My Flight Home from D.C. Articles On October 15, 2021 By MPAC By: Salam Al-Marayati, MPAC President I have been traveling to Washington, D.C. from Los Angeles for the past 30 years, and you will never guess what goes through my mind on every arrival into the Beltway. I think of it as a spiritual journey, a response to the call… Read more
Bridging across Polarization: Muslims and Evangelical Christians Planting the Mustard Seed for America Articles On October 6, 2021 By MPAC “What we have seen over the course of the last 6 or 7 years is exactly the toxic polarization that we don’t want… because when you have these messages for one side, that just increases those differences and it’s then so much harder!” — I met Mahmoud via Zoom after he… Read more
Breaking down the Government Shutdown Showdown Articles On October 1, 2021 By MPAC Breaking down the Government Shutdown Showdown By M Baqir Mohie El-Deen, MPAC Policy Program Manager Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo Our Congress passed a short-term appropriations bill that will fund our government until December 3rd, hours before a government shutdown, however, our legislatures are still gridlocked over… Read more
The Aftermath of the Evacuation of Afghan Refugees Articles On September 24, 2021 By MPAC The Aftermath of the Evacuation of Afghan Refugees By Sara Kamal, MPAC Policy Intern In this handout image courtesy of the US Marine Corps, Families begin to board a US Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, August 23, 2021. © Samuel Ruiz,… Read more
Blinken Defends Biden Articles On September 17, 2021 By MPAC Blinken Defends Biden By: Lubna Hassan Heikal, MPAC Policy Intern Olivier Douliery/Reuters Two decades after the tragic events of 9/11, the Biden Administration made good on its promise to withdraw all U.S. military forces in Afghanistan, ending the longest war in… Read more
It’s Time We Humanize Afghans and Afghanistan Articles On August 27, 2021 By MPAC It’s Time We Humanize Afghans and Afghanistan By: Prema Rahman, MPAC Policy Analyst Image Credit: IOM/Muse Mohammed “I just read the meeting minutes of the Taliban’s latest meeting, and I can’t tell you how professional their meeting minutes were and… Read more
Zaki Anwari. Remember that name. Articles On August 20, 2021 By MPAC Zaki Anwari. Remember that name. By: MPAC Policy Bureau Image via the Guardian Zaki was a member of the Afghan youth soccer team with his entire life ahead of him. On Monday of this week, he decided the best way to ensure… Read more
