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Culture, Clubbing and Chaos: Out with the Locals in Beirut

Mar 3, 2018

Customers outside Riwaq, a music venue and bar (and library) in Beirut SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN BY: KIT MACDONALD ‘Life in(...)

Americans and Russians Fought a Battle in Syria — It’s Time to Care

Mar 3, 2018

U.S. forces at the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) headquarters in Mount Karachok near Malikiya, Syria, April 25, 2017.(Rodi(...)

Tunisia elected Capital of Arab Women 2018-2019

Mar 3, 2018

SOURCE: ANSAMED The announcement was given in Gammarth during a meeting of the Arab Women Commission entitled "Women for Safe(...)

Arab Hope Makers Awards Draws Nearly 40,000 Applicants in just Six Days

Mar 2, 2018

SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: JAMES LANGTON A competition that seeks out inspirational stories from across the Arab world has attracted(...)

Arab Legal Center Sues over Passover ‘Hametz’ Ban in Hospitals

Mar 2, 2018

Adalah lawyer Sawsan Zaher, who filed the petition, argued that this policy causes the humiliation of Arab patients and their(...)

On the Move: Time Travel through New Translations

Mar 2, 2018

SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: ROSEMARY BEHAN Over a Lebanese dinner in Abu Dhabi this week with Humphrey Davies, a celebrated(...)

How a 14th-Century Arab Thinker Influenced Ronald Reagan’s Fiscal Policy

Mar 2, 2018

That Ibn Khaldun continues to mean all things to all men is a measure of his greatness and his ambiguity,(...)

Report: U.S. Peace Plan Divides Jerusalem, Keeps Israeli Settlement Blocks

Mar 1, 2018

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki said that the plan tilts toward Israel and is unacceptable to the Palestinians. SOURCE:(...)

Middle East Fashion Industry could Create Jobs for 20m Women

Mar 1, 2018

Arab Fashion Council to develop sector by opening office in Saudi Arabia and hosting first Arab Fashion Week in Riyadh(...)

Statement on the re-opening of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Feb 28, 2018

The Church of the Holy Sepulcher re-opened on February 27th, with the following statement issued below. We, the heads(...)

Arab Americans Take Proactive Stance on Gun Control

Feb 28, 2018

By Emiliya Strahilova/Arab America Contributing Writer After the Women's March became a worldwide protest advocating for multiple civil rights reforms,(...)

Who are the Christian Arabs? Some Facts about Who they are and their Place in the World

Feb 28, 2018

Photo: A Procession of Priests in Bethlehem in Palestine: the Birthplace of Christianity By: John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer Arabs(...)