By: Yara Marei / Arab America Contributing Writer Food has a unique way of bringing people together, and celebrating it will make you enjoy your meal and feel grateful to receive grandma’s recipes generation after generation. So can you imagine that this great moment of grace and pleasure can be easily stolen, just like the … Continued
By: Arab America Contributing Writer / Mehdi El Merini For most of us, the night typically means dinner with family, a movie, and preparing for bed. For those living—or more accurately, trying to live—in Gaza, the night signifies something entirely different: terror. “The night is long. The night is terrifying. The night means fear. The … Continued
By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer Rationalizing his weak performance during last week’s presidential debate, President Joe Biden acknowledged his age, but bragged about his honesty: “I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to. I don’t debate as well as I used to. But I know what I do know. I know how … Continued
By: Miko Peled / Arab America Contributing Writer Palestinian history did not start with the Zionist invasion, and it will not end when Zionism departs. However, the history of Palestine is too often limited to the history of Zionism. The call “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free,” is a call for … Continued
This is the fifty-first of Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series includes personalities from entertainment, business, sports, science, academia, journalism, and politics, among other areas. Our fifty-first pathbreaker is Justin Amash, a lawyer and politician who has served Michiganders in the Michigan House of Representatives and the U.S. House of Representatives. Contributing writer, John Mason reports that he is the child of a Palestinian Christian father and a Syrian Christian mother, who immigrated to the U.S. Justin is a principled politician who is difficult to pigeonhole by his party affiliation since he roots his support of issues in his understanding of constitutional law. He supports Palestinians in Gaza, where several of his relatives have been killed in the war.
By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer Despite the conflict in Gaza, the West Bank, and the rapidly escalating situation in the Israel-Lebanon border areas, the Biden administration is fixated on Arabs normalizing relations with Israel. It is not surprising that Abdullah Hammoud, the mayor of Dearborn, MI, informed Biden last week that the president “has … Continued
By: Yara Marei / Arab America Contributing Writer Palestinian cuisine is a rich reflection of the region’s cultural traditions, emphasizing communal dining and the importance of family. Traditional cooking techniques are central to their culinary heritage, such as slow cooking in earthenware pots, marinating meats with aromatic spices, and baking bread in taboon ovens. Each … Continued
By: Barbara Nimri Aziz / Arab America Contributing Writer Do you sense that there is less and less news reaching us from the occupied Palestinian territories, expressly from Gaza? Do you feel what I fear: – that moral outrage by the world public has been spent? That those millions of creative, passionate calls for a ceasefire … Continued
By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under mounting pressure to restore security to the border area with Lebanon. Close to 60,000 Israeli residents have evacuated the area to avoid the reach of Hezbollah’s missiles, rockets, and drones. On the Lebanese side of the border, a larger number of … Continued
This is the fiftieth of Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series includes personalities from entertainment, business, sports, science, academia, journalism, and politics, among other areas. Our fiftieth pathbreaker is Susan Abulhawa, a Palestinian American writer and human rights activist. John Mason, contributing writer, describes her as a prominent novelist who writes prolifically about Palestinians living under conditions Susan says are shaped by Israeli ‘apartheid’ policies and practices. During a recent trip to war-torn Gaza, Abulhawa expressed outrage against the killings of innocent Palestinians, causing immeasurable trauma.
By: Nate Fox / Arab America Contributing Writer Recent polls by the Arab American Institute reveal a drastic change in Arab Americans’ opinions regarding the upcoming elections. In a recent survey among Arab Americans, former president Trump beat Biden 32%-18%; compared to the previous elections polls, Biden won 59%-35%. You don’t have to look far … Continued
By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer Over the past two weeks, several important developments have taken place in the Gaza war. While some events have given Prime Minister Netanyahu a temporary boost, the overall direction of these developments has not helped him. At the end of May, the Speaker of the US House … Continued
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