by Ali Khan | Dec 17, 2025 | Opinion
For the past 30 years, the Islamic Academy of Alabama (IAA) has been nestled in a leafy neighborhood near the Birmingham Zoo, about a ten-minute drive from my first home. It serves more than 200 students and has an almost 100 percent university-enrollment rate among...
by Ali Khan | Jul 9, 2025 | Opinion
The past 21 months have been transformative for Palestinians and Israelis, but also, notably, for many Americans. Some have become entrenched in their polarized views of the Palestinian occupation and conflict. Others have had a rude awakening, discovering how...
by Ali Khan | May 15, 2025 | Analysis
My father told me Arabic was the perfect cup to hold love, humor and grief all at once. I remember this when I try to explain the Nakba in English. Whereas the usual translation of “catastrophe” implies something that began, culminated and ended, the Arabic Nakba...
by Ali Khan | Apr 29, 2025 | Opinion
If you ask someone in most Muslim-majority countries about Zionism, they may not be able to define it. They probably can’t explain its historical evolution or recognize its veneer of “Judeo-Christian” theology. However, if you were to describe the role Zionism has...
