A new book by Chicago-based author and journalist Anna Marie Kukec Tomczyk tells stories of five Latina immigrant women who changed their lives after learning English at the Dominican Literacy Center in Aurora.
Join us for a conversation between Author and Activist Anan Ameri and Professor and Activist Nadine Naber
About this Event
Dr. Anan Ameri is a scholar, author, activist, and community organizer. She is the founding Director of the Arab American National Museum (AANM) and Palestine Aid Society of America. She holds a BA in Sociology from the University of Jordan, an MA from Cairo University, and a PhD from Wayne State University in Detroit. She was a fellow at the Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College, a visiting scholar in Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University, and served as Interim Director of the Institute for Jerusalem Studies. The recipient of numerous awards, Anan was inducted into the Women’s Hall of Fame in Lansing, Michigan in 2016 and received ACCESS’s Arab American of the Year award in 2020. She enjoys writing and has authored and edited several articles and publications. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Chicago Muslims applaud Biden s reversal of Trump s travel ban
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Share: I m so happy. It s very good, he said.
President Biden signed an executive order reversing former President Trump s travel ban on people from several Muslim-majority countries. A lot of people from the Syrian refugee community are asking, does this mean that our family members can now apply for visas if they need to, said Suzanne Akhras Sahloul, the executive director of the Syrian Community Network.
The ban sparked demonstrations at O Hare International Airport and airports across the country when it went into effect four years ago. It signified that, Hey Muslims, we don t really want you here in our country. Not even, really. We don t want you in this country, flat out, said Sufyan Sohel, the deputy director and counsel for CAIR-Chicago.