Arabic

Berkeley Law Human Rights Center partnered with the International Center for Transitional Justice to train Yemeni field monitors and investigators seeking to address human rights violations in Yemen’s civil war.

The poems of this collection talk to each other, like neighbors carrying on a conversation through open, opposite-facing windows across the street.

It haunts me that certain aspects of my identity can only be articulated and understood in English — they’re basically invisible, or actually, nonexistent, when discussed in my mother tongue.

Religion is a choice for me as a Muslim, and it should be for anyone. It is a spiritual belief and should be respected just as we respect people’s political ideas, identities or sexual orientations.

Odcikin is an advocate for rehearsals being spaces for the very conversations that the play hopes to inspire among audience members.

“What would you do if your kid was gay?” The question lingers heavily in the air between all of us like pungent perfume.

I would hope that UC Berkeley would recognize the importance of supporting language learning and choose instead to invest in the diversification and cultural awareness of its students.

Perhaps life is stronger than war And perhaps life will one day be easier on those resilient souls.

Three new restaurants will be opening on Shattuck Avenue in the next few months, offering a diverse array of cuisines.