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Spinach: The Prince of Vegetables
Feb 15, 2022
By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer “Come on! Eat your spinach! Don’t you want to grow up and be as strong as Popeye?” How many times have mothers, in such words, urged their long-suffering offspring to consume this vegetable made(...)
Do Not Fear, We Are Doing Tasbih!
Feb 14, 2022
Dhikr using Misbaha (prayer beads) BY: Sara Alsayed / Arab America Contributing Writer Have you ever seen a Muslim on a train or a bus whispering to themselves and moving their fingers or even holding what would appear to the(...)
The 11 levels of love in Arabic
Feb 10, 2022
The affliction and the eventual dissent into madness By: Menal Maliki / Arab America Contributing Writer Much of the Arabic language's beauty stems from its dept. The language is as beautiful as it is complex. Take for example the word(...)
An ‘Individual of Color’ Breaks a Barrier in Iraq—How this fits Arab Perceptions of Race
Feb 9, 2022
Randa Abd-Al-Aziz in her position as one of the first persons of color to serve as a newscaster on national Iraqi TV Photo New York Times By John Mason / Arab America Contributing Writer A young Iraqi Arab woman was(...)
More Than Just Habibi: 8 Expressions of Endearment from the Arab World to Try Out This Valentine’s Day
Feb 9, 2022
Habibi sticker designed and sold by nadiabdeir By: Dina Kobeissi/Arab America Contributing Writer The Arabic words habibi and habibti have spread more and more within non-Arab societies. Translating to “my love" for men and women respectively, the words have been labeled(...)
A Review of "We Hunt The Flame" by Hafsah Faizal
Feb 9, 2022
Book cover of We Hunt The Flame BY: Sara Alsayed / Arab America Contributing Writer The 2019 Sand of Arawiya duology We Hunt the Flame, written by Hafsah Faizal, is an extraordinary book that captures ancient Arabian nights. The book's richly(...)
10 Interesting Things About Oman
Feb 9, 2022
Photo: Flag of Oman By: Nouha Elyazidi / Arab America Contributing Writer Oman is a beautiful country located on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. For a quick introduction, Oman has a population of 5.1 million (2020), their official(...)
Whale Sharks: The World's Largest Fish in the Persian Gulf
Feb 8, 2022
By: Leyelle Mosallam / Arab America Contributing Writer The Middle East is often overwhelmingly stereotyped as just deserts. One would be surprised by how diverse the Middle East environment and ecosystem actually are. While the desert offers great tourist attractions(...)
Why KFC is a Luxury in Gaza
Feb 8, 2022
By: Menal Maliki / Arab America Contributing Writer Whenever someone thinks of prison, they imagine a person in an orange jumpsuit locked away in a tiny cell, with nothing but empty walls, an impending prospect of freedom, and a distilled(...)
Arab Influences in the Culinary Art of Mexico
Feb 8, 2022
By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer During this century, the Arab emigrants from the Middle East to Mexico were surprised to find a number of foods which were not strange to their culinary taste. These dishes, with the exception of(...)
Amnesty International: Israel is an Apartheid State
Feb 2, 2022
Amnesty International “Israel is not a state of all its citizens... [but rather] the nation-state of the Jewish people and only them”Message posted online in March 2019 by Israel’s then prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu By: Omar Mansour / Arab America(...)
Who is Al Farabi ? Why is he so Important?
Feb 2, 2022
Abu Nasr Al Farabi / The Astana Times By: Noura Abu Hamze / Arab America Contributing Writer Biography of Al Farabi Abu Nasr Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Tarkhan ibn Awzalagh Al-Farabi was born in approximately AH 257/ CE 870. He was born in(...)4,375 Results (Page 106 of 365)