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Arab American Olympians: What You Didn't Know
Jun 17, 2016
BY: Kristina Perry/Contributing Writer RIO: As the Olympic excitement gears up, and teams are officially announced, Arab Americans have more reason to look forward to the events. This year’s Olympic team consists of many Arab Americans, in a variety of(...)
British MP and Advocate for Syria and Palestine Dies
Jun 16, 2016
BY: Tamara Wong Azaiez/ Contributing Writer The world is in shock at today’s passing of British Labour MP Jo Cox. Cox had just come out of a consistency meeting when a man appeared out of nowhere, stabbed her and then(...)
New Poll Shows Split Attitudes Towards Arab Refugees
Jun 16, 2016
BY: ANDREW HANSEN/ Contributing Writer On Monday, the Brookings Institute hosted a panel discussion regarding the most recent polling of American attitudes toward refugees coming from the Arab world. The speakers of the event were esteemed experts on research pertaining(...)
A Symptom, Not A Cause
Jun 16, 2016
BY: Julia Kassem/Contributing Writer Overnight, 49 people in downtown Orlando were killed in a shooting that leveraged dual damage against two minority groups often marginalized and ostracized in the mainstream media. In America’s worst mass shooting in history, it is(...)
Diabetic Patients and Fasting in Ramadan
Jun 15, 2016
BY: Dr. Sameh Ahmed Ghareeb/Contributing writer (May Allah accept this article as a Sadaqa in behalf of the soul of my late dad) Around 50 million people with diabetes worldwide fast during Ramadan. For the next few years, Ramadan in(...)
An Imaginary Journey Back to Spain's Arab History
Jun 15, 2016
BY: Habeeb Salloum/Contributing writer To fully realize the extensive influence of Arabic on the Spanish language and culture let us relate an imaginary journey made to Andalusia, the name itself a pure symbol of this impact. The Arabic name for(...)
Casting Call for College-Aged Arab Americans
Jun 14, 2016
SHOOT DETAILS Client: Prominent Consumer Goods Company Photographer: JJ Sulin Shoot Date: June 28, 2016 CASTING DETAILS - College age IMEA (Indian/Middle Eastern/Arab) Men and Women - Ages of 18 to 24 - Overall: Young, Confident, and Energetic. - To portray(...)
Trump Vows to Increase Surveillance on American Muslims and Mosques
Jun 14, 2016
BY: Andrew Hansen/ Contributing Writer In the wake of the mass shooting in Orlando this past weekend, Americans of all ethnicities, age, sexual orientations, and political affiliations are expressing their condolences to the families of the victims of the attack(...)
Trump Attacks Syrian Refugees in Addressing Orlando Shooting
Jun 14, 2016
BY: Tamara Wong Azaiez/Contributing Writer Following the recent shootings in Orlando, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addressed America’s foreign policy regulations today. In his speech, he chose to target the recent flow of Syrian refugees as a prevalent reason behind(...)
Why us? Another shooting by a sociopath and Arab Americans are blamed... Again
Jun 13, 2016
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer America has witnessed another mass shooting. Since the shooter was Muslim, there has been an outpour of condemnations by American Muslim and Arab American organizations, such as CAIR, ACLR, and ACCESS. Arab America stands in solidarity(...)
#RumiWasntWhite - Hollywood Continues to Whitewash Films
Jun 13, 2016
BY: Clara Ana Ruplinger/Contributing Writer Recent news sources say that the writer of the box office hit film, The Gladiator, David Franzoni, wants to cast Leonardo DiCaprio as poet Jalaluddin al-Rumi, and Robert Downey Jr. as Shams of Tabriz, Rumi’s(...)
I’m a gay man. Don’t use an attack on my community as an excuse for Islamophobia.
Jun 13, 2016
German Lopez Vox.com Like other gay Americans on Sunday, I woke up to the news of the mass shooting at a gay club in Orlando, Florida, with absolute horror. My immediate reaction was to turn to my sleeping husband and(...)4,333 Results (Page 338 of 362)