PERSPECTIVES: Refugee and Immigration Ban

Sumaiya Hamdani The Historical Context The Islamophobia behind the recent executive order banning entry of nationals from seven (and then six) Muslim countries is fed by the conviction that Islam is an anti-Western political ideology masquerading…

Baby Seals: The Geopolitics of the American Muslim

While the Trump administration’s new travel ban, seemingly based upon the now dismantled National Security Entry-Exit Registration Systems (NSEERS) program, is likely to clear judicial scrutiny more easily than the last attempt, the social and…

Not yet “Banned,” Except from the Museum

 It was New Year’s Day 2016, I had received notices that the Freer Gallery in DC would be closing for renovations, so I suggested to my family that we should visit the museum to have…