By: Diala Ghneim/Arab America Contributing Writer I spoke with ten Arab Americans about voting. These individuals come from different age groups, industries, and political orientations. They are teachers, lawyers, students, stay at home mothers, IT professionals, etc…. They are active members of American society and they are all voting on November 3rd. This article is … Continued
By: Mohamed Nada/Arab America Contributing Writer How can photography be used to show pride in our culture? When it comes to taking pictures, more specifically in a cultural scene, one of the most controversial things to focus on while taking these types of photos is not what the heat of the moment is or what … Continued
By: Richard Breaux/Arab America Contributing Writer What do you do when you find several dozen 78 rpm records all in Arabic and you can neither read, nor speak the language? You research the musicians and record labels and write about them.…at least that’s what Arab America contributing writer, Richard Breaux did. The result is … Continued
By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer Few urban centers in Spain have a more venerable history than Carmona – a town located some 36 km (22.5 mi) east of Seville. Its impressive medieval fortifications and its location on a promontory of the Sierra de Los Alcores hills, overlooking the fertile plains of the Guadalquivir valley, … Continued
By: Mariam Kanaan/Arab America Contributing Writer With many diets, like paleo and keto, increasing in popularity, many people are looking for ways to adapt recipes they know and love to fit these diets. You may be wondering how Arab food can fit into the paleo or keto diets. Look no … Continued
By John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer The casting of Israeli Gal Gadot as Cleopatra in an upcoming film will probably be a blockbuster. The fact that Gadot is of East European origin and has been an active supporter of the Israeli army has rubbed some the wrong way. They counter that Cleopatra was born of … Continued
By: Diala Ghneim/Arab America Contributing Writer Vivian Khalaf, 54, attorney at law Drums of the next US presidential elections are sounding, and America holds its breath as it anxiously waits for its four-year future. Major news outlets have started their daily election coverage and political analysts began their weekly predictions on which candidate will win. … Continued
By: Mary Salome/Arab America Contributing Writer Khalid is a high school junior in the San Francisco Bay Area. He knows a lot about Palestine through his family, but not through any lesson he’s ever had in school. While he is certainly not alone in this experience, he is also not alone in the struggle to … Continued
By: Mona Hanna-Attisha/Arab America Contributing Writer I am a proud first-generation Iraqi American. Specifically, I am Chaldean, an Iraqi Christian. We are part of the international diaspora of Iraqi immigrants displaced over generations, and particularly after the rise of Saddam Hussein. Many of us settled in the Detroit area. There are over a hundred thousand … Continued
By: Ivey Noojin/ Arab America Contributing Writer Lily Karam is an activist living in California who has dedicated all of her life, and over 90 percent of her time after retirement, to helping Palestinians. Even with a career and children, she made time to support organizations relating to the Arab world. Even retirement can’t stop … Continued
By: Ivey Noojin/Arab America Contributing Writer We often celebrate the life and accomplishments of certain people due to their nationality or ethnicity. For example, the media frequently will state, “this person is the first [insert race here] to…”. This is important because we should recognize when someone within a minority group reaches representation within the … Continued
By: Cait O’Connor/ Arab American Contributing Writer Virginia has one of the fastest-growing Arab populations in the country. The number of people claiming Arabic descent has more than doubled since 1980. The majority of Arab-Americans are of Lebanese descent, followed by Egyptian, Moroccan, and Palestinian. Of the state’s 137 counties, Arabs live in 97, with … Continued
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