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Rummana Hussain
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Editorial board member, columnist, Chicago Sun-Times
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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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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...
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September 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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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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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...
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August 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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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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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...
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July 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2... I’ve seen a lot on here about the NYTimes story on @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social time to recirculate this column from my former Chicago Sun-Times colleague @rummanahussain.bsky.social Rummana Hussain
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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July 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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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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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 ...
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May 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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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 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...
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April 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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"Humor lets us make sense of the hostile world around us, and makes it easier to live in its midst"

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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.
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March 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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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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February 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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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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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.
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February 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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"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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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.
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January 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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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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'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...
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December 14, 2024 at 8:05 PM
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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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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.
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November 16, 2024 at 6:44 PM