Author Archive for Hadeer Soliman
Libya Fights For Change
For 42 years, the people of Libya have lived as prisoners in their own home. For 42 years, Libya’s people have been suppressed, its resources and wealth squandered and its citizens threatened and killed all at the command of Muammar Gadhafi, who took power in a 1969 military coup. For 42 years, the country has been brimming with fear and repression. But this February, the people of Libya, in the same spirit that has been sweeping the region recently, stood up to their oppressor and demanded liberty and human rights in what is known as the February 17 Revolution.
The Future of the Language Department
In a global superpower like the United States, the desire to speak other languages and understand other cultures, in turn, is minimal. Rather than have cultures affect each other and encourage language learning as an opportunity, America has pushed foreign languages into enclaves and tends to see foreign languages as challenges that America must overcome.
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MSU Speaks Out
The Muslim Student Union condemns the actions taken by the University of California, Irvine’s Law School and the Political Science Department in organizing and co-sponsoring an event for the Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, to speak on our campus. Oren is the official representative of a state that engages in war crimes [...]
Defending the Muslim Student Union
I was surprised to read in the last issue of the New University a headline that read, “UC Irvine Muslim Student Union Under Investigation.” The article claimed that the MSU was to be investigated – by the FBI no less – for fundraising for Hamas. Call me forgetful, but I don’t recall ever getting that memo. The ludicrousness of this accusation was explained when my eyes fell on a single name – the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA).
