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- News & Politics, Feature Jun 13, 2018
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Chicago Dyke March returns after clash last year became international news
The alternative to the Chicago Pride Parade announces its solidarity with Palestine after a controversy broke out involving pro-Israel marchers in 2017.
- Arts & Culture, On Culture Sep 9, 2014
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The University of Illinois says Steven Salaita is too rude for school
Under attack for rescinding a job offer over controversial tweets, UI defends its decision with a call for civility.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 12, 2014
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More on Ali Abunimah at the Evanston Public Library
Author Ali Abunimah visits Evanston to discuss the conflict in Gaza and read from his book, The Battle for Justice in Palestine.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 4, 2014
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UPDATE: Evanston Public Library puts Palestinian-American author's appearance on hold
Evanston Public Library pulls the plug on a talk by pro-Palestine author Ali Abunimah.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 20, 2014
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Bike Winter Art Show, "Our Work: Modern Jobs—Ancient Origins," and the rest of your weekend in visual arts
Your guide to visual arts in the city this weekend
- Arts & Culture, Art Review Feb 17, 2014
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Photojournalist Ruth Gruber, 102 and still ahead of her time
For Gruber, who's captured everyone from Holocaust survivors to Ethiopian Civil War refugees, words and pictures are tools to inspire others to act.
- Arts & Culture, On Culture Jan 21, 2014
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A panel about an academic boycott of Israel turns controversial
The push for the boycott is part of a movement with broader goals that began in Palestine nearly a decade ago.
- Blogs, Bleader May 21, 2013
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"This is not a Holocaust story, this is a war story": The life of Hannah Senesh
Hannah Senesh wasn't a Holocaust heroine, she was a World War II heroine.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 3, 2013
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Straight outta the Middle East: Reflecting on personal experiences with Israeli and Palestinian hip-hop
Thoughts surrounding DAM, the first Palestinian rap group, who performs in Chicago on Friday.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 17, 2012
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A Fajr-5 rocket—what's that?
A Wired article gives some insight into how technology's role in the Israel-Hamas conflict
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 16, 2012
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Propaganda hits social media like a mortar shell
How Jennifer Egan's New Yorker story presaged the insidious Gaza PR war being waged over social media
- Movies, Movie Sidebar Apr 18, 2012
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A two-screen solution
Chicago Palestine Film Festival opens at Gene Siskel Film Center
- Arts & Culture, Art Critic's Choice Mar 13, 2012
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Border town
Photographer Yto Barrada's one-woman show documents uneasy Tangier
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 13, 2009
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Veiled Voices
Brigid Maher's documentary "Veiled Voices," premiering 9/13 on Link TV, follows three women leaders in the Middle East.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 23, 2009
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"My only weapon...is that I won't leave this place"
Imprisoned by Egyptian security forces last February for protesting the Israeli siege on Gaza, student activist Philip Rizk explores nonviolent resistance in his documentary "This Palestinian Life," screening tonight at Wellington United Church of Christ.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 18, 2007
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Plains speaking
Jimmy Carter, the subject of a new documentary by Jonathan Demme, gives 'em H-E double toothpicks at the Toronto film festival.