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James Zogby with Jesse Jackson. [Photo courtesy of James Zogby]
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Arab American activists remember civil rights icon Jesse Jackson

Jackson, a Baptist minister from South Carolina who died at 84, ran twice for US president in 1984 and 1988, both times highlighting Palestinian human rights.

Brooke Anderson
18 February, 2026
US civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson dies at 84, leaving a legacy of activism, presidential bids and decades fighting racial injustice
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US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies at 84

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 February, 2026
Demonstrators across the US gathered to advocate for "good trouble". [Brooke Anderson/TNA]
US affairs
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Across the US, Americans honour 'good trouble' John Lewis

Brooke Anderson
18 July, 2025
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Saudi Arabia
MENA
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Saudi Arabia releases prominent detainee Abdullah Al-Maliki

The New Arab Staff
01 November, 2024
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Gaza War
World
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Pro-Palestinian students sue Harvard for harassment

Brooke Anderson
31 January, 2024
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Kuwait
MENA
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Kuwait grants dozens of activists bail after parliament storming

The New Arab & agencies
19 February, 2018
Free Ahed
Palestine
Society
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Prominent US actors, writers sign petition urging Tamimi release

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

13 February, 2018
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racism
Perspectives

Will Trudeau address civil rights violations on Canadian soil?

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Hadani Ditmars

08 December, 2017
May/June 2016 cover of My.Kali magazine
Pride
Perspectives

Gay-bashing in Jordan - by the government

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MJ Movahedi

30 August, 2017
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Palestinians
Narrated

Israel's hijabi judge: Band aid for a gaping wound?

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Gehad Quisay

26 April, 2017
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Tahrir Square
Narrated

National Police Day: Commemorating Egypt's fading 'revolution' six-years on

The New Arab Staff

Jo Schietti

25 January, 2017
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US
Narrated

Trump attacks US civil rights icon on Twitter

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

15 January, 2017
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West Bank
Perspectives

Are Israel supporters accelerating its moral degeneration?

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Paul Monaghan

09 December, 2016
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US
MENA
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Rights groups condemn Trump's attorney general nomination

The New Arab
19 November, 2016
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Sisi
MENA
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Bank account of Egyptian torture victim centre suspended

The New Arab & agencies
11 November, 2016
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UN
Perspectives

Is Libya returning to military rule?

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Guma El-Gamaty

03 October, 2016
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US
Perspectives

Flying while brown: Racial profiling and the US constitution

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Omar T. Mohammedi

03 October, 2016
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US
Perspectives

Hypervigilance in a time of terror: Counting the cost

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Lara Bitar

26 September, 2016
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Analysis
Live Story

Fight or flight: What if Trump wins?

Mohammad Ali Musawi
10 August, 2016
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US election
Perspectives

Donald Trump's profiling of Muslims will never work

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Usaid Siddiqui

29 June, 2016
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security
Perspectives

No room for art in Egypt

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Mohamed ElMeshad

12 January, 2016