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University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill, A Fargo Native, Resigns After Congressional Testimony

December 10, 2023

KVRR Staff,

PHILADELPHIA (KVRR/AP) — University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill has resigned amid pressure from donors and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing. Magill is a Fargo native and graduate of Shanley High School. She was unable to say under repeated questioning that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school’s conduct policy. The university said…

Omar Criticized for Vote on Armenian Genocide Resolution

Omar says accountability and recognition of genocide shouldn't be used as a cudgel in a political fight.

October 30, 2019

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MINNEAPOLIS–U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is coming under criticism from Minnesota’s Armenian community for not supporting a resolution recognizing the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide. The Minnesota Democrat was one of three lawmakers voted “present” when the House overwhelmingly approved it Tuesday in a clear rebuke to Turkey for invading northern Syria. Omar said in a statement…

Yazidi-Americans Honor the Lives Lost in an ISIS Genocide

People in the metro got together for the three year anniversary of a deadly attack in Iraq

August 4, 2017

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MOORHEAD, Minn. — Fargo-Moorhead’s Yazidi-American community is remembering the genocide committed against their people at the hand of ISIS three years ago. On August 3rd, 2014, a group of ISIS militants attacked the Yazidi community in Iraq, killing thousands according to Haroon Al Haider. He and many other Yazidi-Americans living in the Fargo-Moorhead area are holding an event to honor…