By: Yara Marei / Arab America Contributing Writer “Landowners” or “The Natives” is one of the most recently released songs that are getting trendy now, performed by Assala Nasri, ft. Acapella Masreya Band, and Fares Katrya. The latest music video, presented in the traditional Tarweedeh style, is a poignant and symbol-laden tribute to the native … Continued
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: 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: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer Domestic and external pressures are growing on Netanyahu’s war cabinet to accept the terms of a ceasefire deal being hammered out in Cairo. No one knows how the war in Gaza will end or its ultimate impact on Palestinians, Israelis, and the entire region. Three emerging developments … Continued
By: Barbara Nimri Aziz / Arab America Contributing Writer The Palestinian diaspora, particularly those living in the US, should not be overlooked as a player in calls for the freedom of Palestine. A new generation of professional Americans of Palestinian origin have worked tirelessly for a half century to document and update a largely unresponsive … Continued
By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer Editors Note: After the writing of the article below, last night, police clad in riot gear commenced the arrest of numerous pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Columbia University. The escalation occurred as protesters occupied a campus building, encouraging and inspiring continued activism across the US. As the student protests … Continued
By: Bishara A Bahbah / Arab America Featured Columnist This year’s presidential election is taking place amid a genocidal war in Gaza heavily supported by President Joe Biden. The latter declared when he first assumed office that he was a “Zionist, and on multiple occasions, he repeatedly stated his “ironclad” support of Israel by providing … Continued
By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer Just as Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel changed the landscape of Middle East politics, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu changed it again nearly six months later by ordering an airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus. The strike killed 12 Iranians and Syrians, among them two high-level … Continued
By: Bishara A Bahbah / Arab America Featured Columnist Iran’s televised and choreographed missile/drone/rocket attack on Israel on April 14 will go down in history as one of the most comical attacks by one country on another. The so-called “massive” attack on Israel has benefited only Israel and Biden. Iran, as time will tell, will … Continued
By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer Massive Street demonstrations return to Israel demanding change. Public pressure on Netanyahu’s government is rapidly rising, but his cabinet is still determined to try to defeat Hamas in overcrowded Rafah- in Gaza, to widen the battlefront with Hezbollah in Lebanon and to drop bombs on leaders of … Continued
By: Bishara A. Bahbah / Arab America Featured Columnist Over the past two weeks, President Joe Biden finally felt compelled to offer three gestures of goodwill to appease Arab Americans and their allies concerning the ongoing carnage in the Gaza Strip. Concurrently, he continued arming Israel to a massive scale never seen in 75 years, … Continued
Dear Mr. President, We are contemporaries who have served many years together in the leadership of Congress– you in the Senate and me in the House. I am approaching my 80th year so I am right on your heels. Permit me to share with you some observations about the present state of affairs in our … Continued
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