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A Jordanian Feast

By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer Jordan with its deserts, mountains, farmlands, sandy beaches, ancient towns, modern cities, and historic ruins is a land ideal for any tourist who wishes to explore and enjoy the lands of the Arab east.  But the picturesque country and its many attractions are only one aspect of enjoyment which … Continued

Greater Syrian Diaspora at 78RPM: Toufic Barham and Danny Thomas

Toufic Barham with Danny Thomas, photo courtesy of Ancestry.com 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 … Continued

Online Arab Art Exhibits You Can Visit For Free

By: Dani Meyer/Arab America Contributing Writer Are you looking for a new activity you can do right from your couch? Many museums have started to put their collections online and launched virtual tours to help people with quarantining. While you might have checked out some of the more famous museums, like the Louvre or the … Continued

5 Greek and Levantine Dishes That Are Very Similar

By: Emily Tain/Arab America Contributing Writer              Despite being made up of a myriad of different countries, the Mediterranean has historically been a hub for cultural diffusion. The ancient entanglement of Egypt, Rome, and Greece is an obvious display of this diffusion, yet many forget about the Middle East and … Continued

Check Out the Evolution of Coffee Culture in 5 Arab Countries

By: Safa M. Qureshi/Arab America Contributing Writer  “The Middle East represents one of the world’s modern coffee culture hot spots, with high growth prospects for major chains across many markets and burgeoning opportunities on the horizon for the specialty coffee sector,” says Young.  By comparison, in a study from 2017, the US ranks as the … Continued

8 Must See Documentaries About Arabs and the Arab World

By: Noah Robertson/Arab America Contributing Writer Documentaries are one of the best tools for learning more about places, people, cultures, and/or events in an engaging and quite powerful manner. Reading and listening can be informative and are, of course, important; but watching something, seeing pain, suffering, hope, confusion, understanding, and much more with one’s own … Continued

The State of Health Care in the Arab World

By: Noah Chani/Arab America Contributing Writer In many countries, the health care services that we enjoy are simply an afterthought. In much of the Arab world, health care systems are lacking accessibility and neglect to include many aspects of human health. Although great strides have been made in attempt to tackle the health care deficiencies … Continued

10 U.S. Cities With Names From the Arab World

By: Colby Cyrus/Arab America Contributing Writer                      So much of America exists in the Arab world: from food chains to clothing stores, and car companies to banks, it is not difficult to find many traces of the United States in this part of the world. Yet, … Continued

The Map With No Name

By: Katie Teague/Arab America Contributing Writer When you think about it, a map is more than just markings on a page; it is one way we confirm the sovereignty (or lack thereof) of nations and states around us. In a digital age when we can access these maps with the tap of a finger, their … Continued

Sultan El Tarab: George Wassouf

By: Ahmed Abu Sultan/Arab America Contributing Writer        George Wassouf was born on 23 December 1961, grew up to become an icon in modern music. In a career spanning almost four decades, he has released more than 30 albums. With a significantly large audience of fans in Lebanon, Syria, throughout the Arab world … Continued

Kerkouane – An Authentic Picture of Phoenician-Punic Life

By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer I came across Kerkouane, the Phoenician-Punic/Carthaginian, town situated on the northern Tunisian peninsula of Cap Bon, quite by accident.  While on a tour of Cap Bon on the coast of the Mediterranean we had stopped at the ruins of this ancient city. The first thing that caught my eye … Continued

Greater Syrian Diaspora at 78RPM: Dr. Khalil A. Bishara

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 bound … Continued

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