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The Language of Eyes in Arab Culture

By: Meriam Helal/ Arab America Contributing Writer Arab countries in the Middle East have some differences, but one thing they have in common is the significance of eyes in their culture. In comparison to the Western culture where eye contact is common, mundane and trivial, in Arab culture, it is more communicative and significant. However, … Continued

Islam is a “Big Tent” Religion with Plenty of Room for Differences—Including Sufis, Who were the Target of a Recent Vicious Attack in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula

By John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer November 24, 2017, a group purported to be ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) attacked and killed over 300 Egyptian people. The attack occurred in the al Rawda Sufi mosque just after Friday prayers in the town of Bir al-Abed in Egypt’s northern Sinai Peninsula. Al … Continued

8 Funny Things We Do as Arab Americans

By: Meriam Helal/Contributing Writer Arab Americans behave in a specific way that is different from other Americans. Maybe we get it from our parents, maybe we get it from the Mloukhieh. Either way, here are some of them.        1. We are always fashionably late Some people call it Arab time, some use specific … Continued

8 Reasons Why Arab Americans are Thankful

By: Ani Karapetyan/Arab America Contributing Writer America cannot be concluded in any framework; it’s so diverse that it is impossible to describe it in one article. America is special and unique. Here, people are from around the globe, with different religions, histories, and cultures. People are moving to the United States from all over the … Continued

One Day, I Told Uncle Sam that I Love Him; He answered: OOPS……

By: Mike Enayah/Arab America Ambassador Blogger One day, I told Uncle Sam that I loved him. He frowned and replied: you can’t love me little Abdul.. I asked, why Uncle why? He replied:  because freedom is not your fate, your religion teaches hate, and whispered: “your genetics are not so great.” I almost believed him, … Continued

Poets Who Accompanied Me Through My Life

By Habeeb Salloum/Contributing Writer …There’s a race of men that don’t fit in, A race that can’t stay still; So they break the hearts of kith and kin, And they roam the world at will. They range the field and they rove the flood, And they climb the mountain’s crest; Theirs is the curse of … Continued

Grandmother’s 10 Alternative Medicinal Recipes from Yemen

By: Noor Almoshin/Arab America Contributing Writer We all call our mothers when we get sick, and sometimes we rush to grandmothers when moms are not around or are unable to think of something that helps. This list reveals some natural recipes that a typical grandmother from Yemen would provide for treatment. As an Arab American, … Continued

The Glorious Origin of the Phoenicians

By Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer The history of the Phoenicians is a study of a contradiction of a people who left a well-imprinted mark in the development of civilization.  Throughout the centuries, every nation, tribe or scribe who came into contact with them, recounted their world of wonder and majesty. What they created and … Continued

One Thousand and One Nights: Shahrazad, the Traditional Feminist

By: Meriam Helal/Arab America Contributing Writer The Arabian Nights is one of the most influential stories that have captured the culture of an era and have influenced traditions of many societies for generations to come. The story was told during the 12th century and it gives the reader an insight into the culture of that period … Continued

The 10% of the Arabs who Struggle to Leave their Homeland

By: Noor Almohsin/Arab America Contributing Writer At The Arab Center Washington DC conference on the 26th of October, Rami Khouri, a Professor of journalism at the American University of Beirut (AUB), discussed the dismantling of the Arab World. He said we should no longer say the Arab World; instead, we should say the Arab regions because they face … Continued

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