Rummana Hussain

Iraq, like Chicago, has more to offer than ominous headlines Sun-Times columnist Rummana Hussain shares her experience of a trip she took to Iraq with her younger sister, a friend and more than two dozen others.

ICYMI: My column last month on my January trip to Iraq:

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Deadly strike on school symbolizes U.S.-Israel 'aggression' for many Iranians While Donald Trump deflects on the plausibility of U.S. involvement, many Iranians, including those vehemently opposed to their authoritarian, theocratic government, are mourning.

My latest on the school strike — likely by a U.S. missile — in Iran, and a bit on my visit to the country and American misconceptions about Iran and Iranians.

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January still stings 20 years after my dad's death As anyone who has lost a loved one knows, there is no moving on from the grief — only soldiering on in spite of it.

I was so blessed to have a loving and supportive father. His 2006 death, at times, seems like it happened yesterday. Other times it feels like my family lost him so long ago. I miss him everyday. My latest:

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Whose bigotry is accepted in America? The airbrushing of Charlie Kirk's legacy has got me thinking about double standards and pondering how differently many Americans would react if someone like Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West...

If someone like Kanye or Louis Farrakhan, were killed, would so many Americans airbrush their bigotry as
they have for Charlie Kirk?

My thoughts on whose offensive speech — and decision not to speak — gets the most scrutiny in our country:

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Puppet show of Palestinian solidarity The "U.S.-Israel War Machine" puppet has been out and about since many City Council members objected to its display at the Cultural Center. "He" has up turned up at several rallies and will be among t...

Months after many City Council members objected to the "U.S.-Israel War Machine" protest puppet's display at the Chicago Cultural Center, the artwork & others will be featured at an Aug. 24 "Puppet Parade for Palestine."

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Images by Palestinian photojournalist killed in Israeli airstrike enter the picture in Chicago The "Between Sky and Sea" exhibit of the late Palestinian photojournalist and filmmaker Ismail Abu Hatab will be showcased at the Walls Turned Sideways gallery from Thursday through Aug. 23. Abu Hatab...

Photojournalist Ismail Abu Hatab was killed in an Israeli airstrike less than a month ago. His works, which center on joy in the midst of death & destruction in Gaza, will be on display at the Walls Turned Sideways gallery through Aug. 23. My latest:

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Pol formerly known as 'Mr. Cardamom' spices up NYC mayoral race Zohran Mamdani's rise is proof many Democratic voters have grown tired of the old guard continually offering up an out-of-touch white boomer or a slightly younger person of color who is just as cluele...

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Shah Rukh Khan's Met Gala diss wasn't his worst encounter with Americans Humbling as it may have been to be demoted to the lower rungs of the celebrity hierarchy, a D-list diss at the Met Gala beats being mistaken for a terrorist. Khan, a Muslim, was racially profiled and ...

There was a lot of criticism over the reception Shah Rukh Khan @iamsrk received at the Met Gala. But many don't know, the Bollywood star is used to feeling unwelcome in America. 🇮🇳 🇺🇸

My latest:

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I wouldn't roll out welcome mat for this Brown woman Many local South Asian Americans and others called for Hanuman Temple of Greater Chicago in Glenview to uninvite extremist Sadhvi Ritambhara from a speaking engagement this weekend. "Hate speech has n...

Sadhvi Ritambhara, one of the extremists arrested for Babri Masjid's demolition & the ensuing bloodshed in India, is scheduled to speak at north suburban Hindu temple this weekend. Some groups are urging for her invitation to be rescinded. My latest: chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...

I have to say this news makes me so, so sad. What a loss for the Sun-Times. The only silver lining is that I look forward to keeping tabs on what you do next. 😔

This parody MAGA hat is just one sign of Muslim humor on the rise The MAGA parody hat, "Made You Look Allahu Akbar," got me thinking about American Muslim humor and its growing mainstream appeal.

"Humor lets us make sense of the hostile world around us, and makes it easier to live in its midst"

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So the curator of that “controversial” puppet display? She told city council yaall have no taste and never been to a museum 😂

Sharp column from @rummanahussain.bsky.social

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Puppeteer who made 'U.S.-Israel War Machine' says art is 'misrepresented' Aldermanic protest against the exhibit has raised its profile at the Chicago Cultural Center. 'It's a criticism of governments, not people," the artist says.

Puppeteer Abby Palen pushes back against City Council members who have called their protest puppet antisemitic and a symbol of hate.

The artwork is "a criticism of governments, not people," Palen, of Rogers Park, said.

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Biden's failures in Gaza will 'follow him around forever' As President Joe Biden leaves office, many are expressing that his legacy will be tarnished over his reluctance to keep Israel in check in its response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

"I just wished he (Joe Biden) would have listened."

My latest on the ceasefire and Biden's reluctance to keep Israel in check in its response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

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'No one I know was proud of being Syrian until last week' With the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, columnist Rummana Hussain tells the story of her friend Dr. Jihad Shoshara, who first visited his paternal homeland in 1991. "This was the will of the Syria...

My friend @rummanahussain.bsky.social shares an incredible story of Dr. Jihad Shoshara, a #Syria|n doctor in the US.

"That was the will of Syrian people."

#Assad

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For me, Thanksgiving is eating turkey with an Indian kick — at 8 p.m. Once my family started celebrating Thanksgiving, at the insistence of my father, there have always been two constants: a slightly spicy turkey and an 8-ish p.m. 'normal' dinnertime.

There isn't one way to be an American, which means there isn't one way to celebrate Thanksgiving. My latest on my Indian family's annual traditions:

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