
Aida Alami
Freelance Reporter at Freelance
Reporter. Mostly migration/human rights. Words in @nytimes, @nybooks + other places. @ColumbiaJourn visiting prof/alum. Contributor @OurWomenOTG. Travel addict
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1 month ago |
newyorker.com | Aida Alami
Last Sunday, Noor Abdalla drove from her apartment in Morningside Heights to St. Paul and St. Andrew United Methodist Church, on the Upper West Side. She was with her sister and her month-old son, Deen; the occasion was an alternative graduation ceremony for students at colleges and universities in New York who had been expelled or suspended for protesting Israel’s war in Gaza.
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2 months ago |
cjr.org | Aida Alami
Sign up for The Media Today, CJRâs daily newsletter. Some days ago, before stepping into the White House briefing room, Karoline Leavitt took a few moments to pray. âLord Jesus, please give us the strength, the knowledge, the ability to articulate our words,â she said. Leavittâwho, at twenty-seven, is the youngest person to hold the position of press secretaryâwore a short-sleeve gray Chanel-inspired dress, and held a stack of papers. She is Catholic.
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Mar 26, 2025 |
cjr.org | Aida Alami
Sign up for The Media Today, CJRâs daily newsletter. In the weeks after October 7, 2023, Omar El Akkad, the author and journalist, posted on X about Israelâs intense bombardment of Gaza: âOne day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.â The post went viral.
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Mar 7, 2025 |
nytimes.com | Aida Alami |Amelia Nierenberg
Moroccan families usually celebrate Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, with prayers at the mosque in the morning and sizzling meat skewers at night. But in recent years, many have been unable to afford basic necessities - much less the cost of a sheep to slaughter for one of Islam's holiest festivals.
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Mar 6, 2025 |
cjr.org | Aida Alami
Sign up for The Media Today, CJRâs daily newsletter. In 1981âin the wake of the Iran hostage crisis, an attack on the United States embassy in Tehran, which Time magazine described as a disaster of âmutual incomprehensionââEdward Said published Covering Islam, an examination of how Western media represents, and mishandles, Muslim life and imagery.
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