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Go topBy: Mariam Kanaan/ Arab America Contributing Writer From FaceTime to WhatsApp video calling—even Snapchat calls—Voice over IP (VOIP) systems are blocked in many parts of the Arab World. Across, the Middle East and North African region (MENA), it’s clear that nations want to produce their own economy-backed telecom companies. WhatsApp is restricted in … Continued
By: David Demaria/ Arab America Contributing Writer On Sunday night at Haras El Hodoud Stadium in Alexandria, Zamalek SC defeated the home club, Haras El Hodoud by a score of 2-1. With the win, Zamalek secured a second place finish, beating out Pyramids. Despite falling behind early on a 7th minute goal by Haras El … Continued
By: Udochi Esomonu/ Arab America Contributing Writer Palestine has had a long history of occupation by various countries, empires, and dynasties dating back to BCE. From being occupied by the ancient Egyptians thousands of years ago right down to being recently occupied by Israel. Gaza’s identity has long been reset and re-identified by the standards … Continued
By: David David Demaria/ Arab America Contributing Writer On Sunday night at Cairo International Stadium, 2019-20 Egyptian Premier League Champions Al Ahly took on Cairo rivals Pyramids club in a late season clash to help determine who would finish second and third in the league table. It was a rough start for Al Ahly as … Continued
By: Yaseen Rashed/ Arab America Contributor One of the first words I was taught when trying to speak Arabic was Baab, or door in English. Doors carry a huge significance in Arab culture as they are made to symbolize new beginnings and an expression of the regions artistic traditions. Doors can be found on houses, … Continued
By: David Demaria/ Arab America Contributing Writer On Tuesday night at Cars Jeans Stadion in Den Haag, Netherlands, the Algerian national team took on Mexico in an intriguing international friendly match. Mexico was looking for the eight consecutive victories, while the reigning African champs had lost only one game since October 2018. This match figured … Continued
For Immediate Release WASHINGTON DC (October 14, 2020)–According to Alexa Internet, an Amazon company, and leading website ranker, the Arab America digital website, www.arabamerica.com ranks as one of the top 100,000 websites in the world. There are an estimated 1.7 billion websites worldwide, although roughly 200 million remain active. Today Arab America ranks 98,856 out … Continued
By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributor For untold centuries, the Bedouins of the Arabian Peninsula have served in their desert tents, mansaf (roasted lamb with rice) to honored guests. Along the eastern coast of that ancient land, the inhabitants have, through the ages, somewhat evolved this traditional symbol of Arab hospitality. They add much more spices … Continued
By: Blanche Shaheen/Arab America Contributing Writer The Arabica coffee bean is likely the very first coffee that was ever consumed on this planet. The first written record of coffee made from roasted coffee beans comes from Arab scholars, who wrote that it was useful in prolonging their working hours, clearly the understatement of the century! … 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 bound … Continued
By: Safa M. Qureshi/Arab America Contributing Writer Arabic is one of the most used languages in the world. It has influenced many languages such as Persian, Turkish, Malay, Hindi, Urdu, Indonesian, Tagalog, Somali, Swahili, and even Spanish. Arabic can be said to be the origin of Urdu. The main difference between Urdu and Arabic is … Continued
By: Ahmed Abu Sultan/ Arab America Contributing Writer One of the few polymaths known to history, Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, immortalized himself as the structure for many sciences and algebra. The man was solely responsible for the numerals that we use nowadays. He was measuring the movement of the planets while the majority of Europe … Continued
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