Leila Fadel
Stories
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Arts & Life
A Show For Las Vegas: 'Mondays Dark'
Mondays Dark is a show that's for Las Vegas, a city seen by many as a place to go crazy and then leave. The city's performers volunteer to entertain a local audience and raise money for charity.
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Arts & Life
In 'Tigers Are Not Afraid,' A Dark Fantasy Amid Mexico's Drug War
Director Issa López blends magical realism and horror with the current events of her native country in the story of young Estrella, who meets a street gang of fellow orphan children.
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National
6-Year-Old Boy Is Among Those Killed At Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting
The city of Gilroy, Calif., held a vigil Monday night to mourn the deaths of the three people killed by a gunman during a mass shooting at the city's Garlic Festival on Sunday.
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National
At Least 3 Killed And 12 Injured After Shooting At Gilroy Garlic Festival
At least three people were killed and 12 people injured when a gunman opened fire on the last day of the Garlic Festival in Gilroy, Calif. Police are searching for a second suspect.
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Law & Courts
Muslims Are Over-Represented In State Prisons, Report Says
A report from Muslim advocates finds a disproportionate number of Muslims in state prisons. Muslims make up some 9 percent of the state prison population versus about 1 percent of the U.S. population.
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National
Visiting A Historic Mosque In North Dakota
A mosque in the United States was built on a North Dakota prairie in the 1920s. Today the descendants of those families share that history with new American Muslims.
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World
Yemeni Family Reunited After Being Separated By Trump Administration's Travel Ban
Four Yemeni children separated from their parents by the Trump administration's travel ban reunited in Michigan. The ban bars people from seven, mostly Muslim majority countries from the U.S.
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National
The Culture Wars Live On Between The LGBTQ Movement And The Religious Right
An uprising around a New York bar, Stonewall Inn, 50 years ago sparked a movement pushing for LGBTQ civil rights. The success of that movement saw a powerful backlash from the modern religious right.
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Politics
American Muslims In Public Life Say They Face Outsized Scrutiny
Many say the storm of criticism around Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), the first black Muslim woman in Congress, is more about who she is than what she says. Her experience is familiar to other Muslim leaders.
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National
Mainstream Charities Are Unwittingly Funding Anti-Muslim Hate Groups, Report Says
In a new report, called "Hijacked by Hate," the Council on American-Islamic Relations says nearly $125 million was funneled to anti-Muslim hate groups, some from mainstream foundations.