By: Bishara A. Bahbah, Arab America Featured Columnist What a sad sight the Arab World is today! Countries are collapsing and brothers are fighting each other. Despite its massive natural resources, you only find pockets of wealth. There are more refugees in the Arab world than anywhere else in the world and I am not even referring … Continued
J. Michael Springmann/Arab America Contributing Writer On January 26, 2018, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of the Census announced that it “will not use…a separate Middle Eastern or North African” category on the census form.” However, the 2020 Census will still contain unchanged questions on race and ethnicity such as those delineating people of African and … Continued
By: Randa Necola/Arab America Contributing Writer Moving to a new place in your own country can be very stressful and hard to adapt with. But, what about moving to a new country where people speak a new language and have different culture? Can you imagine leaving everything in your life to start again from zero … Continued
Abbas, Trump, Netanyahu. (photo credit: REUTERS) By: Bishara Bahbah/ Arab America Contributing Writer During the meeting of the Palestinian Central Committee and following the United States’ recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Mahmoud Abbas declared, “Today is the day that the Oslo Accords end. Israel killed them. We are an authority without any authority, and an occupation … Continued
Photo Credit: Demonstrators rally in New York City to protest anti-BDS legislation, June 9, 2016. (Sipa USA via AP) Today, The American Civil Liberties Union won a victory in its federal lawsuit arguing that a Kansas law requiring a public school educator to certify that she won’t boycott Israel violates her First Amendment rights. A … Continued
By Emiliya Strahilova/Arab America Contributing Writer “What an honor it is today to become the 24th Secretary of Health and Human Services, here in the United States. Only in America, the grandchild and great-grandchild of immigrants from Lebanon, from the Ukraine, from England, and Switzerland gets to have that opportunity.” These were the first … Continued
Today’s announcement from the Census Bureau that the 2020 Census would not include a new “Middle Eastern or North African” category or use a combined question format is an egregious rejection of stakeholder interest that impedes the possibility of an accurate count. The decision comes after the Office of Management and Budget delayed a planned … Continued
Read HOPING’s statement in support of United Nations Relief and Works Agency @UNRWA signed by over 20 film-makers, artists, musicians and footballers https://t.co/65gKF3v9UD pic.twitter.com/Xp1e7xrVQC — HOPING Foundation (@HopingPalestine) January 25, 2018 By: Emiliya Stahilova/Arab America Contributing Writer Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant and Olivia Wilde are only a few of the celebrities who released a petition against … Continued
By: John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer As an American anthropologist doing fieldwork in the Libyan Desert Oasis of Augila, I along with my wife, Nancy, experienced Qadhafi’s coup on September 1, 1969. After I was called out of the Desert by the new regime, I began to see the possibility of imminent change in the … Continued
Today, the President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro recognized Jerusalem as the eternal capital of the state of Palestine according to WAFA, the Palestinian News Agency. Maduro reiterated Venezuela’s support of the Palestinian people regarding US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Palestinian Prime Minister, Rami al-Hamdallah was on a two-day … Continued
According to news reports today from the Lebanese newspaper, The Daily Star, Lebanese Ambassador-designate to the U.S. Gabriel Issa has given up his American citizenship allowing him to submit his credentials in Washington DC on January 24th. “They wanted this to be done quickly, so I’ve been running around here [in Lebanon] to get all … Continued
Responding to the ruling today by an Israeli court that 16-year-old Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi, charged with aggravated assault of soldiers and incitement, will remain in custody until the end of her trial, Magdalena Mughrabi, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International said: “There is nothing that can justify Ahed … Continued
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