Recent attacks by Israeli Defense Forces in Gaza have sparked new questions about the future of the conflict in the region. After eight days of airstrikes leading to 167 casualties in Gaza and six in Israel, Hamas, a...
With the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) fast approaching, a new grassroots group of Iranian, Iranian-American, and allied activists has emerged with a unique approach that is both critical of...
Persian classical music is not the typical soundtrack for young second-generation Iranians in the United States. But for singer-songwriter Fared Shafinury, the traditional sounds of the Persian stringed instrument, the...
On April 27 and 28, Asia Society’s ‘Creative Voices of Muslim Asia’ is organizing a program of ‘New Sufi Music from Pakistan’, with Pakistani singing star Arif Lohar, accompanied by Brooklyn-based songstress Arooj...
A U.S. soldier's shooting spree and the burning of Qurans have intensified Afghan political and public resentment of continued U.S. operations. In the aftermath, President Obama has renewed promises that the U.S....
This past summer, investigations by the Associated Press revealed the existence of a Demographics Unit within the NYPD that targets Muslim communities for surveillance. Under the program, undercover officers and...
Iranian American filmmaker TANAZ ESHAGHIAN’S documentary Love Crimes of Kabul goes inside the Badum Bagh women’s prison in Afghanistan to tell the story of three inmates who have been imprisoned for “moral...
Recently, renowned antiwar activist and former Afghan member of Parliament MALALAI JOYA came to New York to raise awareness about the human rights crisis in Afghanistan, which she documents in her book A Woman Among...
