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Firdaus Arastu
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Advocacy communications consultant creating strategy + media skills for Muslims and communities harmed by Islamophobia. Media Programs Advisor for Islamic Scholarship Fund. Previously: ReThink Media, altMuslimah. (she/her)
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If you're unable to attend a #NoKings protest in person on Saturday, there is a virtual rally you can join 🖤 Live captioning will be available. More info: https://mobilize.us/s/Xb7I4p #SinReyes
October 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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They keep publishing exactly what they’re doing

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...
The Group Behind Project 2025 Has a Plan to Crush the Pro-Palestinian Movement
www.nytimes.com
May 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Will forever stay on my soapbox about the power dynamics and white supremacy of those who claim “objectivity” and “neutrality”

www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-the...
May 21, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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January 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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NEW: Preview our Fall/Winter 2024 issue with this groundbreaking investigation by Will Alden. Behind the scenes, philanthropists are pulling their support from a wide range of social justice groups because they spoke out for Gaza: jewishcurrents.org/defunding-di...
Defunding Dissent
Philanthropists have quietly withdrawn funding from grassroots groups that spoke out for Gaza, imperiling a broad range of social justice movements.
jewishcurrents.org
December 19, 2024 at 6:10 PM
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On December 12, the Biden administration released its National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate. But as Biden speaks of “countering hate,” he continues to expedite the shipment of weapons that are being used to kill Palestinians.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/bloodstained-hypoc…
Bloodstained hypocrisy: Biden’s bombs are louder than his words on Islamophobia
On December 12, the Biden administration released its National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate. But as Biden speaks of “countering hate,” he continues to expedite the shipment...
mondoweiss.net
December 27, 2024 at 12:00 AM
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The 71-year-old Illinois man who stabbed a 6-year-old Palestinian boy to death last October was a regular listener of right-wing AM radio shows featuring nonstop anti-Arab and Islamophobic storylines.
December 26, 2024 at 8:28 PM
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Pope Frances condemned the Israeli bombing in Gaza in his annual Christmas address, telling Cardinals and other senior leaders in the Vatican, “This is cruelty, not war."

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/pope-francis-condemns-israels-bombing-in-gaza-again/

#Palestine #Israel
Pope Francis condemns Israel’s bombing in Gaza—again
Pope Frances condemned the Israeli bombing in Gaza in his annual Christmas address, telling Cardinals and other senior leaders in the Vatican, “This is cruelty, not war.”
mondoweiss.net
December 24, 2024 at 10:00 PM
For 3+ yrs, I worked w/ CAIR LA, ACLU SoCal & UCLA CILP on the FBI v. Fazaga case. Today, the 9th circuit ruled in favor of the Muslim American plaintiffs. They will finally have their day in court to hold the FBI accountable for violating their religious freedom.

www.aclusocal.org/en/press-rel...
Ninth Circuit Rules For Muslim Americans Illegally Surveilled by FBI
Decision means plaintiffs will have their day in court, nearly 20 years later. SEATTLE – Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of three Muslim Americans – Sheikh Yassir Fazaga, Ali
www.aclusocal.org
December 21, 2024 at 7:15 AM
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Thousands of documents obtained from the Yale Police Department show how the campus police closely surveilled pro-Palestine protestors, in collaboration with the FBI and counterterrorism forces. What other campuses followed this playbook?
Inside the Yale Police Department’s War on Student Protesters
Exclusive documents reveal the YPD’s use of counterterrorism tactics in suppressing pro-Palestine activism.
jewishcurrents.org
December 21, 2024 at 2:46 AM
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Spread the word! Postdoctoral Fellowship in Palestinian Studies at Stanford
islamicstudies.stanford.edu/opportunitie...
Palestinian Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship | Islamic Studies
islamicstudies.stanford.edu
December 15, 2024 at 9:08 PM
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I can’t imagine a worse idea than taking foreign policy advice from Thomas Friedman, who is now encouraging Trump to engage in “nation building” in Syria.

Friedman has spent his entire career championing Islamophobic wars and being wrong about everything from WMDs to McDonalds.
December 17, 2024 at 4:47 AM
Safer for who? Hochul says she’ll leverage counterterrorism resources to protect billionaires, but over and over again we’ve seen that policies that allegedly target terrorism end up being used to target Muslims and other marginalized communities.

www.politico.com/newsletters/...
December 17, 2024 at 6:39 AM
Absolutely absurd lame duck behavior. The Biden admin cannot actively fund and arm a genocide against Palestinians, and have any grounds to make a strategy to counter Islamophobia and anti-Arab hate.

A real strategy must end state violence against Muslim communities in the US and abroad.
US President Joe Biden released a long-awaited strategy for countering anti-Muslim and anti-Arab hate, up sharply since the start of the Israel-Gaza war, calling for urgent, continued work to reduce discrimination and bias reut.rs/3ZUyqIH
White House releases strategy to counter anti-Muslim, anti-Arab hate
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday released a long-awaited strategy for countering anti-Muslim and anti-Arab hate, up sharply since the start of the Israel-Gaza war, calling for urgent, continued work to reduce discrimination and bias.
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December 15, 2024 at 5:29 AM
joining a new social media platform feels like standing in the school cafeteria trying to figure out where you're supposed to sit.
December 15, 2024 at 4:21 AM