatening and unbelievable, unbelievable because rarely mankind is witnessed to be so serene and complacent. It is only after the dust has settled and the sun has reached its…
By Rabiah Rahman The world is at war. The war I speak of is not amongst nations; it is not amongst human beings. We are at war with a disease. For over 25 years leaders in science, technology and medicine have been working together to combat the international pandemic known as the Acquired Immune Deficiency…