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Arab America Picks A President: Your Arab American Delegates

Jul 13, 2016

BY: Fred Shwaery/Contributing Writer Delegates For months, we've been looking forward to the Republican and Democratic conventions. We voted in the primaries and caucuses and counted the presidential delegates as the results rolled in. Our wait is almost over. (...)

Mosque Removed as Polling Site #HummusHaters

Jul 13, 2016

In the wake of the horrific Orlando shootings at a gay nightclub perpetrated by a supposed ISIS sympathizer, Florida is struggling with reaffirming ties with their Muslim community. Tensions arose when Susan Bucher, a Congresswoman in Boca Raton decided to(...)

U.S. Politicians Deny Climate Change, Arabs Suffer the Consequences

Jul 13, 2016

BY: Mary Elbanna/Contributing Writer Climate change is a major concern across the globe, with a great part of its cause stemming from human activities that are polluting the air and destroying the ozone layer. These activities cause the sun to(...)

Córdoba Still Defuses The Grandeur Of The Moors

Jul 13, 2016

BY: Habeeb Salloum/Contributing Writer It was the sixth time I had travelled to Córdoba, the fabled city of Moorish Spain, yet it was as if I had entered it the first time. My heart throbbed as I walked its streets(...)

Israeli-Americans Sue Facebook for $1 Billion over West Bank Violence

Jul 13, 2016

BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer On Monday, the relatives of four Israeli-Americans killed by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem between 2014 and 2016 filed a lawsuit against Facebook, suing for $1 billion. The families are accusing the social(...)

A Gaza Story: Occupation of the Mind

Jul 12, 2016

BY: Aya Nashwan/Contributing writer We Are Not Numbers I never thought my dream of pursuing education outside Gaza would turn into a curse one day. I was determined to travel abroad to study, believing it was my best chance to(...)

AMVOTE Wants You to Take a Stand Against Government Racial Profiling

Jul 9, 2016

The AMERICAN MIDDLE EAST VOTERS ALLIANCE is the first Arab-American Political Action Committee in the history of Illinois, certified in 2014. We are requesting that all Americans get involved by signing our Petition Renouncing Religious, Racial, and Ethnic profiling. The(...)

A Non-Muslim's Journey through her First Ramadan

Jul 8, 2016

BY: Clara Ana Ruplinger/Contributing writer This year, I decided to embark on a challenging journey: My first Ramadan. I am a 21-year-old woman, born to a Catholic family, but decided to explore faith through fasting. A culmination of all the(...)

Dallas Shooting: Stop the One = All Mentality. Join in Solidarity.

Dallas Shooting: Stop the One Equals All Mentality. Join in Solidarity.

Jul 8, 2016

BY: Eugene Smith/Contributing Writer The Tragedy: On Thursday evening, the Dallas Police presided over a peaceful demonstration held by the local Black Lives Matter movement protesting the recent shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. The deaths of the two young men weighed(...)

14 Ways to Impress An Arab

Jul 8, 2016

By: Tamara Wong Azaiez/ Contributing Writer Interested in the Arab American community? Here's how to score kudos points with your in-laws, future relatives, neighbors, co-workers, and friends! Here are 14 playful ways to impress an Arab. 1.Drive a Mercedes (...)

5 Reasons Why Arab Americans Should Say #BlackLivesMatter

Jul 8, 2016

BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer America witnessed two more fatal shootings of black men by police officers this week – Philando Castile in Minnesota and Alton Sterling in Louisiana. Cities across America, big and small, demonstrated on the streets Thursday night,(...)

Chilcot Report: Arabs Respond

Jul 8, 2016

BY Andrew Hansen/ Contributing Writer “I wish Saddam would return..." These chilling words display the sentiment that many Iraqis feel following the release of the Chilcot Report, a 2.6 million worded report condemning former British Prime Minister Tony Blair for(...)