By: Meriam Helal/Contributing Writer Arab Americans behave in a specific way that is different from other Americans. Maybe we get it from our parents, maybe we get it from the Mloukhieh. Either way, here are some of them. 1. We are always fashionably late Some people call it Arab time, some use specific … Continued
By: Ani Karapetyan/Arab America Contributing Writer America cannot be concluded in any framework; it’s so diverse that it is impossible to describe it in one article. America is special and unique. Here, people are from around the globe, with different religions, histories, and cultures. People are moving to the United States from all over the … Continued
By: J. Michael Springmann/Arab America Contributing Writer On October 25, 2016, just prior to the presidential election, James Zogby released a poll showing Arab -American dissatisfaction with candidate Donald J. Trump. Zogby’s Democrat-leaning Arab American Institute (AAI) noted that 60% of those questioned favored Hillary Clinton for president while just 25% supported Trump. Why? Be … Continued
SOURCE: ORLANDO SENTINEL BY: BIANCA PADRO OCASIO Yasmin Fakhro sits behind a wall of shoes in plastic boxes with her 68-year-old father-in-law, Mohamad Khoja, and her two small children. Six months ago, the family of Syrian refugees fled their home through Turkey and settled in Orlando. Saturday was their first opportunity to give back and … Continued
SOURCE: PRESS & GUIDE BY ANDREA BLUM It’s not often that local teens have a chance to give input to a prestigious national museum, but two girls from Dearborn schools will be able to add that to their future resumes. Malak Wazne, a senior at Dearborn High School and Fatima Abu-Omarah, a junior at Fordson … Continued
SOURCE:COLUMBUS ALIVE BY JIM FISCHER Latest collection tells immigration stories; release event set for Sunday It all started with Smitty. Larry Smith’s grandfather, Morris, came to the United States in 1914 with his family at the age of 4, escaping World War I Russia. The elder Smith eventually graduated from pharmacy school and opened a … Continued
By: Ani Karapetyan/Contributing Writer Children of Arab immigrants who were born and grew up in the United States are different from their parents in many ways. Technically, they are Americans and consider themselves as Americans. However, just being American does not quite describe Arab millennials in the U.S. either. Rather, they are Arab Americans who … Continued
Senator Squadron with Hariton Marachilian and his father at the State Senate last Tuesday. Photo courtesy of the Office of Sen. Daniel Squadron By: Mary Frost Source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle Between these three former Marines you’ll find roughly a dozen medals and an unwavering patriotism. Last Tuesday, state Sen. Daniel Squadron announced his nomination of … Continued
BY: JACK LESSENBERRY SOURCE: MICHIGAN RADIO I spent an hour the other morning with a newcomer on the political scene, one of the most brilliant and charismatic candidates I’ve ever met. Let’s imagine for a moment that his name is Andy Smith. Make Andy the son of completely legal immigrants who enthusiastically embraced everything American. … Continued
BY: Diya Abdo/Contributing Writer A first-generation Palestinian born and raised in Jordan, and the child of Palestinian refugees, Diya Abdo is associate professor of English and Chair of the Department of English and Creative Writing at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina. Less than two years ago, she was so moved by the terrible images … Continued
BY: Al-Sharif Nassef/Contributing Writer April 4 this week marked 49 years since the tragic assassination of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of America’s greatest revolutionaries. A faith leader and social justice activist at the forefront of the civil rights movement, he was shot on the balcony outside his motel room in Memphis, … Continued
By Massoud Hayoun Al Jazeera Before Linda Sarsour was an organiser of the Women’s March, which the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration mounted the largest protest in US history, she was an Arab and Muslim American community organiser in New York City, building bonds with New Yorkers of many other ethnicities and faiths. Sarsour is … Continued
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