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US Holds back $65m Aid to Palestinians

Jan 18, 2018

SOURCE: BBC NEWS The US is withholding more than half of a $125m (£90m) instalment destined for the UN relief(...)

Is Language Key to Resolving the Israeli-Arab Conflict?

Jan 18, 2018

SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION According to a 2017 Pew Research Center poll, many people believe language is “the core of national identity.”(...)

The Immigration Debate we must not Lose

Jan 18, 2018

SOURCE: ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE BY: JAMES J. ZOGBY The debate over US immigration policy is a very personal one for(...)

Amnesty International: Israeli Authorities Must Release Ahed Tamimi Immediately

Jan 17, 2018

Responding to the ruling today by an Israeli court that 16-year-old Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi, charged with aggravated assault of(...)

Trump Administration Cuts UNRWA Funding Deepening Rift Between Washington and Ramallah

Jan 17, 2018

In a shocking announcement Tuesday, the Trump administration agreed to transfer $60 million to UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works(...)

Phishing Scam Directed at Emirates Air Targets Thousands of Arab Americans

Jan 17, 2018

By: Michael Springmann/Arab America Contributing Writer Do Arab Americans place too much trust in empty promises? Are they susceptible to(...)

"The Insult" Could Be the First Arabic Language Film to Win an Academy Award

Jan 17, 2018

By: Emiliya Strahilova/Arab America Contributing Writer Just before the end of 2017, the Academy announced the nine shortlisted contestants for(...)

Film "In Between" Touches Outdated Morals and Explores Progressive Attitudes Uncommon in the Middle East

Jan 17, 2018

By: Emiliya Strahilova/Contributing Writer Maysaloun Hamoud sends us to the reality of modern-day Tel Aviv where, according to one of(...)

Why I Joined the Museum of the Palestinian People

Jan 17, 2018

By Nizar Farsakh/Arab America Ambassador Blogger "When I came to Washington DC in 2011, I was amazed by all the(...)

Centro Sirio Venezolano - Puerto La Cruz's Illustrious Home for All Arabs

Jan 17, 2018

By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer In the mid 1980s, while touring Puerto La Cruz with a friend, we stumbled(...)

Moriscos' Poems Prove how the Arab-Muslim Culture Survived the Catholic Spain

Jan 16, 2018

SOURCE: YABILADI BY: LATIFA BABAS Pressured to abandon their faith and convert to Christianity, the life of Moriscos in Spain(...)

Arab Short Film Nominated for BAFTA Award

Jan 16, 2018

SOURCE: BROADCAST PROME The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has revealed the 2018 nominations which includes one Arab film, A Drowning Man by(...)