Recently, Frenchman and self-proclaimed “jihadist” Mohammed Merah went on his own killing rampage in France by targeting a Jewish school. He murdered seven people, three of them children.
On Tuesday, Feb. 28, I attended the Lincoln Center emergency town hall regarding the homophobic slur found in McMahon Hall. There were well over 30 people in attendance.
Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Artist” exemplifies why Classic Hollywood (pre-1960s) was the pinnacle of filmmaking. My generation criminally underrates this time period in American cinema. However, there may be hope for my peers yet. This season the Academy of Motion Picture celebrates the style and the history of the golden age of Hollywood cinema era by highlighting the excellence of “The Artist” and a few other equally notable films.
Unlike Latinos, I don’t belong to an exponentially growing community in the United States. Unlike Latinos, the 2010 U.S. Census did not concentrate on my ethnic identity and place of origin.
Nobel Peace Prize laureates haven’t always been deserving of the accolade. I’m still wondering why President Obama received a Nobel Prize. I also don’t understand why Al Gore earned one for “An Inconvenient Truth” when he didn’t lead the scientific research behind its content. In these cases, the famous award is more of a gesture to encourage a politician’s humanitarian work and/or to spread awareness about an issue.
Years from now when my four-year old brother is in high school, he’ll come home from his civics class and recount how they learned about the death penalty...
I do not know any victims, survivors, servicemen or families who lost loved ones on Sept. 11. However, I do know what it is like to be Muslim and Middle Eastern in post-9/11 America...
Published: May 5, 2011
One time when I returned home from Fordham, my mother’s middle-aged friend inquired after my single status. “No boys at college?” she asked. I awkwardly giggled,...
Published: March 2, 2011
On Feb. 14, protests broke out again in Iran. Instead of receiving an emoticon heart to celebrate Valentine’s Day, my cousin texted me a frown to mourn the 25th of Bahman....
Published: February 16, 2011
Several months after the Green Movement protests in Iran, I was sitting in my Middle Eastern history class listening to my professor reminisce about the 1979 Revolution....
Published: November 3, 2010
In August at the Restoring Honor Rally in Washington D.C., Glenn Beck asked, “Where have all the founding fathers gone?” On Oct. 30 Thomas Jefferson reincarnated...
Published: October 8, 2009
On Sept. 23, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of Iran, spoke before the U.N. General Assembly. In response, many protesters—among them students from Fordham College...
At the Rally for Women’s Health on Feb. 26, the master of ceremonies quoted Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. before 5,000 people. "You will not remember the words of your enemies,” she asserted, “but you...
