By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer Massive Street demonstrations return to Israel demanding change. Public pressure on Netanyahu’s government is rapidly rising, but his cabinet is still determined to try to defeat Hamas in overcrowded Rafah- in Gaza, to widen the battlefront with Hezbollah in Lebanon and to drop bombs on leaders of … Continued
By: Bishara A. Bahbah / Arab America Featured Columnist Over the past two weeks, President Joe Biden finally felt compelled to offer three gestures of goodwill to appease Arab Americans and their allies concerning the ongoing carnage in the Gaza Strip. Concurrently, he continued arming Israel to a massive scale never seen in 75 years, … Continued
This is the thirty-ninth of Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series includes personalities from entertainment, business, sports, science, academia, journalism, and politics, among other areas. Our thirty-ninth pathbreaker, Ali Abunimah, is a Palestinian American activist and journalist. Contributing writer, John Mason, reports that Ali is a co-founder of The Electronic Intifada website and is described as “the leading American proponent of a one-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.” Ali’s mother is a 1948 refugee from a Palestinian village that became part of Israel, and his father is from a village in what is now the occupied West Bank.
By: Bishara A. Bahbah / Arab America Contributing Writer No one knows what will happen once the vicious genocidal war comes to an end in Gaza. However, several things must happen before discussing the type of peace that can potentially emerge between Israel and the Palestinians. Israel, the new Palestinian government, Hamas, and the international … Continued
By: Malak Hassouna /Arab America Contributing Writer Modest fashion is trending in which people wear less revealing attire to express religious, spiritual, or personal interests. Modest attire can be elegant and contemporary while being non-revealing. For example, Muslim women frequently wear the “Hijab” and the “Abaya,” but also many partake that are not Muslim. During … Continued
By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer The full impact of the brave speech of Charles Schumer is hard to judge. When Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, Israelis were on the brink of a civil war, struggling with the issue of the power of the Supreme Court. Liberal groups were organizing massive street … Continued
This is the thirty-seventh of Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series includes personalities from entertainment, business, sports, science, academia, journalism, and politics, among other areas. Our thirty-seventh pathbreaker is Andre Sayegh, mayor of Paterson, New Jersey. He was born in Paterson on March 20, 1974, to a Syrian mother and a Lebanese father. He is a practicing Roman Catholic. As John Mason, a contributing writer describes, Andre is recognized as a progressive mayor of New Jersey’s third largest city, a city with a sizeable Arab American population as well as many other ethnicities. He is a proud Arab American who deeply sympathizes with the war-afflicted Palestinians of Gaza, some of whom have close family in Paterson.
By: Malak Hassouna /Arab America Contributing Writer Community is one of the things that Arab Americans long for, whether they are raised in the Arab world or grew up in the diaspora. When we move away for college or a job and leave our community, we long for the one we had at home, surrounded … Continued
By: Masha Lukovenko / Arab America Contributing Writer The War on Gaza reached the red carpet of the Academy Awards on Sunday as Hollywood stars and celebrities wore red Artists4Ceasefire pins in support of the Palestinian people on the Oscars red carpet. Singer Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O’Connell were prominent figures displaying these … Continued
By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer President Biden deserves a share of the blame for his bias against Palestinians, but it is the indulgent US foreign policy toward Israel which is at the root of this problem: the unconditional support for the Jewish state. Biden misses no opportunity to assure his audience … Continued
By: María Teresa Fidalgo-Azize/ Arab America Contributing Writer Israel is the insurance policy. It’s still- today a Jew doesn’t have to worry where he is going to go. God forbid. Even here. No Holocaust survivor will say to you: It could never happen again. Abe Foxman, Former National Director of the Anti-Defamation League Abe Foxman … Continued
Dear Mr. President, We are contemporaries who have served many years together in the leadership of Congress– you in the Senate and me in the House. I am approaching my 80th year so I am right on your heels. Permit me to share with you some observations about the present state of affairs in our … Continued
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