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Famous Abu Ghraib Image of Torture Used on Festive Christmas Shirt

Sep 1, 2016

BY: Adriana Murray/Contributing Writer Back in 2003, the media exploded with photos exposing what life was like in the Abu(...)

The Less Obvious Effects of War in the Arab World: Birth Defects

Sep 1, 2016

BY: Haya Bacharouch/Ambassador Blogger For more than a decade, the Middle East and North Africa have endured constant unrest. Countries including(...)

Meet the people sharing their homes with refugees

Sep 1, 2016

The people sharing their homes with refugees Photographs by Aubrey Wade and text by Nadine Alfa for UNHCR (CNN) When hundreds(...)

Coffee, Bikini Waxes, X-Rays: Almost Anything Can Be Sent to Homes in Cairo

Sep 1, 2016

By NOUR YOUSSEF The New York Times When it comes to home delivery and services, Cairo has most other(...)

Baltimore's Susan Muaddi Darraj wins American Book Award for 'A Curious Land'

Sep 1, 2016

Mary Carole McCauley Baltimore Sun The Baltimore fiction writer Susan Muaddi Darraj just picked up a major accolade -- her(...)

U.S. appeals court tosses $655 million verdict against Palestinian Authority

Sep 1, 2016

Reuters A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday threw out a $655.5 million judgment against the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine(...)

Israeli Ex-Spy Chief Says Palestinian State Crucial to Peace

Sep 1, 2016

BY JOSEF FEDERMAN ASSOCIATED PRESS The former head of Israel's Mossad spy agency on Tuesday said the establishment of an(...)

UN Refugee Agency welcomes arrival of 10,000th Syrian refugee resettled to United States

Sep 1, 2016

Press release: UNHCR UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has welcomed news of the arrival in the United States this(...)

The occupation of the mind

Sep 1, 2016

Pam Bailey We are not numbers When we think of “occupation” in the Palestinian context, we most often conjure images(...)

Koshary: The Egyptian Dish Where East Meets West

Sep 1, 2016

BY: Zane Ziebell/Contributing Writer Imagine a bowl filled with steaming rice, two or three different kinds of pasta, lentils, and(...)

Brazilian President Michel Temer: The Most Powerful Lebanese Man in the World

Aug 31, 2016

BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer Michel Temer was sworn in as Brazil’s president today, following the impeachment trial of Dilma Rousseff.(...)

America's Other Orchestras: Arab American Ensemble Series Episode 5

Aug 31, 2016

The Big Apple Tastes the Hummus BY: Sami Asmar/Contributing Writer There is probably nothing one cannot find in New York(...)