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The Arab American Immigrant Every Country Would Desire

Aug 16, 2017

By: Dr. Hoda Amin/Contributing Writer Back home, in Lebanon, since my childhood, I was very studious and competitive. Most of my grades were very high. I couldn't wait to get home to show dad my report cards when we got our(...)

11 Ways Arab Millennials are Different from their Parents

Aug 16, 2017

By: Ani Karapetyan/Contributing Writer Children of Arab immigrants who were born and grew up in the United States are different from their parents in many ways. Technically, they are Americans and consider themselves as Americans. However, just being American does(...)

IN PICTURES: In Haifa, a 'Museum Without Walls'

Aug 14, 2017

Source: Middle East Eye #Culture An open-air museum displaying some of Haifa’s historic Palestinian roots in present-day Israel, is said to promote coexistence Haifa - In the old city of Haifa, a historically Arab city in the north of present-day(...)

The End of This Road: The Decline of the Palestinian National Movement

Aug 14, 2017

Source: New Yorker By: Hussein Agha and Ahmad Samih Khalidi Hussein Agha and Ahmad Samih Khalidi have been involved in Palestinian peace negotiations for three decades, and are senior associate members of St. Antony’s College, Oxford, and co-authors of “A Framework for(...)

‘Fuck it, wipe out Gaza’, says spokesperson for EU campaign

Aug 14, 2017

Source: Middle East Monitor The EU has hired an Israeli who advocates Gaza be “wiped out” to improve EU-Israel relations, Electronic Intifada reported. Avishai Ivri appears in a promotional campaign in which he outlines the European Union’s benefits for Israel, declaring it(...)

Palestinian art after Darwish

Aug 14, 2017

Source: Electronic Intifada By: Sarah Irving In the Wake of the Poetic: Palestinian Artists after Darwish by Najat Rahman, Syracuse University Press (2015) Perhaps inevitably, the ways in which Palestinian literature and art are thought of and written about are strongly colored(...)

Ed Sheeran Will Be Playing a Gig in Someone's Living Room to Aid Refugees

Aug 14, 2017

Source: Time By: Rachel Lewis Musicians such as Ed Sheeran, Kate Tempest and Fossils will play small concerts in ordinary peoples' homes in two hundred cities around the world next month, as part of Amnesty International’s Give a Home concert series. The one-day(...)

HRW Says Israel Stripping Palestinians of Jerusalem Residency 'War Crime'

Aug 13, 2017

Source: Naharnet By: Naharnet Newsdesk Human Rights Watch said Tuesday Israel had stripped nearly 15,000 Palestinians from Jerusalem of their right to live in the city since 1967 and warned that it could be a "war crime." "Israel claims to(...)

Palestinian professor speaks out on cancellation of Friends' Central speech, stands with fired teachers

Aug 13, 2017

Source: Philly.com By: Sa'ed Atshan “I never knew there was affirmative action for terrorists!” Coming from the Ramallah Friends School, a Quaker institution that has been in Palestine since the 1800s, I had not expected such remarks as a freshman(...)

Do Americans actually care about the Qatar crisis? A new poll presents a mixed picture.

Aug 13, 2017

Source: The Washington Post By: Adam Taylor Some of the most bitter battles in the ongoing Persian Gulf crisis are being fought not in the Middle East but in Washington. Groups linked to Qatar or the bloc that opposes it(...)

Tamer Hosny becomes the first-ever Arab to get this Hollywood honor

Aug 13, 2017

Source: Step Feed By: Rayana Khalaf Egyptian superstar Tamer Hosny has just made history as the first Arab celebrity to get a monument in his honor in Hollywood's iconic Chinese Theater. In a ceremony on August 9, Hosny got his hand and foot prints cemented in the(...)

CuriosiD: How Did Detroit Become a Center for Arabs in the United States?

Aug 12, 2017

Source: WDET THE SHORT ANSWER SHELBY JOUPPI Arab-American family-owned markets, butcher shops and restaurants can be found throughout Dearborn. The Arab-American community in Detroit began with a small group of Syrian and Lebanese merchants who immigrated in the late 1800s. Many left their lives(...)