“America has been a land of opportunity. But a community’s success here is neither a foregone conclusion nor an irrevocable result.” By Isra’ Saleh / Arab America Contributing Writer Born and raised in Morocco, Al Jazeera Washington Bureau Chief, Abderrahim Foukara talks to Arab America about the challenges of being an Arab in America. Abderrahim’s … Continued
SOURCE: PATCH.COM Manuscripts of the Muslim World and Al-Bustan Seeds of Cultural are offering free, virtual Arabic Conversational Classes! There are many reasons to learn conversational Arabic… Learning a new language broadens your mind and makes learning about other cultures and religions more fun. Language learners may choose Wednesday evening or Sunday morning classes. Classes are VIRTUAL … Continued
ALRawabi School For Girls. Photo: IDBM By: Anthony Bayyouk / Arab America Contributing Writer Introduction: The new Netflix series AlRawabi School For Girls nicknamed the “Arab mean girl” is about a prestigious school in Jordan. In the school, there is a group of mean girls that are always bullying their classmate Mariam played by ( … Continued
SOURCE: EGYPTIAN STREETS BY: MONA ABDOU The first vivid memory I have of Arabic class was plotting how to skip it; my last memory is being talked out of the Thanaweya Amma language exam by a friend. I sat the test anyway, ran a ball-point pen over cheap paper and bounced a leg when I couldn’t scrape … Continued
By: Isra Saleh / Arab America Contributing WriterMany dates the growth of independent music (often referred to as indie music) to the first sparks of the Arab Spring in 2010. Outside the mainstream and away from the gaze of major labels and their subsidiaries, independent musicians crafted their uniquely blended rhythms with a combination of … Continued
By Evan Ploeckelman / Arab America Contributing Writer Arabic and Persian are two of the most important and widely spoken languages in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asian regions. One might think they would be similar at first glance, as they have lived alongside each other in the region for centuries. While they … Continued
By Evan Ploeckelman / Arab America Contributing Writer The Comoros, a tropical island nation off the coast of Africa in the western Indian Ocean, is the southernmost Arab nation and member of the Arab League. In fact, it is the only nation in those categories to be completely below the Equator. However, these islands are … Continued
SOURCE: GULF NEWS BY: FAWAZ TURKI The Pew Research Center, the highly respected think tank in Washington that provides information on social issues, public opinion and demographic trends shaping the world, recently revealed in a report that Arabic was “the fastest growing language in the United States”. The finding may not be far off-the-mark, as … Continued
By: Noura Abou Hamze/Arab America Contributing Writer The Arabic language is widely spoken all over the world and is the official language in twenty-three Arab countries. Have you ever heard about a special form of writing Arabic, called the Arabic Chat Alphabet? The Arabic chat alphabet , alternatively the Franco-Arabic alphabet, or ‘Arabizi’ , is an alternative … Continued
By: Qaïs S. Ahmadī / Arab America Contributing Writer The loss of Arab culture in America is not only the concern of Arabs in this country. Anyone of MENA and SWANA heritage mourns and suffers the loss. At the heart of the matter is the semitic language of Arabic, which is spoken by Arabs and … Continued
SOURCE: THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN BY: REBECCA AIZIN As a non-native speaker, Arabic Prof. Fatima Khan needed a good Arabic dictionary when she was a student. When she couldn’t find any, Khan decided to create one herself in 2015 for other non-native-speaking students. The project took Khan five years to complete and required her to pick … Continued
SOURCE: CLICK ON DETROIT BY: GRANT HERMES DEARBORN, Mich. – A new push is underway in the city of Dearborn — which has the nation’s highest density of Arab Americans — to have more voting information and ballots in Arabic language. Advocates are calling for ballots in Arabic for voters who do not speak English. “What we had … Continued
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