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UMD PSA monthly “Chai on the Mall” events raise money for nonprofit hospitals in Pakistan
On the first Friday of each month in front of Edward St. John’s Building, the University of Maryland’s Pakistani Student Association (PSA) held events called “Chai on the Mall” where the club sells a variety of different traditional chai in collaboration with the Indus Hospital and Health Network in Pakistan. The Indus Hospital and Health…
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UMD’s Arabic students search for new opportunities after Flagship program closure
By Timnit Rwakaara Since 2007, the University of Maryland at College Park has hosted an Arabic Flagship program, a federally funded initiative for students in the Arabic major or minor to gain advanced proficiency in the language. But starting Fall 2025, the program was no longer offered at UMD, leaving many students wondering what direction…
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Photos: Al-Maghreb United hosts AFCON soccer tournament
Al-Maghreb United, a UMD club focused on the North Africa region, hosted a soccer tournament modeled after AFCON on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025 in the Engineering Multipurpose Fields. The tournament had competing teams representing different African cultural clubs at UMD including the Sudanese Students Organization (SSO), Somali Students Association (SSA), Egyptian Students Association (ESA) and…
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Cultural clubs go viral: the rise of reels
Within 24 hours of posting a trivia night promotion, the Muslim Student Association’s (MSA) 15 second reel, of members interrupting a board member with information about the event, garnered more than 11,000 views on Instagram. Cultural club promotions have not just reached the UMD community — they have gone viral. “Having a successful social media…
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Sudan roundtable event raises awareness about war, genocide
NoirUnited International, a 501(c)(3) global development organization focused on mobilizing the African diaspora, hosted a Sudan Roundtable in collaboration with multiple student organizations, including Sudanese Student Association, African Student Association, African Students United for Progress, Students for Justice in Palestine, and Helping Hand for Relief and Development on Thursday, Nov. 6. The roundtable featured a…
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UMD MSA hosts Islamic Education Week, Quran Night
After Maghrib prayer on Nov. 7 in the Diyanet Center, the ornate Turkish patterns glistening on the walls captured the radiant light from the gold and silver chandeliers as students gathered to hear Quran recitations from different huffaz. The serene voices of multiple reciters from various local universities echoed across every chamber as they recited…
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UMD MSA hosts charity week, reflects on importance of giving back
The University of Maryland’s Muslim Student Association (MSA) held its first charity week of the 2025 fall semester from Oct. 20 to Oct. 24 as part of a larger initiative in partnership with Islamic Relief and several other Muslim Student Associations at universities across the United States. With daily events, charity week highlighted collective student-led…
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At No Kings rally, dueling visions of American history
Karen Quesnel worked in the Justice Department for 32 years. Today, she says, she doesn’t recognize her country. “That’s not the America I worked for,” said Quesnel, “I’m heartbroken when I see what’s going on in the news.” That’s how the 63-year-old West Virginian ended up in a frog costume at Washington, D.C.’s No Kings…
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UMD club hosts IDF soldiers event, raising concerns about student safety
Three soldiers from Israel’s military who fought in Gaza during the ongoing genocide were on UMD’s campus at an event held by student organization Students Supporting Israel (SSI) in Jimenez Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 21. The event was intended for the soldiers — Ariel Levy, Daniel Shalom, and Avigayil Atlas — to share their “powerful…
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Al-Hikmah condemns the detention and treatment of journalists, Muslim students and students of color by UMPD
Al-Hikmah condemns the hour-long detention of two of our staff by the University of Maryland’s Police Department as they were fulfilling their journalistic duties to cover a protest against the presence of Israeli Defense Force (IDF) soldiers at a Students Supporting Israel (SSI) event Tuesday night. In the course of covering the student protest, two…
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