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Umm Kalthum - Legendary Songstress Of The Arabs

Mar 2, 2016

BY: Habeeb Salloum The Moroccan wedding feast had been sumptuous and now we were enjoying an evening of music(...)

When Canadians Become Alarmed, It’s Serious

Mar 1, 2016

By Barbara Nimri Aziz--Arab America Contributing Writer My sister phoned me from Canada this morning. I can’t remember her being(...)

Nabil Maleh, Father of Syrian Cinema, Dies at 79

Mar 1, 2016

By KAREN ZRAICK The New York Times Nabil Maleh, who used social realism to challenge authority and became, in many(...)

BDS in the US: Boycott Israel movement gains support

Mar 1, 2016

By Creede Newton Al Jazeera Since January, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which calls for the economic(...)

15 Facts About Jordan that will Surprise You

Mar 1, 2016

By Anna Cooban Matador Network 1. The country has a rich tradition of pampering. Photo: Scott Sporleder The Dead Sea(...)

Palestine and the anxiety of existence

Mar 1, 2016

Steven Saltaita Mondoweiss I delivered the following comments at Israeli Apartheid Week events at the School of Oriental and(...)

Sacha Baron Cohen: a buffoonish ideologue, at Israel's service

Mar 1, 2016

Steven Salaita The Electronic Intifada Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest film The Dictator has led to the praise typical of(...)

Why I stopped wearing the hijab

Mar 1, 2016

Hajer Al-Faham The Seattle Times AS an Arab and Muslim woman who wore the hijab for 16 years, I(...)

Columbia Center for Palestine Studies Call for Applications: Palestine and Law Fellowship 2016-2017

Feb 29, 2016

Call for Applications: Palestine & Law Fellowship Palestine & Law Fellowship Columbia University Center for Palestine Studies Columbia(...)

No Oscar for Basil Khalil’s short film Ave Maria

Feb 29, 2016

Chris Newbould The National There was disappointment for British/Palestinian director Basil Khalil early this morning when his Palestine-set short(...)

'Theeb' and the Renaissance of Arab Cinema

Feb 29, 2016

Nadine Ajaka The Atlantic Despite its precarious geopolitical situation, Jordan has become something of a go-to location for Western(...)

Why Muslim Americans should vote for Bernie Sanders

Feb 29, 2016

Zareena Grewal and Donna Auston Al Jazeera In the 2016 presidential campaign, Islamophobia is both a campaign strategy and(...)