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Arab Resource and Organizing Center

A Palestinian flag with red, green, and white triangles is wrapped around a person's back, with the Port of Oakland's cranes in the background
News

Lara Kiswani on the Successful Blocking of the Zim Cargo Ship at the Port of Oakland

June 10, 2021 Oakland Voices and Lara Kiswani

“Palestine is an internationalist issue, and an issue that concerns all social justice movements.” – Lara Kiswani, director of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center

Education

Middle Eastern Students Speak Out

April 10, 2017 Katharine Davies Samway

  I must have passed by the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California in Oakland many times, but never noticed it. This center was the site for a Sanctuary Education conference held in Oakland on

News

Seeking Refuge, Teaching Refuge

February 27, 2017 Debora Gordon

Student panelists at the Sanctuary Education Conference at the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California described feeling isolated at school, not having any Arab or Muslim teachers or curriculum that includes their history and literature,

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