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Bahbah: 2018–A Dismal Year in Arab History

By: Bishara A. Bahbah/Arab America Featured Columnist 2018 has proven to be another momentous year in the tragic history of the Middle East, particularly the Arab world.  Like previous years, it proved to be one where peace, progress, prosperity, and democracy have eluded the region.  From the Palestine-Israel conflict to the Arab Gulf region to … Continued

Help Us to Empower You!

Dear Supporter, Although we are the descendants of a great civilization; unfortunately, the region of our forefathers is retreating from a unified Arab identity to a sectarian one; and we, as Arab Americans, are experiencing unprecedented racism as a result of inaccurate information through the media and prejudicial political rhetoric. At Arab America, our mission is to advocate … Continued

Do You Wonder How Christmas is Celebrated in the Holy Land?

BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Arab America Contributing Writer Christians in the Holy Land hold onto sacred traditions each year to celebrate the birth of their savior, Jesus Christ. As a result of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, many people around the world forget to look towards the Holy Land and its ancient cities during the Christmas season. For the … Continued

“History of Arab Art” Demystifies Western View that Arabs didn’t have a Visual Tradition

Pheonician Statuettes By: Hashim Al-Tawil/Arab America Contributing Writer History of Arab Art introduces a new outlook to this hitherto marginalized field of cultural and artistic creativity, which has been inundated by myth and outdated convention. It is essentially a reinterpretation of the visual tradition among the Arab people since around 2000 BCE to the present … Continued

A Brief History of Arab American Political Participation

By: Ivey Noojin/Arab America Contributing Writer The issue of Arab American political participation is especially important in wake of the midterms yesterday. Arab Americans haven’t always had the opportunity of feeling represented, because of prejudices within the U.S. society. Historically in the past, many Arab Americans were made to feel that they did not belong … Continued

Jerusalem–A Most Sacred City: Battered and Torn for Centuries

An older painting of Jerusalem underscores the complexities of Jerusalem–the Dome of the Rock, a key Islamic monument and, at its foot, the Jewish Wailing Wall By John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer Jerusalem is a city that regional powers in the Middle East have fought over for millennia. It is strategically located in the mountains, … Continued

A Small Museum with Big Dreams!

By: Nizar Farsakh/Arab America Ambassador Blogger Museum of the Palestinian People (MPP) is an initiative to establish a space in Washington D.C., where Palestinians can tell their stories their own way. For far too long, the Palestinian story has been reduced to a single story, either of victims or of terrorists, a story told by … Continued

Fez-The Queen of North African Cities

By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer “Fez! In you is gathered all the beauties of the world. How many are the blessings and riches that you bestow on your inhabitants.” Thus wrote a Moroccan poet who went on to describe this historic and intellectual heart of Morocco as the `Queen of Cities’ and `Jewel of … Continued

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