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Qanta A. Ahmed
Qanta A. Ahmed
Illustrative: Jews and Arabs sharing an Iftar (breakfast) together during the month of Ramadan, in the town of Tayibe, June 9, 2016. (Dov Lieber/Times of Israel)
June 14, 2018, 12:21 pm
Iftar with Israel’s Ambassador to the US
I broke my Ramadan fast at a multi-faith, multinational, multicultural affair, much like my experiences in Israel
By Qanta A. Ahmed
Jews visit the Temple Mount compound, site of the Al Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem Old City, during the holiday of Sukkot, October 8, 2017 (Flash90/Yaakov Lederman)
January 26, 2018, 3:26 pm
Jerusalem belongs to the Jews: Islam says so
In denying Jewish ties to the land of Israel, Islamists defy the Quran and cultivate a genocidal anti-Semitism
By Qanta A. Ahmed
Al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount (Qanta Ahmed)
September 21, 2015, 1:25 pm
At al-Aqsa, a sentinel moment for Islam
Barring Jews from praying at their holiest site perverts Islam and profanes the God it shares with Judaism
By Qanta A. Ahmed
Doctors at the Haifa medical center (illustrative photo credit: Avishag Shaar Yashuv/Flash90)
June 29, 2014, 8:10 pm
An underground fortress of healing
A doctor compares Rambam Medical Center's subterranean medical center with the 'above-ground opulence' of hospitals in the Arab world
By Qanta A. Ahmed
At first glance, the Sami Ofer Fortified Emergency Hospital looks like any other parking lot, albeit with beautiful floors... (Photo: courtesy Qanta Ahmed)
June 26, 2014, 11:01 pm
An underground fortress of healing
The new Sammy Ofer Emergency Hospital at Rambam Medical Center is an engineering triumph for a grim scenario
By Qanta A. Ahmed
A dove nestles among stones at Jerusalem's Western Wall (Photo: Qanta Ahmed)
May 5, 2014, 8:52 pm
Peace goes by the name Hadassah
After practicing in Saudi Arabia, the sense of community at Israel's flagship hospital feels extraordinary
By Qanta A. Ahmed
Leslie Sacks first saw Anselm Kiefer's Jungfrau at an exhibit in Tel Aviv Art. For the remaining time Sacks had to live, the painting was his sanctuary. (photo: Qanta Ahmed)
November 13, 2013, 11:18 pm
The tree house that Leslie Sacks built
Remembering a Jewish art lover who championed the rights of Muslim women
By Qanta A. Ahmed
August 2, 2013, 3:48 pm
The farthest Muslims
Part 4 of A Muslim's Requiem: Finding that the core of The Dome of the Rock suffers from decay that echoes the current state of Islam
By Qanta A. Ahmed
July 26, 2013, 11:44 am
Inside the Dome
In the Inner Sanctum: Part three of A Muslim's Requiem, a series on visiting The Dome of the Rock and al Aqsa Mosque
By Qanta A. Ahmed
July 19, 2013, 4:24 pm
Entering the Dome
Part two of A Muslim's Requiem, inspired by a visit to the Muslim holy site in Jerusalem
By Qanta A. Ahmed
The author in Jerusalem (photo credit: Courtesy Qanta Ahmed)
July 12, 2013, 12:35 pm
The Dome of the Rock: A Muslim’s requiem
A journey to the 3rd holiest site in Sunni Islam evokes sadness at seeing a place where conflict grows faster than grass
By Qanta A. Ahmed
The brave shock of green is besieged by the land of gold. (aerial photo: Qanta Ahmed)
June 26, 2013, 4:02 pm
This is the Land
On her first visit to Israel recently, Dr. Qanta Ahmed saw the country ‘as God sees it.’ The Muslim physician and daughter of Pakistani immigrants was smitten by the natural beauty, history and modern achievements that came into vivid focus
By Qanta A. Ahmed
Illustrative photo of Israeli soldiers next to a mobile artillery unit outside the northern Gaza Strip during Operation Pillar of Defense (photo credit:Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
January 11, 2013, 1:45 pm
Israel’s jihad is mine
Hamas is an enemy of Islam, the Prophet and the Palestinians
By Qanta A. Ahmed
September 23, 2012, 9:55 pm
As Muslims, we must oppose the Islamists ourselves
Protesting or criminalizing blasphemy is a grand hoax, irrespective of how deeply wounded our feelings as Muslims may be
By Qanta A. Ahmed
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