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Arab Americans and African Americans Deserve Positive Media
Sep 28, 2016
By: Adriana Murray/Contributing Writer For decades, African Americans have been perceived as dangerous and threatening. Empirical research shows that the majority of Americans view black males, in particular, as more threatening than their white counterparts. Media plays a significant role(...)
Refugees in Lebanon victims of racism, sexism and their children suffer
Sep 28, 2016
BY: Huda Dawood/Contributing Writer We Are Not Numbers “اخشى ما اخشاه ان تصبح الخيانة وجهة نظر.” This quote is from Palestinian cartoonist Naji El Ali, creator of the little refugee boy Handala. It translates roughly as, “I fear the day that(...)
The Wonderful World Of Tunisian Ceramics
Sep 28, 2016
BY: Habeeb Salloum/Contributing writer As we walked through Nabeul, Tunisia’s ceramic capital, I could hardly believe my eyes. Everywhere I looked, colourful ceramics and unglazed pottery filled the shelves inside the countless shops, and spilled onto the sidewalks. Bowls, ewers,(...)
17 Quotes that Embody Etel Adnan: Arab American Philosopher, Writer, and Artist
Sep 28, 2016
BY: Marissa Ovassapian/Contributing Writer Etel Adnan, born February 4, 1925, was raised in Beirut, Lebanon. Because her mother was from Greece and her father was a high-ranking Ottoman officer from Damascus, Adnan grew up speaking Greek and Turkish in addition(...)
Arab America Picks A President: How America 'Really' Picks A President
Sep 28, 2016
BY: Fred Shwaery/Contributing Writer The primaries and the conventions have come and gone and election day is just weeks away. We'll head to the polls where are choices are Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump. But wait, there's(...)
12 Reasons Armenians and Arabs Are Basically the Same
Sep 26, 2016
BY: Marissa Ovassapian/Contributing Writer As an Armenian working at an Arab media outlet, who speaks Arabic, and has traveled to the Arab World, I have come to notice many parallels between the Armenian and Arab cultures. As different as we(...)
Donald Trump Jr. Compares Syrian Refugees to Skittles
Sep 21, 2016
BY: Marissa Ovassapian/Contributing Writer On Monday, Donald Trump Jr. tweeted a graphic of a bowl of skittles with the words: “If I had a bowl of skittles and I told you just three would kill you, would you take a handful?(...)
George and Amal Clooney Pledge to Open Schools for Refugees in Lebanon under White House Initiative
Sep 21, 2016
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer World leaders gathered at the United Nations on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing refugee crisis. At the UN’s annual Summit for Refugees and Migrants, President Obama delivered his final speech to the General Assembly. The president(...)
Pearling In The Arabian Gulf - A Romantic Trade From The Past
Sep 21, 2016
BY: Habeeb Salloum/Contributing writer For a month my daughter and I had roamed the United Arab Emirates, visiting almost every city and town in that country. As we travelled, at the back of my mind was always the thought,(...)
Rami Malek: First Arab American to Win an Emmy for Best Actor in a Drama Series
Sep 21, 2016
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer On Sunday night, America watched an Arab American actor win one of the highest awards in the television industry’s most prestigious night. Rami Malek, star of the USA program Mr. Robot, is the first minority to(...)
Register to Vote and Decide the Future of America
Sep 21, 2016
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer September 27 is National Voter Registration Day, where organizations, volunteers, and public figures will help encourage Americans to register and vote. Every election cycle, millions of Americans don’t vote because they missed the voter registration deadline(...)
Justice Salim Joubran Honored at Decalogue Society’s Merit Award Dinner
Sep 19, 2016
Press release: AMVOTE PAC Last night, Judge Haddad emceed The Decalogue Society’s Merit Award Dinner honoring Justice Salim Joubran, the first Arab to sit on the Israel Supreme Court, at the Union League Club in Chicago. Judge Haddad told that(...)4,333 Results (Page 323 of 362)