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Rima Abdelkader

Rima Abdelkader is a senior reporter for Social Newsgathering at NBC News in New York.

Rima Abdelkader is a senior reporter for Social Newsgathering at NBC News in New York.


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5d ago

Flames engulf Haitian penitentiary as chaos reigns in Port-au-Prince

Flames erupted inside Haiti's almost empty national penitentiary in Port-au-Prince on Thursday, adding to the chaos already engulfing the capital.
28d ago

Student and woman found gunned down in university dorm in Colorado are identified

Two people found fatally shot in a Colorado university dorm room were identified Sunday as investigators continued to search for a killer most likely known to the victims, police said.

Selma Blair facing backlash after Islamophobic comment goes viral

Actor Selma Blair is facing backlash online after an Islamophobic Instagram comment from last week went viral.

U.S. citizen in the occupied West Bank detained over alleged incitement

A U.S. citizen is being held in detention by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank over alleged “incitement on social media.”
42d ago

Dearborn mayor blasts 'inflammatory' Wall Street Journal op-ed calling city 'Jihad Capital'

Mayor Abdullah Hammoud slams WSJ op-ed suggesting residents in Dearborn, Michigan — including Muslim faith leaders and politicians — support Hamas and Hezbollah.
54d ago

Madonna fans sue Material Girl and promoters after show begins 2 hours after ticketed start

Two Madonna fans filed a federal lawsuit against the iconic performer on Wednesday, accusing her of showing up hours late at a show last month and needlessly inconveniencing concertgoers.

Palestinians are using donated eSIM cards to stay in touch with the outside world

As the Gaza Strip enters its second week of a near-total internet blackout, some people are using eSIM cards as a last grasp at contact with the outside world.

Israel says troops searched a Gaza cemetery for dead hostages

Israeli troops damaged a cemetery in Gaza in what the country’s military indicated was part of a search for hostages who were kidnapped by Hamas.
88d ago

13-year-old Palestinian American was shot by Israeli soldiers and detained, his family says

ABU DIS, occupied West Bank — A 13-year-old American Palestinian boy was released from an Israeli prison Wednesday night after he was strip-searched, interrogated and falsely arrested without access to his family or a lawyer, his family said.

Noa Argamani became the face of the Nova music festival hostages

NBC News has uncovered information indicating Noa Argamani may not have been kidnapped by Hamas, but was instead most likely abducted by a mob of Gazans.

Stripped, blindfolded and ‘humiliated’: Images show dozens of Palestinian men detained by Israeli forces in Gaza

Palestinian men stripped to their underwear, blindfolded and made to kneel while detained by Israeli soldiers in Gaza can be seen in images on social media.