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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 573

MARIAM FAM

Members of the media work in flooded streets after Hurricane Milton made landfall in the Sarasota area on October 09, 2024, in Fort Myers, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America/Getty Images via AFP)
October 10, 2024, 7:40 pm
Hurricane Milton disrupts Yom Kippur plans for Florida Jews
Most rabbis and congregants heed evacuation orders, taking synagogues’ Torah scrolls with them; Chabad of Southwest Florida opts to stay open, serving as shelter for the displaced
By MARIAM FAM, GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO and holly meyer
Hezbollah fighters attend the funeral of their commander Wissam al-Tawil, in the village of Khirbet Selm, south Lebanon, January 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
March 29, 2024, 4:21 pm
Lebanese nun’s call for students to pray for Hezbollah sparks furor, shows schisms
Terror group has alliances with figures from other religious groups, but base of its support lies in Shiite Muslim community; Christian leader: Hezollah destroying Lebanon
By BASSEM MROUE and MARIAM FAM
Muslims attend Friday prayers during the Muslims holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Amr ibn al-Aas Mosque, in Cairo, Egypt, April 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
October 17, 2023, 1:59 am
Fearing ostracism or worse, many Muslim nonbelievers hide their views in Middle East
Atheists, agnostics and religiously unaffiliated people in Arab world tell about the various ways they get around while avoiding persecution
By MARIAM FAM
A sign advertises Yeezy shoes made by Adidas at Kickclusive, a sneaker resale store, in Paramus, New Jersey, October 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
August 3, 2023, 9:22 am
US Jews commend Adidas for donating surplus Yeezy sales to anti-hate groups
While not saying they’ll buy the shoes, community leaders say decision makes best of bad situation as firm tries to avoid massive losses following Kanye West antisemitism scandal
By TIFFANY STANLEY, LUIS ANDRES HENAO and MARIAM FAM
Members of the Eritrean and Ethiopian Christian Orthodox community from Tel Aviv participate in a baptismal ceremony in the waters of the Jordan River as part of the Orthodox Feast of the Epiphany at the Qasr al-Yahud baptismal site, near the West Bank town of Jericho January 19, 2018. (Oded Balilty/AP)
August 18, 2022, 11:10 am
Regional complications leave Jordan River rich in holiness, but poor in water
Efforts to rehabilitate valley conduit stymied as conservationists seek to reverse damage from years of conflict, resource abuse and pollution
By MARIAM FAM
Ahmad Assed, president of the Islamic Center of New Mexico, left, speaks at a news conference to announce the arrest of Muhammad Syed as Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller listens, at right, August 9, 2022. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)
August 10, 2022, 9:59 pm
Suspect in Albuquerque murder of 4 Muslims arrested, denies involvement
Afghan national accused of beginning killing spree in November 2021; motives ‘still being explored fully,’ deputy police commander says
By STEFANIE DAZIO, MARIAM FAM and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN
Young boys light smoke bombs as they celebrate the eve of Eid al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
May 2, 2022, 9:54 am
Muslims around world mark Eid al-Fitr holiday under shadow of surging food prices
Many still determined to enjoy rituals marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, after two years of subdued festivities due to pandemic restrictions
By MARIAM FAM, Niniek Karmini and KATHY GANNON
Dilawar Syed, president of the software company Freshdesk, speaks during a Tech Stands Up rally outside City Hall in Palo Alto, California, March 14, 2017. (Eric Risberg/AP)
October 14, 2021, 8:18 am
US Jewish groups blasts GOP for stalling nomination of Muslim man
Republicans won’t confirm Dilawar Syed as Small Business Administration deputy chief because of agency’s payouts to abortion providers; would be highest-ranking Muslim in gov’t
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MARIAM FAM
Illustrative: Pro-Israel demonstrators attend a rally denouncing antisemitism and antisemitic attacks, in lower Manhattan, New York on May 23, 2021. (Ed JONES / AFP)
May 25, 2021, 8:51 pm
US Jews wrestle with internal rifts exposed by Israel-Gaza fighting
As the IDF and Hamas traded airstrikes and rockets, some questioned support for Jewish state, opening up debate about boundaries of acceptable criticism of Israel
By MARIAM FAM and LUIS ANDRES HENAO
In this October 4, 2020, file photo, two women walk with children during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot in the Borough Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP/Kathy Willens)
October 6, 2020, 3:32 am
Orthodox Jews bristle at NYC’s selective response to virus surge
‘It’s not like we’re the only people in New York getting COVID,’ says one resident amid mounting anger that city is singling them out for criticism, closures
By David Crary and MARIAM FAM
In this Friday, Aug. 7, 2020, file photo, a man puts a Lebanese flag on the roof of a damaged building at a neighborhood near the scene of an explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
August 24, 2020, 6:08 pm
After Beirut explosion, volunteers tend to lasting psychological scars
Professionals seek to ease trauma of city residents, many of whom are suffering from survivor’s guilt, anxiety, insomnia, depression and more
By MARIAM FAM
Demonstrators listen to speakers during a rally outside the US 4th Circuit Court of Appeals as it hears arguments on US President Donald Trump's ban against Muslim-majority countries, in Richmond, Virginia, January 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
July 23, 2020, 5:38 am
US House approves repeal of Trump travel ban decried as anti-Muslim
Vote marks symbolic win for Muslim American and civil rights groups, but measure unlikely to advance in Republican-controlled Senate
By ELANA SCHOR and MARIAM FAM
Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota participates in a panel during a campaign event in Clive, Iowa, on January 31, 2020. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)
July 20, 2020, 11:15 pm
Biden snags support from prominent Muslim American officials
Among those signing letter backing Democrat presidential challenger is Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, one of the first Muslim woman elected to Congress
By MARIAM FAM and ELANA SCHOR
Rabbi Levi Banon and his daughters read a book inside their home in Casablanca, Morocco, May 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
June 5, 2020, 11:14 pm
‘Hoping for better days’: Tiny Moroccan Jewish community grapples with virus
Local Jews, whose number has greatly dwindled since Israel’s creation, suffered hard blow with 12 deaths out of Muslim country’s total of 206; ‘We are grieving,’ says local rabbi
By MARIAM FAM
Egyptian transgender woman and activist Malak el-Kashif smokes a cigarette in the balcony of her apartment in Cairo, Egypt, October 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
March 30, 2020, 12:17 am
In Egypt, transgender activist fights battle on many fronts
Chronicling her transition in conservative Egypt, Malak el-Kashif rails against homophobia, sexual harassment, bullying and the patriarchy
By MAGGIE MICHAEL and MARIAM FAM
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