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American students attack Palestinian students on US soil
"It was the ugliest thing I have ever seen," said Awartani, a freshman pursuing a double major in aerospace and mechanical engineering at NC State. "I've seen Israeli soldiers doing this to me in Palestine, but I've never seen this with citizens. It just came with punches, kicks and brass knuckles. There were witnesses that told me they were picking up rocks and bricks and hitting me."
All this was accompanied by 'sand niggers,' 'fucking Palestinians,' 'terrorists.' I would like to say seven to eight people were attacking me."
All this was accompanied by 'sand niggers,' 'fucking Palestinians,' 'terrorists.' I would like to say seven to eight people were attacking me."
A hostile encounter at a Guilford College residence hall between students reputed to be members of the football team and three Palestinian students preparing for a night on the town escalated into a flurry of ethnic slurs that ended in the three being hospitalized with concussions.
The assaults took place in the courtyard of Bryan Hall early in the morning hours of Jan. 20 at Guilford, a Quaker college in Greensboro that holds a national reputation for its emphasis on social justice and nonviolence. Witnesses said the site was under construction, and the assailants commandeered loose bricks to carry out the attack. Faris Khader and Osama Sabbah, both students at Guilford, and Omar Awartani, a friend visiting from NC State University in Raleigh, were attacked after hearing taunts from members of the Guilford College football team, Awartani said on Monday.
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ADC is a grassroots civil rights organization which welcomes people of all backgrounds, faiths and ethnicities as members.
The ADC was founded in Washington, DC by U.S. Senator Jim Abourezk in 1980 Advisory Board members include: Muhammad Ali, Her Majesty Queen Noor, several U.S. Congressmen, & Casey Kasem among others ADC has members in all 50 states - and it is the largest Arab American organization of its kind
The three cities with the largest concentrations of Arab Americans are: Los Angeles, Detroit, & New York.
Three-fourths of Arab Americans are Christian according to the latest data .
There are 3 million Americans with Arab heritage and approximately 7 million Muslim Americans (by comparison there are 5.2 million Jewish Americans)
Famous Arab Americans include: Ralph Nader, Salma Hayek, Casey Kasem, Doug Flutie, Shakira, Paula Abdul, Spencer Abraham and many more (click here to see an illustrated brochure) The Arab American market is considerable. Arab American consumers have a buying power of $104 billion.
The Arab World is made up of 22 countries with a combined economy of $1.2 trillion annually. It's population is slightly larger than the US (300 million people) most of whom live in Africa.
The ADC Communications Department, has made over 3,000 radio & television appearances to date
Our legal department handles over 2000 complaints/cases per year
Our website averages well over 1 million hits per month and is ranked number one in Google for both "Arab American" and "Discrimination"
Tens of thousands of letters have been written to Congress and the White House through our government affairs site.
>> Feel free to send your comments or concerns to ADC.
The assaults took place in the courtyard of Bryan Hall early in the morning hours of Jan. 20 at Guilford, a Quaker college in Greensboro that holds a national reputation for its emphasis on social justice and nonviolence. Witnesses said the site was under construction, and the assailants commandeered loose bricks to carry out the attack. Faris Khader and Osama Sabbah, both students at Guilford, and Omar Awartani, a friend visiting from NC State University in Raleigh, were attacked after hearing taunts from members of the Guilford College football team, Awartani said on Monday.
http://www.yesweekly.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=2078&TM=82117.45
ADC
http://www.adc.org/index.php?id=1482
ADC is a grassroots civil rights organization which welcomes people of all backgrounds, faiths and ethnicities as members.
The ADC was founded in Washington, DC by U.S. Senator Jim Abourezk in 1980 Advisory Board members include: Muhammad Ali, Her Majesty Queen Noor, several U.S. Congressmen, & Casey Kasem among others ADC has members in all 50 states - and it is the largest Arab American organization of its kind
The three cities with the largest concentrations of Arab Americans are: Los Angeles, Detroit, & New York.
Three-fourths of Arab Americans are Christian according to the latest data .
There are 3 million Americans with Arab heritage and approximately 7 million Muslim Americans (by comparison there are 5.2 million Jewish Americans)
Famous Arab Americans include: Ralph Nader, Salma Hayek, Casey Kasem, Doug Flutie, Shakira, Paula Abdul, Spencer Abraham and many more (click here to see an illustrated brochure) The Arab American market is considerable. Arab American consumers have a buying power of $104 billion.
The Arab World is made up of 22 countries with a combined economy of $1.2 trillion annually. It's population is slightly larger than the US (300 million people) most of whom live in Africa.
The ADC Communications Department, has made over 3,000 radio & television appearances to date
Our legal department handles over 2000 complaints/cases per year
Our website averages well over 1 million hits per month and is ranked number one in Google for both "Arab American" and "Discrimination"
Tens of thousands of letters have been written to Congress and the White House through our government affairs site.
>> Feel free to send your comments or concerns to ADC.
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The parents of Michael Bates, Michael Robert Six and Christopher Barnette issued a statement Friday, asking the public to withhold judgment until an investigation was completed. The statement said Six was attacked with a belt by one of the accusers but didn't offer further details.
"Under our system of government, our sons are presumed innocent of these charges and we hope that the community and the media will let the system run its course in determining their innocence or guilt," the statement said.
Five players face charges of assault and ethnic intimidation in connection with a fight Saturday. The charges do not reflect results of a police investigation.
The charges were approved by a magistrate judge after a complaint was filed by the accusers -- Guilford College students Faris Khader and Osama Sabbah and North Carolina State student Omar Awartani, who was visiting Greensboro from Raleigh.
The Palestinian men said they were taunted with racial slurs and called "terrorists" as they were beaten and kicked, according to court documents.
Lawyer Seth Cohen said his clients didn't do anything wrong and didn't provoke the attack.
"They were minding their own business," Cohen said.
The FBI is investigating to determine whether a hate crime was committed, FBI spokesman Tim Stutheit said.
Bates, Six and Barnette were arrested Monday on misdemeanor charges. Two other players, Jonathan Underwood and Jazz Favors, were charged Thursday. Underwood also faces one count of communicating threats.
Guilford football coach Kevin Kiesel asked that students and faculty refrain from premature judgments.
"I have a lot of confidence in the judicial process at Guilford," Kiesel said.