by Maryam Saleh | Jun 1, 2017 | Education, Featured
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — If Akshra Paimagam was nervous on stage at the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Wednesday, she did not show it. The Charlotte eighth grader breezed through the preliminary rounds of the bee Wednesday, correctly spelling “sorbitol” and...
by Maryam Saleh | Jun 1, 2017 | Education, Featured
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland – Fort Worth eighth grader Will Lourcey aced the spelling of “fallacy” and “Ruritanian” on Wednesday, but that was not enough for him to advance to the finals of the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee. Lourcey, 14, is a student at Trinity...
by Maryam Saleh | Mar 15, 2017 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Hundreds of Syrians from across America will descend on Washington Thursday for two days of lobbying and planning for the future capped by a Saturday rally to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the start of Syrians’ protests against the regime of Bashar...
by Maryam Saleh | Mar 15, 2017 | Immigration
College senior Ana Tobar has advocated for immigration reform since her freshman year at George Mason University in Washington, DC. Tobar, 21, a double major in global affairs and communication and an immigrant, herself, has often focused on finding allies to help...
by Maryam Saleh | Mar 9, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Hundreds of women and men clad in red observed International Women’s Day on Wednesday by marching to the White House with a pointed message for President Donald Trump: they will continue to demonstrate in favor of abortion rights. “We have been resisting...
