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Will the Trump Administration Shift U.S. Policy in Favor of Palestine?
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Go topSince President Trump’s initial introduction to politics, anti-immigration rhetoric has been a cornerstone of his campaign strategy. Trump’s first presidential campaign centered around a proposed border wall on the Mexico-US border. Trump’s second administration has centered on mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. Major cities have been targeted with ICE raids. The MAGA wing of the … Continued
By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer In armed conflict, victory is often mistakenly measured by the destruction inflicted on the enemy—not the long-term interests of the warriors. This narrow view, now, threatens to pull Lebanon and Israel into yet another devastating conflagration. Prime Minister Netanyahu is thrilled that Israel’s military forces have overperformed over the … Continued
By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer In both Tunisia and Libya Italian influences in their kitchens are profound. Hence, pasta dishes such as this one are found to some extent in their cuisines. Food historians generally agree that it was the Arabs who introduced dried pasta into Europe via Sicily. A dried product, it was … Continued
By: Blanche Shaheen/Arab America Contributing Writer Every December 4th, Palestinian Christians, and many other orthodox Christians throughout the Levant, Greece, and Eastern Europe, prepare a sweet, fragrant porridge called Burbara. To outsiders, the dish may seem like a simple winter comfort food. But for those who grew up in the hills of Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Ramallah, … Continued
By: Fayzeh Abou Ardat / Arab America Contributing Writer An interesting cultural change is occurring throughout the Arab world, one that looks not only to Islamic or Arab nationalist identity but also much deeper back to the pre-Islamic and indigenous civilizations that moulded the oldest histories of the region. These ancient cultures, from the Sabaeans … Continued
By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer As the Trump administration pivots from its faltering Gaza ceasefire to an overambitious Ukraine peace proposal, a troubling pattern emerges: the same transactional diplomatic team is applying roughly the same approach to two fundamentally different conflicts. The initial promise of the Gaza plan seemed compelling: the cessation of heavy … Continued
By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer One of the most important new vegetable crops introduced by the Arabs to the Iberian Peninsula and later to Sicily was the eggplant. Four varieties were grown in Spain: the ‘local’, the Cordoban, the Egyptian and the Syrian, all attesting to its popularity as a cooking ingredient. The Arabs … Continued
By: Layla Mahmoud / Arab America Contributing Writer Across the United States, teachers who try to discuss Palestine in their classrooms are finding themselves silenced or even pushed out of their jobs. What used to be a space for open dialogue has turned into a risky territory where even basic historical context or humanitarian discussion … Continued
U.S. involvement in the Arab world has been incredibly costly for limited positive results. The culprit? An inability to learn from mistakes.
By: Ray Milhem / Arab America Contributing Writer Across the United States, Arab Americans have quietly and powerfully shaped the technologies that define modern life. They have built systems that secure our digital world, designed engines that drive innovation, and led teams that imagine the future. But behind the patents, products, and platforms lies something … Continued
This is the one-hundred and first in Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series features personalities from various fields, including entertainment, business, sports, science, the arts, academia, journalism, and politics. John Mason, contributing writer, highlights our one-hundred and first pathbreaker, Kareem El-Badry, an Egyptian American astrophysicist known for his discovery of hidden stars and black holes. He is a recent winner of the MacArthur ‘genius’ award and is a proud member of a long line of astronomers dating to the period of medieval Arab and Islamic astronomy.
By: Blanche Shaheen/Arab America Contributing Writer Long ago, when the mountains of northern Lebanon were dotted with stone houses and terraced fields, Roman patrols moved through the region searching for rebels who refused to bow to imperial taxes. One small village—perched high above the Qadisha Valley—was home to farmers, shepherds, and an especially clever group … Continued
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