Roqayah Chamseddine

Roqayah Chamseddine is a Lebanese-American writer, published poet, and journalist, whose work can be found at Roqchams.com.

Wrapped In The Flag, Trump Attacks Protests Emblematic Of American Freedom

Thanks to his “base’s” reflexive flag worship, Donald Trump was able to inflame an already fraught situation — bringing, as is his want, angry division and chaos in his wake, a chaos he apparently needs to thrive both personally and politically.

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President Donald Trump walks off the stage after he speaks at campaign rally in support of Sen. Luther Strange, Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, in Huntsville, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

American football quarterback Colin Kaepernick exploded across national headlines in 2016 for his evolving, bended-knee protest against systemic racism and police brutality. Kneeling during the national anthem became a rallying point for athletes not just in professional football but in other sports and at other levels, including among high school

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在罗兴亚军事领导的种族清洗中，近2000人死于缅甸

尽管缅甸领导人昂山姬是诺贝尔奖获得者，但他被指控对该国罗兴亚穆斯林“合法化种族灭绝”。她的国家的军队屠杀了成千上万的罗辛亚人，导致一些人呼吁姬诺贝尔奖被撤销。

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作者 Roqayah Chamseddine
A Rohingya Muslim woman, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, lies unconscious on the shore of the Bay of Bangal after the boat she was traveling in capsized at Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Nearly three weeks into a mass exodus of Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar, thousands were still flooding across the border Thursday in search of help and safety in teeming refugee settlements in Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

The horrific ethnic cleansing and genocide being perpetrated against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar by military and paramilitary forces left at least 400 dead following the most recent attacks. The total number killed has been estimated to be nearly 2,000, with some Rohingya activists claiming an even higher death toll. Aung Su Kyi, a Nobel Prize

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Fate Of Seized Activist May Point To New Era Of State Violence In Argentina

It has been a month since Argentinian indigenous activist Santiago Maldonado was bundled into a government van. Amidst government denials, demonstrators–cognizant of the nation’s bleak history of state violence–want answers: evidence of Maldonado’s safety and whereabouts.

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作者 Roqayah Chamseddine
Demonstrators hold photos of missing activist Santiago Maldonado, during a protest at Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. Human rights groups say Maldonado went missing a month ago, after Argentine border police captured him during an operation against Mapuche Indians who were blocking a highway in Argentina's Patagonia. (AP/Natacha Pisarenko)

The streets of Argentina are boiling over with demonstrations, as thousands of locals demand that the government produce an indigenous activist last seen one month ago when border police forced a group of the indigenous Mapuche off of indigenous land in Patagonia -- land unjustly owned by the Italian clothing company Benetton. According to

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Where Was Obama’s ‘Decency’ When He Was Deporting Dreamers?

If what you’re suddenly worried about most is “decency,” then where the hell have you been?

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作者 Roqayah Chamseddine
Upset with President Barack Obama's immigration policy, about 250 people march to the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement office with a goal of stopping future deportations on Monday Oct. 14, 2013, in Phoenix. The protesters chanted "no more deportations" and "shut down ICE." (AP/Ross D. Franklin)

After an official announcement from President Donald Trump’s administration regarding plans to shut down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, in place since 2012, former President Barack Obama released a statement that stands firmly in the middle, an art the Democratic Party has mastered. It had the same flatlined bipartisan

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死亡和流离失所来到卡提夫，沙特部队对瓦人宫进行围攻

沙特政府的宣传称之为“发展”，但是在卡提夫省部分地区正在进行的拆除行动却表明了一个截然不同的现实。它是沙特人在朝拜和轰炸的驱使下进行崇拜和轰炸的，原因是朝拜和石油。

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作者 Roqayah Chamseddine
The town Awamiya, in the eastern Qatif province of Saudi Arabia resembles a war zone following destruction by Saudi government forces. (Photo: Twitter)

Situated in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, the small village of Awamiya has fallen prey to one of the most well-equipped military giants in the Gulf. This 400-year-old Muslim Shi’a district, with a population of only 30,000, has been under siege by Saudi forces since May and the government has turned the historic village into a war

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The Neoliberal Record Of Kamala Harris, The Democrat’s Rising Star

Democrats are already touting the possibility of a 2020 presidential run for Kamala Harris, and any inkling of criticism faces a backlash from influential people in the political and media arena.

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作者 Roqayah Chamseddine
The Neoliberal Record Of Kamala Harris, The Democrat's Rising Star

Kamala Harris, a career prosecutor who served as California’s attorney general and is now a United States senator, is seen by liberals as the Democratic Party new “rising star”. Democrats are already touting the possibility of a 2020 presidential run, and any inkling of criticism, regardless of how genuine, faces a backlash from influential people

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以色列阿巴斯（Abbas）拔下战火加沙地带的电源插头

在以色列和巴勒斯坦权力机构的双重支持下，加沙地带近200万居民面临军事破坏的浪潮，以及基本物品和服务的严重短缺。应管理局的要求，以色列也切断了加沙的大部分电力。

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作者 Roqayah Chamseddine
Abbas, Israel Pull the Power Plug on War-Torn Gaza Strip

GAZA -- The Gaza Strip -- one of the most densely populated areas in the world and often referred to as an open-air prison -- rarely makes headlines nowadays, despite a situation there that is becoming increasingly dire for local Palestinians. The Strip, which is about the size of Detroit, is home to nearly 2 million people, a majority of whom are

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