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Arizona Sonoran News

Heba Albasha, a UA medical student, said she welcomes all the "hijab questions" she receives on campus.

Muslim women show resiliency underneath a veil

Amer Taleb November 5, 2014

                          It was a bad morning for Samantha Noyes. The stakes were high and her nerves were shot - the start of fifth grade...

Amber Hough, 21, draws a picture in EON's youth center. She became homeless a few years ago after her mother told her to leave.

Student homelessness continuing to worsen in AZ

Amer Taleb October 8, 2014

It was somewhere between leaving her mother’s Arizona house and walking toward the bus stop that the frightening reality sank in: Amber Hough was now homeless. Hough’s PTSD and autism were causing...

Students read and sit against a wall at the Al-Faruuq Center Of Tucson. The organization offers services, including Islamic and Arabic studies, to refugees.

AZ refugee community triples, grows more diverse

Amer Taleb September 25, 2014

Arizona receives triple the number of refugees it did almost 20 years ago, creating both volume and diversity challenges for resettlement agencies. The Office of Refugee Resettlement has been fair in...

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