BY:Warren David/Arab America President With today’s passing of Dr. Clovis Maksoud, we are reminded of his illustrious career as an activist, diplomat, and scholar. A defender of Arab nationalism and unity; he was a passionate advocate for Palestinian sovereignty. He was the Arab Leagues’s Special Envoy to the U.S., and then became the Ambassador to … Continued
On Thursday, May 5, 2016, Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities (LAHC) celebrated a successful semester of service for the winter 2016 participants of the Youth Leadership and Diversity Education Program. Fourteen young leaders completed 400 service hours during the eleven-week course. Youth leaders proved the words of Dr. Martin Luther King to be true, “Everyone … Continued
By Sarah Kaddoura, Lebanon We Are Not Numbers/ Contributing writer A group of friends recently organized a small gathering, which ended up including more than 40 people—both acquaintances and strangers—within the confines of a newly established café and meeting place in Beirut called Jafra (named after a well-known Palestinian folk tale). This small meeting place, … Continued
By Simon Shaykhet WXYZ Detroit ABC News A group of Arab American students are fighting for their rights in Dearborn Heights. Tonight, the students won the right to have a student union. But, the district says they were never unfairly denied. It’s a fight that’s pitted a group of students against their own school board. … Continued
The San Fransisco Bay Area’s chapter of the National Lawyer’s Guild has released a community information report that can benefit Arab Americans and Muslims. This information piece tells you what are undercover cops, informants, cooperating witnesses, and entrapment methods. The report also includes examples so community members can detect when entrapment may be happening. Since … Continued
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 fabric of American society. And we will use hummus as our weapon. By naming … Continued
By Patrick G. Eddington CATO Institute Can the FBI recruit your child’s college sport shooting coach to be on the look out for vague signs that your teenage son—an avid shooter, a great coder, and not a fan of certain federal government policies—is becoming a “violent extremist”? Apparently, yes.’ The program is called “Shared Responsibility … Continued
BY: Julia Kassem/Contributing Writer In 2014, Dearborn-headquartered “Arab American News” reported that only 7 out of 184 police officers were Arab American; just shy of 4 percent. Since that time, numerous efforts to recruit more Arab Americans, or “local job candidates,” emerged from the Dearborn police department, in order to disassociate itself with the city’s … Continued
BY: Warren David/Arab America President WASHINGTON, DC – Ellis Island holds a special place in our history as the symbol of hope for immigrants entering the U.S. Many of those immigrants were of Arab origin, including my grandparents who came from Syria and Lebanon at the turn of the last century. Since then, millions of … Continued
BY: Husayn Hosoda/Contributing Writer The United States is touted as being the world’s most diverse country that is home to countless numbers of ethnic groups and faiths. Such diversity is present in smaller American groups as well, with Arabs being no exception. The Arab American community is home to a myriad of religious groups, all … Continued
April 27, 2016 – The Commission on Middle Eastern American Affairs (CMEAA) will meet in a public session on April 28 for a Commission meeting. The meeting will be held from 12 to 2 pm at the Chaldean Community Foundation, 3601 15 Mile Road, Sterling Heights, MI 48301. The meeting site and parking … Continued
BY: Fred Shwaery/Arab America Contributing Writer Yesterday, voters in the north east closed out the April presidential primaries and pushed the leading candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, closer to their parties’ nominations. Former Central Falls, R.I. Mayor, Thomas Lazieh, “saw a Clinton victory coming for a long time,” but the large numbers of unhappy … Continued
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