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Featured Poem: The Worry Beads
Jan 25, 2017
BY: Daughter of the Diaspora/Ambassador Blogger The worry beads are set in motion, By steady fingers and buried emotions, By a restless mind still agitating. It keeps the beads tap-tapping, Nudged one against the other, Long enough for thoughts to(...)
Baharat (7 Spice): The Ingredient giving Arab Food its Distinct Flavor
Jan 25, 2017
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer The famous Arab spice mixture baharat (meaning “spices” in Arabic), also known as 7 Spice, is the flavor behind many popular Arab foods. Baharat is a finely crafted combination of 7-8 spices, whose flavors, when mixed(...)
German Film About Syrian Refugees Nominated For Academy Award
Jan 24, 2017
BY: David DeMaria/Contributing Writer Nominees for the 89th annual Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday. With the Oscars award ceremony only a month away, it’s never to early to start thinking about which film could win in each category. Although(...)
A Tool to Change How We Learn Arabic
Jan 24, 2017
BY: Hossam Abouzahr/Special to Arab America I didn’t expect my life to take the path of developing Arabic learning tools and the first multi-dialect Arabic dictionary. As a Lebanese-American (Lebanese father and white mother) raised in Michigan, I hated Arabic growing(...)
Once Interrogated By FBI, Punk Band Haram Rocks On
Jan 23, 2017
BY: David DeMaria/Contributing Writer Not long after Nader Habibi and his band Haram were investigated by the FBI, an explosion from a pressure cooker bomb in the Chelsea district of Manhattan injured 31 people. The attack, which was also linked(...)
Women’s March Organizer Linda Sarsour Faces Anti-Arab, Islamophobic Hate Speech for Being “Unapologetically Palestinian”
Jan 23, 2017
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer Arab American co-chair of the massive Women’s March that took place on Saturday, Linda Sarsour, is facing a wave of hate speech from alt-right groups. Sarsour, a Palestinian Muslim and executive director of the Arab American(...)
Does Canada have a Lebanese version of Donald Trump?
Jan 20, 2017
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer Does Canada have a Lebanese version of Donald Trump? Kevin O’Leary, a businessman and star of the reality television series “Shark Tank”, announced Wednesday that he is joining the race to lead Canada’s Conservative Party in(...)
American Football Gaining Popularity in Arab Countries
Jan 18, 2017
BY: David DeMaria/Contributing Writer With the NFL playoffs entering the conference finals, fans across the country and around the world will be watching the action, including people in the Middle East. Though basketball and soccer have traditionally been the most(...)
Serving Tea and Bread the Maghrebi Way
Jan 18, 2017
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer The North African Arab countries of Morocco, Algeria, Libya and Tunisia, often referred to as “Al Maghreb,” contribute to the diversifying Arab American identity. Just as the Lebanese and Syrian immigrants of the 1880s did before(...)
Remembering the Positives: President Obama's Accomplishments with Arab Americans
Jan 18, 2017
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer As President Barack Obama completes his second term in office, his legacy and impact become clearer among his constituents. While campaigning for the position, President Obama made several promises that he was unable to keep, such(...)
10 Tips on How to Learn Arabic
Jan 18, 2017
BY: Nadine Ismail/Ambassador Blogger So you finally decided to learn Arabic this year as your New Year’s resolution. Read my article about 10 reasons why it should be so. Congratulations! Now you need to turn this excitement to commitment and(...)
PART I: Syria - The Fountainhead of Western Civilization
Jan 18, 2017
Note: This is the first chapter to a book that I am in the process of writing about Syria and was written before destruction descended on the country from all over the world. When terrorism is curtailed, hopefully the whole piece(...)4,333 Results (Page 310 of 362)