Photo Credit: www.albayan.ae By Ramzi Gharbi/ Contributing Writer President Donald Trump’s visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Sunday May 2Oth felt oddly similar to the 1988 Hollywood blockbuster Coming to America staring Eddie Murphy. In the film, Eddie Murphy plays an African Prince hoping to find love in America. Spoiler alert! After the extended visit … Continued
Compiled by Arab America Two prominent Christian leaders, Gregory Lahham III, former Melkite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and Alexandria and Jerusalem, and Archbishop Theodosios of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, more commonly known as Archbishop Atallah Hanna, began hunger strikes this week in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners striking in Israeli … Continued
BY: Leila Diab/Contributing Writer To stand in solidarity with over 1,700 Palestinian prisoners, living under an illegal Israeli military occupation of their homeland, and the unjustifiable and inhumane imprisonment of Palestinians, a Saltwater Campaign Challenge strategy reaches out to supporters to participate in solidarity with Palestinian hunger strikers. Palestinian detainees, are prisoners without a trail … Continued
BY: Daniel Gil/Contributing Writer The month of May will come to mark President Trump and his administration’s current priority in the realm of international politics: The Arab World. In a departure from recent American tradition of visiting either Mexico or Canada before visiting another country, Trump’s very first trip outside of the United States will … Continued
BY: Michelle Dermarkar/Contributing Writer An entire generation of children living in Flint, Michigan were being exposed to unsafe levels of lead until it was finally revealed by pediatrician, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha’s innovative research. When the city of Flint switched its water source from the Detroit River to the Flint River in April 2014, Flint’s children’s … Continued
PEOPLE’S CLIMATE MARCH 2014 BY: Christine Shahin/Ambassador Blogger Early one morning 28 years ago, as my eldest child and I were readying to deliver the morning news paper, the headlines stated that our small rural central NY community was sited to host a regional garbage landfill and incinerator. This event launched our community to … Continued
Photo: Roger Waters BY: Diego Reyes, Contributing Writer Everyone knows the iconic band Pink Floyd, an English band formed in London with their progressive and psychedelic music who became one of the most influential rock groups in the history of popular music. Now, former Pink Floyd iconic lead singer, Roger Waters, most recently known for … Continued
Ralph Nader, left, and Photo Credit: Don LaVange and intal Compiled by Arab America Palestinian activist Omar Barghouti and Arab American consumer rights crusader, Ralph Nader received the 2017 Ghandi Peace Award from the Connecticut group, Promoting Enduring Peace. Barghouti was honored for his work as the co-founder of Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) and Nader for … Continued
By: Daniel Gil/Contributing Writer WASHINGTON- A U.S. District Judge appeared to be hesitant in issuing an injunction on President Trump’s second travel ban after hearing the first oral arguments of UMAA v. Trump in a packed courtroom Friday afternoon. Judge Tanya Chutkin presided over the hearing and cited the fact that courts from both Hawaii … Continued
BY: Yara Jouzy/ Contributing Writer Palestinians have been prisoners and detainees in Israeli prisons for decades, facing brutal, inhumane, and illegal treatment. Every year, these prisoners restart a movement of solidarity and carry out an open-ended hunger strike. On Monday, almost 1,100 Palestinian prisoners joined a hunger strike for Palestinian Prisoner’s Day, where Palestinians … Continued
The newly released movie titled, Junction 48, exemplifies the unification of politics, art, the entertainment industry, and the millennial generation’s take on issues the world faces today.
BY: Diego Reyes/Contributing Writer As President Trump continues his fight against “radical Islamic terrorism,” another ban affecting Arab and Muslim-majority countries has been announced. The US Department of Homeland Security has notified ten airports in the Middle East and North Africa of changes to US-inbound flights security measures. Personal electronics larger than the average smartphone … Continued
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