Philadelphia | Sun, April 3, 2016 | 1:00-4:30pm Smith Memorial Playground, East Fairmount Park Storytelling is an important oral tradition in Arab culture. Hakawati is the storyteller who weaves embellished tales, often improvising in response to an attentive audience. Storytelling permeates throughout everyday life, in homes and in public gatherings for children and adults. Smith … Continued
BY: Fred Shwaery/Arab America Contributing Writer It’s March Madness time! Across the country, thousands of fans have packed arenas to support their favorite competitors. Week by week, would-be winners have fallen aside and only a few are remaining. They will continue to travel across the country in contest after contest until we reach the finals. … Continued
BY: Leila Diab/Arab America Contributing Writer In the heat of moments in trying times and in the course of chain events that resonate within many of our global and national communities, playwright Jamil Khoury cleverly sought to convey in Mosque Alert several theatrical oracles as his avant guard rebuttal to xenophobia, Islamophobia and intolerance. … Continued
Secretary Kerry has used the power and moral authority of his office to proclaim the truth about the crimes that national, ethnic, and religious minorities including Christians have suffered at the hands of ISIS. He used the word that has the moral authority to raise the international consciousness and compel the international community of … Continued
BY: Fred Shwaery/Arab America Contributing Writer What a week this has been! It started with Arab Americans uniting behind Bernie Sanders and awarding him a win in Michigan. Next, we had a civil and informative Republican candidates’ debate from Miami on Thursday. On Friday, Marco Rubio asked his supporters to vote for John Kasich in … Continued
Florida Senator Marco Rubio suspends his candidacy. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) BY: John Zogby/Forbes Magazine The Republican Party, known by its nickname as the Grand Old Party, died on March 15, 2016. It was 162 years old. The party, born in the strife of the 1850s, succumbed to internal strife, sources said. The GOP had … Continued
BY: Fred Shwaery/Contributing Writer Our weekly column, Arab America Picks a President, has been about providing information you can use to get involved in this election. We’ve left the late-breaking news to the major news outlets and one-sided comments to the political influencers. What happened last night in Michigan changed things. Did our community move … Continued
BY: Fred Shwaery/Arab America Contributing Writer Here we are, just a few states into the primaries and caucuses and most of the candidates have suspended their campaigns. The Democrats are down to two candidates and the Republicans are down to four. These remaining candidates are fighting through the heart of primary season. On Tuesday, March … Continued
DEARBORN, Mich. (March 8, 2016) – Pioneering social scientist and researcher Dr. Alixa Naff set out in 1962 to document the personal experiences of Arab immigrants to the United States with only her reel-to-reel tape recorder, a grant of $1,000, her blue Volkswagen Beetle nicknamed “the camel” and a team of graduate students … Continued
From left to right: Joshua Habursky, Coordinator of Change.org Grassroots Professional Network, Sierra Jackson, Business Development Manager, Change.org, Moderator, and panelists, Maria Urbina, VP of Politics & National Campaigns at Voto Latino,Warren David, President at Arab America, Rosa Del Angel: VP of Digital Marketing Beaconfire RedEngine P and Carla Lochiatto, Associate Director, Public Policy at American … Continued
The National U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce and the U.S. Department of State cordially invite you to attend the Fourth Annual Ambassadors Forum Thursday, March 17, 2016 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Check-in opens at 4:00 p.m. Registration closes Friday, March 11 Confirmed U.S. Chiefs of Mission include: Hon. Joan Polaschik, Algeria Hon. … Continued
“SMART… SOPHISTICATED… POWERFUL… and HILARIOUS” ~ Rolling Stone On Saturday, March 19th the Wilbur Theatre in Boston, MA brings Nemr to the stage on his debut U.S. Stand-Up Comedy Tour. Nemr is a Lebanese/American Stand-Up Comedian who is credited with establishing and pioneering the stand-up comedy scene throughout the Middle East where he performs in … Continued
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