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An online publication of the AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University

Genocide

From Tragedy to Genocide: Palestinian literature gives birth to Gaza Literature

By Tarek Ghanem  //  March 30, 2026March 31, 2026

With its unique context, skillful execution, and monumental calling, Palestinian literature is an inspiring and fertile ground for study. In my own Arabic courses, it is by far the most popular subject. This term, the…

Zionism and/in the National Union of Students: Associative Partnerships during a Genocide

By Shaida Nabi  //  April 21, 2025

Far from mirroring the pulse of Palestine resistance animating our campuses, the National Union of Students (UK) upholds pro-Israel Zionist aspirations and in sync with the British establishment, has proved actively complicit in blanketing genocide….

Framing the Genocide of Bosniak Muslims as ”War on Terror”

By Harun Karčić  //  July 9, 2020July 9, 2020

The Al-Qaeda boogeyman in Bosnia ”10.000 mujahedeen in Bosnia and Herzegovina ready for a new Jihad.” This is how the headline of an article read in a leading Bosnian Serb newspaper in January 2019. It…

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