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Francis Offers Prayers for Pilgrims Who Died During Hajj

Sep 26, 2015

As Pope Francis spoke at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York this evening, he offers prayers for the hundreds of(...)

DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival Announces Program for the Fifth Annual Festival October 1-4 October, 2015

Sep 25, 2015

The DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival (DCPFAF) is pleased to announce the full program for the fifth annual festival,(...)

Strangers in the West: The Syrian Colony of New York City, 1880-1900

Sep 25, 2015

“There is no question but that the Syrian tree planted in American soil will grow and flourish and blossom out(...)

Michigan Commission on Middle Eastern American Affairs to Hold Inaugural Meeting in Lansing on Tuesday, Sept. 29

Sep 25, 2015

Lansing, MI - The Commission on Middle Eastern American Affairs (CMEAA) will hold its first public meeting in Lansing on(...)

Edward W. Said (1 November 1935 – 25 September 2003)

Sep 25, 2015

During a lecture at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in 1997, Edward W. Said made the following statement about Islam as(...)

Palestinian Politics and Strategy in Challenging Times

Sep 25, 2015

The Middle East Institute's George and Rhonda Salem Family Foundation Lecture Series and the Foundation for Middle East Peace are(...)

UN faces pressure over contracts with G4S

Sep 25, 2015

More than 200 trade unions and campaign groups from 23 countries have called on the UN to cancel its contracts with G4S over the security firm’s track(...)

Concert marks 40th year for Arab Cultural Institute

Sep 25, 2015

A special anniversary will be celebrated tomorrow, Sept. 26, as the New Jersey Arab Cultural Institute commemorates its 40th anniversary(...)

Remi Kanazi will be a poet for as long as the western media is on coffee break

Sep 25, 2015

This month the Palestinian poet Remi Kanazi published his second book, Before the Next Bomb Drops: Rising Up From Brooklyn(...)

Zaha Hadid becomes first woman to win the UK's Royal Gold Medal for Architecture

Sep 25, 2015

The RIBA Gold Medal joins an ever-growing list of accomplishments for Baghdad-born, London-based Zaha Hadid. Hadid has been racking up the landmark(...)

Reykjavík wasn't ready for "brutal" Zionist backlash, says Israel boycott author

Sep 25, 2015

Councillors in Iceland’s capital were not ready for the “brutal backlash” from Israel and its US lobby groups, Björk Vilhelmsdóttir(...)

Middle Eastern designers dress the stars at Emmys

Sep 25, 2015

Here's a look at the Middle East fashion designs on display at the 67th Emmy Awards. Source: stepfeed.com