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A Dedication for the Son of Syria
Sep 9, 2015
Picture: Nizar Qabbani BY: Adrian Tafesh/Contributing Writer When Nizar Qabbani, the Syrian writer and progressive thinker, lost his wife in the Lebanese Civil War, he wrote vividly of his anger at the entire Arab world for allowing for the possibility(...)
Coffee: Arabia’s Gift to the World
Sep 9, 2015
BY: Habeeb Salloum/Contributing Writer The vast majority of people in the Middle East and in the Western world are stimulated by coffee - many addicted to its very name. The alarm clock for many, the beverage to perk up the(...)
Mediterranean Cooking from the Garden with Linda Dalal Sawaya: 7 ways with summer squash—kousa
Sep 9, 2015
Kousa is a prolific summer plant, just like zucchini, only Lebanese kousa is a light green variety similar to Mexican squash, which is also light in color. Lebanese kousa is favored because of the tender marrow without large seeds that(...)
Viral Photo Of Syrian Refugee Prompts Hundreds To Help
Aug 28, 2015
BY: Adrian Tafesh/Contributing Writer At a moment when our country is marking ten years since the Hurricane Katrina disaster, we must ask ourselves, in the face of future calamity, will we once again stand idly by as(...)
Is learning Arabic the solution?
Aug 19, 2015
Dr. Hadia Attar discusses her role impacting Arabic language instruction with Arab America's Dr. Amal David BY: Adrian Tafesh/Contributing Writer Tamer Ashraf, 48, of Springfield, VA understands the frustration of being an Arab-American who is unable to speak Arabic, or pass(...)
Arab Influences In The Culinary Art Of Mexico
Aug 19, 2015
BY: Habeeb Salloum/Contributing Writer During this century, the Arab emigrants from the Middle East to Mexico were surprised to find a number of foods which were not strange to their culinary taste. These dishes, with the exception of(...)
From Ancient Palmyra - Zenobia Still Lures The Travellers
Aug 12, 2015
BY: Habeeb Salloum/Contributing Writer From atop Qalaat Ibn Maani (Ibn Maani's castle), located on a hilltop overlooking the remains of Palmyra, known to the Arabs as Tadmur, I gazed in wonder at the majestic ruins of this city made famous(...)
Arab Spain's Poet King
Aug 5, 2015
A VISIT TO THE TOMB OF AL-MU’TAMID IBN ‘ABBAD BY: Habeeb Salloum/Contributing Writer I was barely aware of my fellow passengers as my daughter and I waited near Jamaa el Fna, Marrakesh's most famous square, for our bus to(...)
Palermo’s Arab Heritage
Jul 25, 2015
BY: Habeeb Salloum/Contributing Writer “Sicily is the noblest island in the sea”, so wrote the Arab author Abi Ibn Dinar. Like other historians and travellers who had the fortune to visit Arab Sicily, he was impressed with its people(...)
Culture Jamming: The Arab Narrative
May 21, 2015
We are all familiar with the “Us” vs. “Them” rhetoric that is so deeply engrained in American politics and popular culture. This theme was only exacerbated by the events of 9/11, after which Arabs and Muslims alike were demonized and(...)
Two Palestinian Nuns Named Saints by Pope Francis
May 18, 2015
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer On Sunday, Pope Francis canonized two Palestinian nuns, just days after the Vatican announced it would sign a treaty to formally recognize Palestinian statehood, and offer its support in a bid for sovereignty. Pope Francis canonized(...)
Mediterranean Cooking from the Garden with Linda Dalal Sawaya: 5 easy ways to use your homegrown Italian fresh parsley right now—Lebanese style!
May 13, 2015
As an artist, cook, and gardener, for me the Pacific Northwest is nirvana for cooking seasonal Mediterranean cuisine, painting en plein air, and for planting almost anything. Right now in my garden the flat leaved Italian parsley, Petroselinum crispum neapolitanum, the straight(...)4,240 Results (Page 348 of 354)