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Hebrew, Arabic Among 11 Proposed New Charter Schools

Feb 12, 2012

The D.C. Public Charter School Board received 11 applications to open new campuses in the District. That's eight fewer than(...)

Feb 11, 2012

American musician Cat Power has canceled her show in Israel, joining a list of artists shunning the country over its(...)

Feb 10, 2012

They are perennial favorites, those beloved crowd pleasers who hit it out of the park every time. They offer comedy(...)

Feb 9, 2012

George Esper, the tenacious Associated Press correspondent who refused to leave his post in the last days of the Vietnam(...)

Feb 8, 2012

hile reflecting upon the transformative contributions and sacrifices made by African Americans should be a yearlong process, Black History Month(...)

Feb 7, 2012

As a result of the increase in violence plaguing Syria, this afternoon the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) sent a follow-up(...)

Feb 6, 2012

The United States closed its embassy in Damascus on Monday citing security concerns, while Britain summoned its ambassador to London(...)

Feb 5, 2012

When the 2010 census asked people to classify themselves by race, more than 21.7 million — at least 1 in(...)

Feb 4, 2012

The University of Michigan-Dearborn is offering a minor in Arab-American studies, believed to be the first such program in the(...)

Feb 4, 2012

As an organization of Arab American physicians and health professionals dedicated to healing and to the preservation of life, the(...)

Feb 3, 2012

The Arab world's most famous actor, Adel Imam, has been sentenced to three months in jail for "defaming Islam" in(...)

Feb 2, 2012

There are anywhere between 3.5 and 5.1 million Americans of Arab descent, according to figures from the Arab American Institute,(...)