This LA third space is a haven for SWANA diaspora. But the landlord wants them out.

For Fatmah Muhammad, Astralab is a home away from home.

The community space sometimes feels safer than the confines of her home, where she sits alone watching the constant reports of violence and death flash across her screen β€” reminders that her homeland of Palestine is being torn apart by war.

There isn’t much she can do from thousands of miles away, so she and hundreds of others find solace in the refuge that Astralab provides…

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