# amna — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover amna. Page: Feed: --- ## [What Does It Mean To Be Egyptian? In the Diaspora, It Depends on Who You Ask](https://www.albustanseeds.org/news/egyptianidentityarabcoptic) _2026-08-14 · Guest User · News - Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture_ By Gawhara Abou-eid Ask an Egyptian how they identify, and the answer can sound simple: Egyptian. But ask what that means — Arab, African, Middle Eastern, Coptic or some combination — and the answer touches on history, language, religion, geography and belonging. ## [Despite the Challenges, These Immigrant Entrepreneurs See Opportunity in the U.S.](https://www.albustanseeds.org/news/arabamericandreaminphilly) _2026-07-30 · Guest User · News - Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture_ By Gawhara Abou-eid For local restaurateurs Rahim Hussein and Omar Alkahily, the “American Dream” has never been defined simply by owning a business. ## [Seeking SWANA Actors: Minou Pourshariati Navigates the Opportunities and Pitfalls of ‘Umbrella Casting’](https://www.albustanseeds.org/news/swanatheatercasting) _2026-07-22 · Guest User · News - Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture_ By Gauri Mangala The last decade of American theatre has pushed theatre owners, producers and casting directors to think more deeply about how to consider casting along racial and ethnic lines. ## [250 Years On, Philadelphia Asks What Independence Day Is For](https://www.albustanseeds.org/news/phillyjulyfourthprotests) _2026-07-15 · Guest User · News - Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture_ By Lauren Abunassar As Philadelphia asked how best to celebrate 250 years of America this Fourth of July, some community members across the city were asking different questions: what, exactly, are we celebrating? And we should be celebrating at all? ## [Egypt's World Cup Breakthrough Unites Philadelphia Fans Across Borders](https://www.albustanseeds.org/news/egyptfifaworldcupfansphilly-c4lc7-a2j3l-lz4wl-ym9cd-bcrdy-h3wwp-2gs9a-jz9k5-h2gms-zk42f-xcbat-s6lgf-t2wt4-4xnzs-wy75z-ygf52-rwzs7-bl8y4-wppew-jfch7-whsdz) _2026-07-10 · Guest User · News - Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture_ By Gawhara Abou-eid Before Egypt's FIFA World Cup run ended in a controversial 3–2 loss to Argentina in the Round of 16, fans packed into a Philadelphia restaurant to celebrate a country finally receiving international recognition in sports while reconnecting with a community thousands of miles from home. ## [For a Former Darfuri Activist, a Community Garden Offers Refuge and Connection](https://www.albustanseeds.org/news/darfuractivistcommunitygardenphilly-c4lc7-a2j3l-lz4wl-ym9cd-bcrdy-h3wwp-2gs9a-jz9k5-h2gms-zk42f-xcbat-s6lgf-t2wt4-4xnzs-wy75z-cbjyx-ml22x-yexzx-8e7bs) _2026-07-06 · Guest User · News - Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture_ By Amna Khalafalla Mahdi Bahr Al Din, who routinely hears from family members in Sudan about their precarious situation, finds relief among the community at the garden, the root of its appeal for him. ## [Queer, Trans and Arab: Finding Belonging in the Diaspora](https://www.albustanseeds.org/news/queerarabphiladelphia-c4lc7-a2j3l-lz4wl-ym9cd-bcrdy-h3wwp-2gs9a-jz9k5-h2gms-zk42f-xcbat-s6lgf-t2wt4-4xnzs-wy75z-ygf52-rwzs7-bl8y4-wppew-jfch7-xcwg5) _2026-06-29 · Guest User · News - Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture_ By Gawhara Abou-eid Saif and Marhaba reject assumptions that transgender or nonbinary identities are modern Western inventions. Saif has noted that queer people existed around him long before he had language for them, through friendships, trusted circles and unspoken understandings. ## [The Woman-Centered Tradition Behind Zaghrouta’s ‘Viral Coachella Moment’](https://www.albustanseeds.org/news/zaghroutacoachellatraditionresistance-c4lc7-a2j3l-lz4wl-ym9cd-bcrdy-h3wwp-2gs9a-jz9k5-h2gms-zk42f-xcbat-s6lgf-t2wt4-4xnzs-wy75z-ygf52-rwzs7-bl8y4-wppew-jfch7) _2026-06-09 · Guest User · News - Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture_ By Gawhara Abou-eid Pop singer Sabrina Carpenter’s mockery of a ululating fan at her April 10 Coachella performance ignited a conversation about a centuries-old vocal tradition rooted in joy, celebration, womanhood and resistance. ## [Video | Ahmad Almallah: Not the Usual English](https://www.albustanseeds.org/news/ahmadalmallahpalestinianpoet-c4lc7-a2j3l-lz4wl-ym9cd-bcrdy-h3wwp-2gs9a-jz9k5-h2gms-zk42f-xcbat-s6lgf-t2wt4-4xnzs-wy75z-cbjyx-ml22x-yexzx-pj92e-bzfaw-5pt4n) _2026-06-02 · Guest User · News - Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture_ By Ahmed Hassouna Palestinian-American poet Ahmad Almallah describes how loss — of his homeland, his language, his mother’s memories — has shaped his life and work. ## [In Photos: Eid Fashion Dazzles in Philly as Muslims Gather to Celebrate Eid al-Adha](https://www.albustanseeds.org/news/phillyeidfashion-c4lc7-a2j3l-lz4wl-ym9cd-bcrdy-h3wwp-2gs9a-jz9k5-h2gms-zk42f-xcbat-s6lgf-t2wt4-4xnzs-wy75z-cbjyx-ml22x-yexzx-pj92e-bzfaw) _2026-05-28 · Guest User · News - Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture_ By Amna Khalafalla In North Philly, Muslims from around the world stepped out in style for “Big Eid.” ## [Build with the cheapest GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/8mIdzQhgw32R) _2026-05-28 · **Sponsored**_ Deployed a live API in minutes; one user spent under $10. ## ["Virtually No Institution of Higher Learning is Safe"](https://banished.substack.com/p/virtually-no-institution-of-higher) _2026-05-12 · Amna Khalid · Banished_ Amna talks to PEN America’s Jonathan Friedman and Amy Reid about unprecedented government censorship on U.S. campuses [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/197273758/05f2483ddf2125e787d6c68b30abf47f.mp3) ## [Are Diverse Democracies an Endangered Species?](https://banished.substack.com/p/are-diverse-democracies-an-endangered) _2026-03-23 · Amna Khalid · Banished_ Amna & Jeff Talk to political scientist Yascha Mounk about liberalism, populism, patriotism, and Donald J. Trump [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/190667803/857e4c2eec231c5cde84e2856ff8ef96.mp3) ## [Are Too Many Professors Excellent Sheep?](https://banished.substack.com/p/are-too-many-professors-excellent) _2025-10-29 · Amna Khalid · Banished_ Amna & Jeff talk to Jon Zimmerman about why some profs are afraid to speak their minds [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/177292993/24c41d5aa8136b7621eaf1846490ac04.mp3) ## [That Book Is Dangerous!](https://banished.substack.com/p/that-book-is-dangerous) _2025-10-03 · Amna Khalid · Banished_ Listen now | Amna and Jeff talk to Adam Szetela about literature and the publishing industry in the Age of the "Great Awokening" [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/174729213/70a163dbadd322a90ab1e07c86035a7e.mp3) ## [What We Keep Getting Wrong about the Cancel Culture Debate](https://banished.substack.com/p/what-we-keep-getting-wrong-about) _2025-09-26 · Amna Khalid · Banished_ Amna & Jeff re-up, & reflect on, a deep-dive post on cancel culture from 2022 ## [Authoritarians in the Academy](https://banished.substack.com/p/authoritarians-in-the-academy) _2025-09-23 · Amna Khalid · Banished_ Listen now (28 mins) | FIRE's Sarah McLaughlin discusses her new book and the turbulent free speech climate in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/174056698/9ae73db2db5ce8f02953092d066e8bf4.mp3) ## [What is the point of studying the past when the present is so overwhelming?](https://banished.substack.com/p/what-is-the-point-of-studying-the) _2025-09-12 · Amna Khalid · Banished_ Amna grapples with this question in a special issue of the The New Republic, \*Trump Against History\* ## [Whatever happened to freedom of association?](https://banished.substack.com/p/whatever-happened-to-freedom-of-association) _2025-03-08 · Amna Khalid · Banished_ Voluntary affinity groups are an American tradition, not a form of DEI discrimination ## [Supercharged since October 7](https://banished.substack.com/p/supercharged-since-october-7) _2025-02-17 · Amna Khalid · Banished_ Ken Stern on Antisemitism and Campus Conflicts over Israel/Palestine [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/156882828/2073f64df5145f83a9fc8b7c7b6abc08.mp3) ## [Who Speaks the Language of Social Justice?](https://banished.substack.com/p/who-speaks-the-language-of-social) _2025-02-08 · Amna Khalid · Banished_ Musa al-Gharbi talks to Amna about his new book, We Have Never Been Woke. (Episode 2 of 2) [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/156411751/5066e3b18cc489d78c02de8b086664a3.mp3) ## [Production-grade web engineering (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/MNOjlq0CLDnP) _2025-02-08 · **Sponsored**_ Senior engineers who rebuild or launch scalable web products with enterprise rigor ## ["You Can't Be an Egalitarian Social Climber"](https://banished.substack.com/p/you-cant-be-an-egalitarian-social) _2025-02-01 · Amna Khalid · Banished_ Musa al-Gharbi talks to Amna about his new book, We Have Never Been Woke. (Episode 1 of 2) [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/156261226/3c08de97c2b7abf6a47e7cf794e31bd4.mp3) ## [Trouble Ahead](https://banished.substack.com/p/trouble-ahead) _2025-01-21 · Amna Khalid · Banished_ PEN America's Jeremy Young on What Trump 2.0 Portends for Higher Education [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/155180946/3ba15436a82a02151e9874aa03b2d98c.mp3) ## [On the mission of higher education, Trump's election and today's most pressing threats to campus free expression](https://banished.substack.com/p/on-the-mission-of-higher-education) _2024-12-20 · Amna Khalid · Banished_ Amna and Jeff appear on Princeton University's "Madison's Notes" Podcast ## [Colleges Flubbed Their Responses to the Election](https://banished.substack.com/p/colleges-flubbed-their-responses) _2024-11-09 · Amna Khalid · Banished_ Here's what they should do instead ## [We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this.](https://banished.substack.com/p/we-must-do-something-this-is-something) _2024-09-16 · Amna Khalid · Banished_ Why We Should be Skeptical of the "Politician's Logic" that Drives Campus DEI ## [Carleton College's New Statement on Academic Freedom](https://banished.substack.com/p/carleton-colleges-new-statement-on) _2024-09-03 · Amna Khalid · Banished_ As colleges and universities revise their academic freedom policies, here is what we like about ours