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Paris's Arab World Institute Lets Viewers See Palmyra in Virtual Reality Exhibit

Sep 10, 2018

SOURCE: MALAYMAIL PARIS, Sept 9 — Located in Syria, northeast of Damascus, Palmyra was one of the most important cultural(...)

5 Inspirational Quotes by Strong Female Arab Authors

Sep 10, 2018

SOURCE: STEP FEED BY: RAZAN MNEIMNEH From starting revolutions to being responsible for the prosperity of humankind, women are definitely(...)

One Little Syrian Refugee didn't Stop Drawing. She Gave me this Message to Show You

Sep 9, 2018

When Ben Quilty and Richard Flanagan saw a picture by six-year-old Heba, they knew they had to share it with(...)

'I don’t Think there’s any Real Urgency in Hollywood to be Culturally sensitive to Arabs': The Man who Schooled Jack Ryan on the Region

Sep 9, 2018

Omer M Mozaffar, a professor of Islamic studies in Chicago, acted as a consultant on the show to dispel some of(...)

Football: Emirati Houriya Taheri, First Arab Woman to Join FIFA as an Expert

Sep 9, 2018

SOURCE: KAWA Houriya Taheri is the first Arab woman to be appointed as a FIFA expert. It is the ultimate(...)

What “Sexy Sheikh Literature” Reveals about Western Ideas of the Middle East

Sep 9, 2018

SOURCE: NEWSTATESMAN BY: RUQAYA IZZIDIEN What do General al-Hamar – literally, and presumably unknowingly, General the Donkey – of Yasmin Porter’s The(...)

Venice: Abdelhamid Bouchnak on How Arab Horror Film ‘Dachra’ Reflects Generational Conflict in Tunisia

Sep 9, 2018

SOURCE: VARIETY BY: NICK VIVARELLI Tunisian first-time director Abdelhamid Bouchnak is at the Venice Film Festival with “Dachra,” one of(...)

Meet the 10 Ambitious Arab Women who Star in Chopard's Latest Campaign

Sep 8, 2018

The Swiss jewellery brand’s new Happy Hearts campaign celebrates regional talent SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: PENNA MUNYAL Swiss maison Chopard(...)

Foreign Powers See ‘No Military Solution’ in Syria, but Diplomacy Stalls

Sep 8, 2018

SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES BY: BEN HUBBARD AND MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ BEIRUT, Lebanon — At a summit meeting in Tehran(...)

Arab Countries Ranked by Literacy Rate

Sep 8, 2018

The rate of literacy refers to the ability of a country's population to sufficiently read and write. SOURCE: STEP FEED(...)

I Realized I could be an Arab Actor seeing Salma Hayek in Spy Kids. Now we're in the same TIFF Film

Sep 8, 2018

Ryan Ali never thought his big screen dreams would come true — until one movie unexpectedly changed everything SOURCE: CBC(...)

Dems more Deeply Divided over Israel

Sep 7, 2018

SOURCE: THE HILL BY: DOUGLAS SCHOEN For more than half a century, American public support for Israel and its “special(...)