Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News
Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News
Besan Adnan, 9, teaches her mother, Ibtihaj Al-Na'san, English in Tucson, Ariz. on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. Besan goes to public school where she learns English while also attend Sunday school to practice her religion and Arabic. (Photo by Nour Haki / Arizona Sonora News)

Helping Muslim refugee children to adapt to a new life while maintaining cultural identity

Nour Haki • December 9, 2016

By NOUR HAKI Arizona Sonora News Eight months ago, Besan Adnan, nine years old, a Syrian refugee from Jordan to the United States encountered a world of different people, a different...

Mahmoud Al-Rahmoon plays with his only toy, a slightly deflated soccer ball, in his family's apartment on Oct. 16, 2016. Al-Rahmoon dreams of one day owning his own car and airplane and becoming a professional soccer player. (Photo by Rebecca Noble / Arizona Sonora News)

For Syrian refugees in Tucson, the fog of war yields to a struggle to persevere

Nour Haki • November 6, 2016

By NOUR HAKI Arizona Sonora News A young girl shrieks  to her mother for help. She is trapped underneath the rubble of what was once her home. The boom of the air missiles echo in...

Taylor Sanders displays a pea pod growing in the University of Arizona Community Garden. Elizabeth Eaton / Arizona Sonora News Service

From Zeer Pot to Evaptainer, from the Middle East to Arizona, how sunlight and water can address food spoilage when electricity isn’t an option

Nour Haki • September 23, 2016

By NOUR HAKI Arizona Sonora News Service Everybody in southern Arizona knows what an evaporative cooler is. This technology, which pre-dated the wide residential availability of air conditioning,...

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