The news today: Jews, Muslims and Arabs face threats of violence over social media, pro-Palestinian protesters attacked, Palestinian-American shooting survivors speak up, ex-Obama official gets out of hate crime charges, Florida Marriott cancels Muslim conference, UChicago faculty members form chapter of Faculty for Justice in Palestine, Film Workers for Palestine protest at Sundance, Doris Duke Foundation awards $6 million in grants to Muslim Creators, ISF Opens Scholarships for Muslim American Students in Media and Politics, and we hear all about Muslim House 2024. Guest Eman Abdelhadi discusses life on campus for Palestinian Americans today.

For more information on the topics discussed in this episode, you can visit the following articles and websites:

• Threats against Jews, Muslims and Arabs continue on social media: DHS bulletin | ABC News | https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/threats-jews-muslims-arabs-continue-social-media-dhs/story?id=106291629 


• Pro-Palestinian protesters say they were attacked with stink bomb at Columbia University | The Hill| https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4422747-pro-palestinian-protestors-say-they-were-attacked-with-stink-bomb-at-columbia-university/ 


• Palestinian-American survivors speaks out on Vermont shooting | NBC News | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhq4GBNwx4w
  


• Ex-Obama official reaches deal to avoid prosecution for racist abuse of NYC food truck vendor | The Independent | https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/hate-crime-food-truck-obama-official-b2481185.html 


• Coral Springs Marriott cancels Muslim conference, organizers call move "racist" | CBS Miami | https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/coral-springs-marriott-cancels-muslim-conference-organizers-call-move-racist/ 


• UChicago faculty members form chapter of Faculty for Justice in Palestine | FJP | https://fjpuchicago.noblogs.org/post/2024/01/16/press-release/ 


• Film Workers for Palestine Takes to Sundance, as Prominent Filmmakers Speak Out Against War | Democracy Now | https://www.democracynow.org/2024/1/22/headlines/film_workers_for_palestine_takes_to_sundance_as_prominent_filmmakers_speak_out_against_war#:~:text=Over%20700%20film%20workers%20have,Mira%20Nair%3B%20and%20Finnish%20director 


• Cinema, Comedy and Cancel Culture — The Muslim House at Sundance 2024


• | CreateFann.com | https://www.createfann.com/comedy-cancel-culture-and-critical-thinking-the-muslim-house-at-sundance-2024/ 


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  ISF Opens Scholarship Applications for Muslim American Students in Media and Politics | CreateFann.com | https://www.createfann.com/isf-opens-scholarship-applications-for-muslim-american-students-in-media-and-politics/ 


• U.S. Muslim Creators Receive $6 Million Boost from Doris Duke Foundation | CreateFann.com | https://www.createfann.com/u-s-muslim-creators-receive-6-million-boost-from-doris-duke-foundation/ 


• How U.S. Muslims Have Transformed in the 20 Years Since 9/11—and What It Means in the Wake of 10/7 | In These Times | https://inthesetimes.com/article/muslims-palestine-islamophobia-palestine-israel-gaza
  

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