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The Occidentalist

The Occidentalist

The Occidentalist

Sioma Abdul-Karim

Sioma Abdul-Karim, Photographer, Reporter, Photo Editor

Sioma is a freshman when she is not busy with school work or working on the newspaper. You can find her with a good book in her hand. She also loves to travel to some of her favorite places she has visited are Africa, Japan and Greece. Whenever Sioma travels she loves to try food that you can not get in the USA where there are different types of snacks and sodas.

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Comments on the police statement  posted on X under the the D.C. Police Department account about the hanging.

Suicide or Lynching: Who’s Lying?

Sioma Abdul-Karim, Reporter June 1, 2026

This is a very uncomfortable topic (including suicide, hanging, lynching) and very political. Please read with that in mind.   In newspaper, when we are coming up with a story to put on the front...

Duggar performs on the field during a halftime show. Photo Courtesy: Email Duggar

Art Always Comes Back

Lillyan Flora and Sioma Abdul-Karim May 18, 2026

  Imagine you're entering your history class in freshman year, you see the students putting away their phones and sitting down. The teacher brings everyone to their seats, and you hear one of your friends...

Abigale Powell & Angie Morales are both freshmen who are about to go out and join the ICE protest Abigale’s sign reads “WE ARE ALL IMMIGRANTS” and Angie’s sign reads “ICE took my dad when I was a kid. Please don’t take my mom now I’m a teenager. #FamiliesBelong Together #AboishICE #ImmigrantsmakeAmerican”

ICED in (Michigan)

Sioma Abdul-Karim, Reporter February 11, 2026

  ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement), is all over the United States even if most of the news is just about them being in Minneapolis. They are in Michigan and are having a big effect on Michigan...

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