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'Fix Your Nose and Get Rid of Your Body Hair': Lebanese Artist Rails against Arab Beauty Standards

Mar 18, 2019

Christina Atik began creating poignant illustrations after her mother made a comment about her sister's nose SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY:(...)

The Tunisian-Italian Rapper Who Won Over Europe’s Most Anti-Immigrant Country

Mar 18, 2019

How Italy fell for Ghali SOURCE: THE ATLANTIC BY: RACHEL ALLEN One rainy Monday evening in October, a cheering crowd welcomed(...)

Cultural Complications: A Q-and-A with Etaf Rum on “A Woman Is No Man”

Mar 18, 2019

SOURCE: LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS BY: Eleanor J. Bader interviews Etaf Rum WHEN ETAF RUM was growing up in Brooklyn, New York,(...)

Syrian Eatery Aleppo Sweets Draws Crowd to Ives Street

Mar 18, 2019

Feb. 24 marked the one-month anniversary of Aleppo Sweets’ opening on Ives Street. SOURCE: THE BROWN DAILY HERALD BY: EMILY(...)

'Legacy In Stone' Captures Images Of Syria Before War

Mar 18, 2019

Legacy in Stone, Syria Before War, by Kevin Bubriski. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) SOURCE: WBUR BY: ROBIN YOUNG In 2003, photographer Kevin Bubriski traveled(...)

New Zealand Massacre Victims Include Syrian Refugees, Toddlers and Teenagers

Mar 17, 2019

As the names of those killed in the New Zealand mosque shooting start to emerge, they paint a picture of(...)

Amal Berry Works to Make Sure DTE Energy Co.'s 10,000 Employees are Included

Mar 17, 2019

SOURCE: CRAIN'S DETROIT BUSINESS BY: RACHELLE DAMICO Growing up, Amal Berry didn't always feel like she fit in. "As a(...)

Gigi Hadid's Recent Street Style Footwear Is Serious Off-Duty Goals

Mar 16, 2019

SOURCE: ELLE BY: TEAM ELLE We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. While the(...)

Prince Charles' Trust Announces New Female Empowerment Award Named after Amal Clooney

Mar 16, 2019

SOURCE: BAZAAR BY: OLIVIA BLAIR Days after they mingled at a Buckingham Palace event to celebrate the work of the Prince's Trust,(...)

Trouble Brewing In The Middle East: One Key Lesson Of The Arab Spring

Mar 16, 2019

SOURCE: FORBES BY: E. HACHEMI ALIOUCHE On December 17, 2010, after having his produce confiscated by the police, Mohamed Bouazizi,(...)

After Spending Months in the Middle East, I'm Convinced a Single Phrase with more than a Dozen Meanings is Key to Understanding Arab Culture

Mar 16, 2019

I recently spent two months in the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Morocco. While there, I kept hearing locals use the Arabic phrase(...)

Rami Al Ali Empowers Syrian Women through a Collaboration with Atassi Foundation

Mar 15, 2019

SOURCE: EMIRATES WOMAN BY: FATMA ABUSIEF Fashion with a message Syrian designer, Rami Al Ali, showed his support to women(...)