islam – The Oracle

A New Zealand flag surrounded by flowers at the tribute wall set up at the Botanic Gardens. Archer Student Support Coordinator and Junior Class Dean Jennifer Dohr was

‘There are no words’: Community members reflect upon Christchurch shootings

April 18, 2019

The religious panel, including Amy Bernstein, Matilda Buck, Terri McCaskill and Tasneem Noor, presents to the freshman class. Each woman discussed a different religion: Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam.

Freshmen attend panel discussion on religion

December 9, 2017

Albert Yoshimura, third from left, spends time with older children in front of barracks at the Rohwer, Arkansas, internment camp. Yoshimura, an American citizen and French teacher Valerie Yoshimura's father, was a young child when he and his family moved to a camp from their home in Hawaii. Photo courtesy of Valerie Yoshimura.

Lost Years: Remembering the Japanese Internment’s 75th anniversary

April 19, 2017

This illustration by Rose Shulman-Litwin '18 is an artistic representation of a photo by <a href=

Nuccio DiNuzzo of the Chicago Tribune. DiNuzzo captured a Muslim family and a Jewish family bonding at an anti-immigration ban protest at Chicago O'Hare Airport in January 2017. " />

‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend’: how the rise of hate crimes is bonding Jews, Muslims

March 24, 2017

Dr. Saba Soomekh spoke at The Archer School for Girls on March 21. She talked about the history of Islam and its variations throughout the Middle East.

Dr. Saba Soomekh visits Archer, inspires conversation

March 23, 2017

In this image the yellow and blue lines indicate the hegemony of powerful countries/regimes over weaker ones; indicated by the width of the lines. The larger green line is representative of the progress that could be made in the name of diplomacy by either regime. However, this progress (the green line) is stunted by the intolerance of the blue line(powerful regimes). The green line will never be whole until the blue and yellow ones cooperate with one another.

Graphic illustration by Ciel Torres '17

Column: Rhetoric surrounding terrorism promotes Islamophobia

November 3, 2016

Deconstructing Islam: Muslim women confront ‘Islamophobia,’ societal misconceptions

May 13, 2015