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Why comics and cartoons are flourishing in the Middle East - FT.com

Jul 26, 2015

For Asia Alfasi, the reason politics dominates comics in the Arab world is simple. “Our lives are a lot more(...)

Cedars in the Pine highlights Lebanese history

Jul 26, 2015

By Kate Dodd The Chronicle THE screening of the film 'Cedars of the Pine' made for an interesting discussion said(...)

Frances Fuller, Award Winning Author Of 'In Borrowed Houses', Thanks Lebanese-American Organization ATFL And Relates An Amazing Story

Jul 26, 2015

Frances Fuller's award-winning memoir, 'In Borrowed Houses', gives readers a penetrating glimpse of the Middle East from the inside. She(...)

Civil rights panel backs effort challenging anti-Arab bias

Jul 26, 2015

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Civil Rights Commission is backing a national campaign to challenge discrimination against U.S.(...)

Put An Herb In It: Lebanon's Fresh Approach To Beer And Cocktails

Jul 25, 2015

The sun has very nearly set on Beirut, and in a bar called Anise, they're mixing the first cocktail of(...)

Home Ground, showcase of edgy art from the Middle East, opens at Aga Khan Museum

Jul 25, 2015

For anyone whose exposure to Middle Eastern art has been restricted to tapestries and mosaics, Home Ground, a new show(...)

Palermo’s Arab Heritage

Jul 25, 2015

BY: Habeeb Salloum/Contributing Writer “Sicily is the noblest island in the sea”, so wrote the Arab author Abi Ibn(...)

This is Gaza too: Bullet songs

Jul 25, 2015

Once Ghada Shoman, 20, and her brother Mohammed, 16, began playing music, their songs flew through the sky as if(...)

Symposium To Address Stereotypes In American Theater

Jul 25, 2015

A symposium this weekend at Greenfield Community College will explore stereotyping and underrepresented cultures in American theater.Lucinda Kidder of the(...)

Algeria’s Invisible Arab

Jul 25, 2015

At the core of any conflict lies invisibility. The enemy cannot be seen, at least not if seeing betokens the(...)

Hundreds protest forced transfer, destruction of Palestinian village Susya | +972 Magazine

Jul 25, 2015

Hundreds of Palestinian, Israeli and international activists march into the Palestinian village of Susya, demanding that Israel not demolish it,(...)

New Illinois law does not make BDS illegal

Jul 25, 2015

On Thursday, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed into law a measure that will seek to punish international companies that boycott Israel.The law,(...)