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Hijabi Line Debuts at New York Fashion Week for First Time Ever

Sep 15, 2016

BY: Alexa George/Contributing Writer This New York Fashion Week proved that there is more to the big event than watching(...)

Australian Senator Echos Irrational Fears About Muslim Immigrants

Sep 15, 2016

BY: Marissa Ovassapian/Contributing Writer While Americans are being faced with questions of mass deportation, immigration reform, and bans on Muslim(...)

Egyptian Nemat Shafik Becomes First Female Director of London School of Economics

Sep 15, 2016

EGYPTIAN STREETS Egypt-born Dame Nemat Shafik is set to become the first woman to run the London School of Economics(...)

Ibrahim Maalouf Gives His Trumpet a Human Voice

Sep 15, 2016

By NATE CHINENSEPT. THE NEW YORK TIMES Bridging musical cultures comes naturally to the trumpeter and composer Ibrahim Maalouf. Born(...)

Why This Lebanese Street Food Is Gaining Traction in the U.S.

Sep 15, 2016

by Nina Roberts Fortune It’s not as popular as pizza or falafel, but someday it could be. In Lebanon, the(...)

Syrian refugee musicians sell out shows in Germany

Sep 15, 2016

DAILY ASTORIAN At the neoclassical Concert House in Berlin's Gendarmenmarkt, busts of German composers Beethoven, Bach and Handel looked(...)

Comic on a mission for laughter and unity

Sep 15, 2016

By SHANNON E. KOLKEDY Toledo Blade No politics. No religion. One love. With that basic model, Lebanese-American comedian Nemr Abou(...)

American Muslim Voters With Nowhere to Go

Sep 15, 2016

By Francis Wilkinson Bloomberg Hillary Clinton will win overwhelming support from American Muslims in November. She is a safe harbor in(...)

How one Palestinian activist is using makeup to raise awareness of global crises

Sep 15, 2016

By Corinne Redfern Marie Claire She's only 24 years old, but Rand Jarallah has already teamed up with the United(...)

Wafa Ghnaim reveals Palestinian history through embroidery

Sep 15, 2016

Ellen Spitaleri Portland Tribune The key to understanding Wafa Ghnaim’s presentations at the Ledding Cultural Forum on Sept. 17, 18,(...)

The Native American, the Palestinian: A Spirited Fight for Justice

Sep 15, 2016

byRamzy Baroud Common Dreams Thousands of Native Americans resurrected the fighting spirit of their forefathers as they stood in unprecedented(...)

Sheriff Joe Hanna Wears his Heritage as a Badge of Pride

Sep 14, 2016

BY JOAN HANNA Arab American Institute Crediting his heritage and the way he was raised with making him the person(...)