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Arab History

Arab Women’s Traditional Clothing Making a Comeback?

By: Shayma Amour/Arab America Contributing Writer The world is a huge platform congested with various civilizations and cultures that revive and beautify it. Each culture has an array of traditions differing it from one another, including traditional clothes that would date back to thousands of years. The Arab world is a vivid universe containing multiple cultures … Continued

The Empires who Ruled What is Known as the Arab World Today

By: Alena Khan/Arab America Contributing Writer  The Arab world we know today has several different regions, different people, and different cultures. What they have in common are the main empires which ruled what is known as the Arab world today. In fact, history’s most notable empires were centered in the Middle East. Powerful and advanced … Continued

Hassan Kamal Al-Sabbah: The Arab American Inventor You May Not Know

By: Freddie Tubbs/Arab America Contributing Writer As far as great inventors go, Hassan Kamal Al-Sabbah is one of the most under-appreciated. That his origin is Lebanon may, sadly, account for some of the reasons why this is the case. He was a Lebanese electrical and electronics research engineer, mathematician and inventor and was born in Nabatieh, Lebanon … Continued

Arab Identity–A Mirror of the Ebbs and Flows of Arab Unity

9 The Arab League of States in action in Cairo. By John Mason/Arab America/Contributing Writer Arab unity was perhaps at its height in the 7th century AD with the inception of the Arab Islamic Empire expansion beyond the Middle East and North Africa into parts of present-day Europe. Since then, that unity has been broken, … Continued

Nubians: An Ancient Egyptian-Sudanese Ethnic Group Now Under Persecution

Typical Nubian Village on the Nile By John P. Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer Nubians are prominent, northeast African ethnic and language group who originally settled in what are today Sudan and southern Egypt. They have a rich history, dating to prehistoric times, including a leadership role during certain Pharaonic periods and as rivals to the … Continued

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