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On His First Day in Office, Texas State Rep Sends Letters to Mosques, Asks Them to Renounce Sharia #HummusHaters
Jan 26, 2017
With all the anti-Arab bashing we see in the news every week, Arab America is determined to expose those who discriminate against our community. We will recognize those who vilify the positive influence and contributions Arabs have made to the(...)
16 Problems Every Arab Kid Can Relate To
Jan 25, 2017
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer Growing up in an Arab American household has its quirks. Children quickly learn that their family is not like most others because, while endearing, Arab social norms can cause a few problems as a kid. But(...)
President Trump to Sign Executive Order Banning Refugees and Citizens from Arab Countries
Jan 25, 2017
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer President Trump is expected to sign executive orders today that include a temporary ban on most refugees and a suspension of visas for citizens from the Middle East and North Africa. In a tweet he sent(...)
Feeling Protected by Trump, Israel Announces Largest Settlement Plan in Recent Years
Jan 25, 2017
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer Just days after President Trump took office, Israel announced on Tuesday the construction of 2,500 new settlements in the occupied West Bank. Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed on(...)
PART II: Syria - The Fountainhead of Western Civilization
Jan 25, 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(...)
America's Other Orchestras: Arab American Ensemble Series Final Episode
Jan 25, 2017
The National Arab Orchestra and Living up to the Name BY: Sami Asmar/Contributing Writer When the word national is part of a name, the usual expectation is that the named entity is large and government-sponsored, such as the National Endowment(...)
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(...)4,375 Results (Page 313 of 365)