Now with the opening of the Universal Hip Hop museum, this cultural phenomenon called Hip Hop is on everyone’s mind. But where are the women? How are they represented? The gender omission of women as architects of Hip Hop, from its humble beginnings up to the current moment with its…

When I traveled to Palestine for the first time my heart was cracked open and shattered into a million pieces. I listened to Palestinians tell me about their homes being demolished, about military night raids, about neighborhoods being bombed for target practice. I listened to former Israeli Defense Soldiers confess…

Growing up in Hawaii, I had never really connected let alone learned about my Palestinian heritage, in spite of it being a part of my last name. When I got the opportunity to study there on Harvard’s dime that all changed. I met some incredibly resilient, beautiful, peaceful, warm and…