Roqayah Chamseddine
The Sydney Morning Herald
Winston Hills, NSW, Australia
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'A sub-par TED talk': Why Hillary Clinton's tour is a rip-off
For $195 you can have an unashamedly hawkish former US politician explain how she managed to lose to a bigoted, misogynist reality television star. → Read More
Tony Abbott's stance on Muslim fashion exposes personal hypocrisy
The morality policing of women's attire is a tiring and endless confrontation that has infested every medium where women are visible; from dress codes to television programming, and even product advertisements. → Read More
Tony Abbott's stance on Muslim fashion exposes personal hypocrisy
The morality policing of women's attire is a tiring and endless confrontation that has infested every medium where women are visible; from dress codes to television programming, and even product advertisements. → Read More
Housing crisis: Record number of Australians now skipping meals to pay their mortgage
Forget spending money on avocado toast, a number of Australians are now skipping meals to pay the mortgage. → Read More
We need to talk about the Women's March
As the Women's March captured the attention of the nation's media over the weekend, especially in respect to the scores of attendees who focused their anger, justifiably, against the Trump administration, some organisers saw the response of white women in attendance, many of them to the left of Trump's fawning conservative base, to have been out of touch with wider messaging. → Read More
Have Australians become too sensitive?
The hysteria surrounding alleged political correctness in Australia, where a garbled mess of accusations against "cultural Marxists" and "gay militancy" has seeped out into the mainstream, means it's necessary that we ring in this new year with focus on the inane mythology being spun by those looking to sell a conspiracy that simply doesn't exist. → Read More
Feeling the pinch this Christmas? This might be why
The idea of an affluent country is a myth, and the reality is far more grim. → Read More
The women left behind by the #MeToo movement
As we come to grips with the endemic of abuse in a post-Weinstein world, there's one group of women we may want to pay attention to. → Read More
Stop Telling Nazis They "Just Need to Get Laid"
After seeing a mass of white men encircle the small, anti-racist opposition, even dousing them in lighter fluid, and attacking them with lit torches, actor and comedian Michael Rapaport published a short, but angry video on Twitter, calling the assembly of white nationalists “revenge of the nerd protesters.” → Read More
Nationwide 'rally against Sharia law' reflects violent surge of Islamophobia since Trump election
On June 10, leading anti-Muslim organization ACT for America, whose founder, Brigitte Gabriel once described Muslims as being a “natural threat to civilized people of the world, particularly Western society”, initiated a nationwide ‘rally against Sharia law’. While most anti-Sharia protesters were met with fierce opposition, but further organized action will be required to squash the violent… → Read More
Saying ‘I Am Muslim, Too’ is not standing in solidarity with Muslims –
A recent rally in New York City sought to protest the Trump administration’s executive order targeting Muslim immigrants under the slogan ‘I Am Muslim, Too.’ Roqayah Chamseddine writes that t… → Read More
Muslims in the US brace for Trump immigration ban –
Along with initiating the process to further militarize the US-Mexico border, Donald Trump will reportedly be signing an executive order to restrict immigration from Muslim-majority countries that … → Read More
Moving the US embassy to Jerusalem will strengthen the far right, and may also further isolate Israel –
One of the major questions facing the incoming Trump administration is whether it will move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Commentators agree it could have far-reaching consequences and… → Read More
Trump appoints ex-Israeli settler to oversee peace process –
Jason Greenblatt, the 49-year-old real estate attorney representing Donald Trump’s business conglomerate, has been named special representative for international negotiations which will include the… → Read More
Trump pick for ambassador to Israel supports Israeli annexation of West Bank and calls liberal Jews ‘kapos’
Donald Trump has nominated 57-year-old Long Island native David Friedman to serve as U.S ambassador to Israel. Friedman served as Trump’s Israel adviser during the election campaign and has w… → Read More
Washington Post promotes shady website attempting to smear independent journalism as Russian propaganda –
The feverish coverage of “fake news” has given rise to at least one elusive blacklist which features hundreds of websites and publications all of whom fall prey to one common accusation: they eithe… → Read More
US Senate quickly passed the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act –
Bill passed by the Senate to expand Dept of Education's anti-discrimination rules to include the 3 D's of Israel speech -- demonization, delegitimization and double standard -- will have a definitive chilling effect on campus organizing for Palestinian human rights around the country, says Gabi Kirk of UC Davis. → Read More
'We have to channel fear into organizing': Muslim-Americans prepare for possible Trump 'Muslim registry'
Details have been unclear on Donald Trump’s ever-shifting call for a discriminatory ‘Muslim registry’ in the United States. Some proposals target Muslim-Americans, others focus on Muslim immigrants… → Read More
Hillary Clinton's Anti-Islamophobia Campaign Is Nothing but Veiled Opportunism
The Democratic frontrunner has praised George W. Bush for his post-9/11 response to Islamophobia. → Read More
A Shocking List of Anti-Muslim Bigotry and Hate Crimes Since the Paris Attacks One Month Ago
Islamophobia is on the riseâhere's the proof. → Read More