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Tag: Jenn Schanz

Vocalo, CAIR-Chicago Audio-Documentary: The Media and Islamophobia

September 7, 2011
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| Categories: Anti Hate Center, Audio Clips, Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media, Multimedia, Our News

CAIR-Chicago intern, Becky Fogel, created this audio documentary for Vocalo and Chicago Public Media on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks to share perspectives on the media’s role in harboring Islamophobia. Becky interviewed civil rights activists in the Muslim community and had them share their thoughts on how public perception of Muslims has changed since 9/11.

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Audio Clips, Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media, Multimedia, Our News Tagged 10 years, 89.5, 9/11, Amina Sharif, Anniversary, anti-Muslim, Asad Jafri, Becky Fogel, Bias, CAIR Chicago, Chicago Public Media, IMAN, Islam, Islamophobia, Jenn Schanz, marginalize, Media, Muslim, Ndidi Okakpu, Noor Salahuddin, Rebecca Fogel, Stereotypes, Vocalo

Documentary Koran by Heart offers insight into Muslim tradition and values

August 29, 2011
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Koran by Heart, a documentary film by Greg Barker which covered the 2009 Koran recital competition in Cairo where children from around the world gather to compete, aired on HBO.

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Posted in Features Tagged Cairo, Greg Barker, HBO, Islamohphobia, Jenn Schanz, Koran by Heart, Ramadan, Senegal

Social media used to correct Western perceptions of Arabs. But at what cost?

July 28, 2011
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Communications Intern Jenn Schanz weighs the pros and cons of the image being portrayed by the a new Arab video game character.

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Posted in Features, Opinion Corner, Our News Tagged Arab image, Facebook, Happy Oasis, Jenn Schanz, stereotype, superhero, video games

Extremism has no religion

July 26, 2011
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Communications Intern Jenn Schanz reflects on the tragedy in Norway and the tendency of terrorists to hide behind religious ideology to further political agendas.

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Features, Opinion Corner Tagged agenda, Anders Behring Breivik, attacks, ideology, Jenn Schanz, Norway, Politics, Religion, Terror, terror attack, Terrorist

Controversy demands discourse, not dismissal: the case with Israel and Palestine

June 23, 2011
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Across city campuses, effective discourse has taken place on socially relevant issues, pulling them out of the “taboo drawer” and placing them into the limelight. From gender equality to immigration, today’s student approach has consistently been “let’s talk about it.”

And then there’s Israel and Palestine.

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Posted in Features, Opinion Corner, Our News Tagged campus, Debate, DePaul, Israel, Jenn Schanz, Palestine, Sabra hummus, SJP
 
 
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