OP-ED

Quds Day: From an Idea to an International Demand The last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan was designated as Quds Day several decades ago by the Founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This designation, more than being a mere political statement, was a call for the international community to pay attention to an issue that was gradually being forgotten: the displacement of a nation and the occupation of a land considered holy by the followers of three major divine religions. Today, Quds Da

Somewhere along the Afghan-Pakistan border this week, a family is on the move again. They have done this before — through Soviet tanks, civil war, the Taliban’s first rule, twenty years of American military presence, and the Taliban’s return to power. Each time they gathered what remained of their lives and began again. Now, artillery and airstrikes are forcing them to do it once more. The United Nations estimates that nearly 118,000 people have been displaced since fighting escalated in late