On the anniversary of the 2016 murder of Khalid Jabara in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the 2017 murder of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, Virginia, Arab American Institute Executive Director Maya Berry issued the following statement: “August 12 is a day indelibly seared in our memories. In 2016, Khalid Jabara was murdered on his front porch by … Continued
BERLIN, Friday, August 09, 2019 (WAFA) – The family of Kamal Boullata, who passed away in Berlin at the age of 77, has declared that it seeks to bury him in his birthplace, Jerusalem. Boullata’s family said in a statement, posted on the Facebook page of the Lebanon-based Palestinian novelist Elias Khoury, that Kamal wished … Continued
By: John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer Republicans in Congress vote almost as a bloc in favor of Israeli issues and that’s why people of the Arab World don’t trust the U.S. as a broker of peace. Traditionally, Congress has been strongly pro-Israel, including both Republicans and Democrats. Recently, however, Democrats, especially in the House of … Continued
Arab America Stands Unified Murder and mayhem in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio within 24 hours of each hate-killing have once again wracked our souls in pain and sorrow. 31 killed and many wounded; these people are sacrificial victims of what is in the case of El Paso, most probably a white supremacist hate … Continued
His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph received the news of the most recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, on the heels of the shooting in Gilroy, California, while making pastoral visits to the Diocese of Los Angeles and the West. His Eminence strongly condemns these evil acts of violence against innocent people and … Continued
By: Barbara Nimri Aziz/Arab America Contributing Writer If you think you’ve seen enough of conflict, especially the war in Syria, you’re wrong because you haven’t. From the love of nation and loathing of military rule, from inchoate hope of redemption and improbable determination, indebted to lost friends and seeded in the birth of your child, … Continued
By: Michael Warren/Arab America Contributing Writer We often base our opinion about other people or phenomena on widely held stereotypes. Perhaps, you do, too? The Arab region extends from North Africa to Asia all the way to the Persian Gulf. It is washed by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, the Mediterranean Sea in the … Continued
By: John Mason/ Arab America Contributing Writer Trump “Invitation” to four Congresswomen of Color to Leave the U.S. In an earlier post, we reported that President Trump had tweeted an “invitation” to four Democratic Congresswomen of color to leave the country. Not mentioning them by name, Trump targeted the left-leaning caucus, self-defined as the “Squad,” … Continued
By Heba Mohammad/Arab America Contributing Writer “[I]nformation [on citizenship] is also relevant to administering our elections. Some states may want to draw state and local legislative districts based upon the voter-eligible population.” In two sentences, Donald Trump, in a Rose Garden press conference about ending the Administration’s pursuit of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census, confirmed … Continued
By John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer President Trump has tweeted an “invitation” to four Congresswomen of color to leave the country. Two of them just happen to be Muslim, giving an Islamophobic tinge to an already xenophobic and racist message. His message is directed at his base of white American nationalists and others who support … Continued
By: Heba Mohammad/Arab America Contributing Writer In the two weeks since the Supreme Court decided the Administration’s reasoning for including a citizenship question on the 2020 Census was invalid, chaos has ensued as the Department of Justice and the president have shared conflicting information with the public and with the courts about what comes next. Most … Continued
By John Mason / Arab America Contributing Writer Starting in 2011, Libya started falling apart, commencing a state of civil war which has continued in fits over the past eight years. It began with a Western-Arab aerial action from the air to keep Qadhafi’s army from decimating Benghazi. As a result, the army was destroyed … Continued
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