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Noor Rahman '25

Noor is a senior managing editor and DEI editor originally from Poughkeepsie, New York. She majors in religion (and economics, which she will only reluctantly admit).

Scrutinizing the AAPI Studies Major

Following the faculty vote approving the AAPI Studies program, Editor-in-Chief Kei Lim ’25 and Senior Managing Editor Noor Rahman ’25 dissect the critical shortcomings of the discipline and the exclusionary tendencies at Amherst that exacerbate them.

Local Attorney Gives Talk on Islamophobia

The college hosted Tahirah Amatul-Wadud, executive director of the Massachusetts branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, for an event about Islamophobia on Tuesday, Dec. 12.

Students Organize Panel on the History of the Gaza Strip

Students Organize Panel on the History of the Gaza Strip

A coalition of student groups organized a panel of experts on the Middle East and Palestine as counter-programming to a talk by Bret Stephens. The panelists discussed the history of Israeli violence in the Gaza Strip and the racism of the modern Zionist movement.

Palestinian Journalist Speaks on Israeli Occupation, Zionism

Palestinian Journalist Speaks on Israeli Occupation, Zionism

As part of the Freedom Talks series, writer Mohammed El-Kurd spoke about the circumstances around Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip, arguing that the Oct. 7 attacks cannot be viewed as the genesis of the current situation.

Vijay Iyer Reflects on Music, Ownership, and Improvisation

Vijay Iyer Reflects on Music, Ownership, and Improvisation

In the second installment of the Freedom Talks speaker series, Grammy-award winning musician and professor Vijay Iyer spoke about the Western conception of music as something that can be owned and argued for the need to historicize concepts like improvisation and freedom.

Presidential Scholar Carol Anderson Discusses History of Voter Suppression

Presidential Scholar Carol Anderson Discusses History of Voter Suppression

At a keynote address in Johnson Chapel, Emory University historian Carol Anderson used powerful storytelling to outline the history of voter suppression, from the Reconstruction period to the present day.

A Systematic Exclusion: How We’re Taught to Discount Palestinians

Managing News Editor Noor Rahman ’25, Editor-in-Chief Sam Spratford ’24, Contributing Writer Caden Stockwell ’25, and Staff Writer Cole Warren ’24 peel back the layers of silencing and dehumanization that have enabled Israel’s war crimes in Gaza.