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10 Arab Americans Urging you to Vote: Keenan Kassar

Oct 22, 2020

By: Diala Ghneim/Arab America Contributing Writer I spoke with ten Arab Americans about voting. These individuals come from different age groups, industries, and political orientations. They are teachers, lawyers, students, stay at home mothers, IT professionals, etc…. They are active(...)

How We Can Use Photography to Show Pride in Our Culture?

Oct 22, 2020

By: Mohamed Nada/Arab America Contributing Writer How can photography be used to show pride in our culture? When it comes to taking pictures, more specifically in a cultural scene, one of the most controversial things to focus on while taking(...)

Greater Syrian Diaspora at 78RPM: Wadeeh Bagdady

Oct 21, 2020

By: Richard Breaux/Arab America Contributing Writer What do you do when you find several dozen 78 rpm records all in Arabic and you can neither read, nor speak the language? You research the musicians and record labels and write(...)

Picturesque Carmona Offers Its Charm and History

Oct 21, 2020

By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer Few urban centers in Spain have a more venerable history than Carmona - a town located some 36 km (22.5 mi) east of Seville. Its impressive medieval fortifications and its location on a promontory(...)

A Paleo, Keto-friendly Spin on "Koosa" Stuffed Mahshi That Will Make You Go "و"

Oct 21, 2020

By: Mariam Kanaan/Arab America Contributing Writer With many diets, like paleo and keto, increasing in popularity, many people are looking for ways to adapt recipes they know and love to fit these diets. You may(...)

California Governor Vetoes Ethnic Studies Bill

Oct 21, 2020

By: Mary Salome/Arab America Contributing Writer Khalid is a high school junior in the San Francisco Bay Area. He knows a lot about Palestine through his family, but not through any lesson he’s ever had in school. While he is(...)

Israeli Actress to Play the Queen of the Nile – Does it matter that Cleopatra was Greco-Egyptian?

Oct 21, 2020

Israeli Actress, Gal Gadot, playing Wonder Woman--now scheduled to play Queen Cleopatra Photo credit wallpaper.com By John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer The casting of Israeli Gal Gadot as Cleopatra in an upcoming film will probably be a blockbuster. The fact(...)

10 Arab Americans Urging you to Vote: Vivian Khalaf

Oct 21, 2020

By: Diala Ghneim/Arab America Contributing Writer Vivian Khalaf, 54, attorney at law Drums of the next US presidential elections are sounding, and America holds its breath as it anxiously waits for its four-year future. Major news outlets have started their(...)

An Open Letter to Fellow Chaldeans: Vote Blue in this Election

Oct 20, 2020

By: Mona Hanna-Attisha/Arab America Contributing Writer I am a proud first-generation Iraqi American. Specifically, I am Chaldean, an Iraqi Christian. We are part of the international diaspora of Iraqi immigrants displaced over generations, and particularly after the rise of Saddam(...)

Arab American Women Making an Impact: Lily Karam

Oct 20, 2020

By: Ivey Noojin/ Arab America Contributing Writer Lily Karam is an activist living in California who has dedicated all of her life, and over 90 percent of her time after retirement, to helping Palestinians. Even with a career and children,(...)

14 Arab Americans Who Made U.S. History as the Firsts

Oct 20, 2020

By: Ivey Noojin/Arab America Contributing Writer We often celebrate the life and accomplishments of certain people due to their nationality or ethnicity. For example, the media frequently will state, "this person is the first [insert race here] to...". This is(...)

The Arab World in Virginia

Oct 19, 2020

By: Cait O'Connor/ Arab American Contributing Writer Virginia has one of the fastest-growing Arab populations in the country. The number of people claiming Arabic descent has more than doubled since 1980. The majority of Arab-Americans are of Lebanese descent, followed(...)