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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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From midterms to runway: UMD student’s crochet business goes viral
A sea of vibrant hijabs filled Howard University’s Blackburn Ballroom. All eyes were fixed on the runway, where models wore flowy modest clothing, including colorful crochet pieces designed by University of Maryland student Sarrah Ewing. Ewing first learned to crochet at 10-years-old after being introduced to the craft by her mother. Now, she owns Stardust Stitchez,…
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‘All Day for Gaza’: UMD community gathers to mourn Gaza’s martyrs
More than 50 University of Maryland community members gathered to honor the deaths of Palestinians at the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) “All Day for Gaza” event on Tuesday at McKeldin Mall. The event consisted of sit-ins, teach-ins, speeches and art demonstrations with small white flags placed by organizers to represent Palestinian martyrs killed…
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Hundreds of UMD graduate workers rally for union, protest wages
In her first year as an international graduate worker, Judith Rakowski told people she was practicing intermittent fasting. In reality, she wasn’t able to afford more than a meal a day. The University of Maryland’s Graduate Labor Union (GLU) says Rakowski is far from the only graduate student suffering from food and housing insecurity. At…
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The rise of MENA country specific cultural organizations at UMD
Within the past year, four new country-specific cultural clubs within the UMD Middle East and North African (MENA) community were formed. Despite many of these clubs fitting under broader cultural clubs such as the Organization of Arab Students (OAS) or Faces of African Muslims (FAM), many students felt that these clubs were essential. Cultural clubs…
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