BY: Nadine Ismail/Ambassador Blogger Happy New Year! Everyone is busy jotting down his or her New Year’s resolutions and finding ways to commit to the goals. Most resolutions include getting healthy, finding a better job, or traveling. However, have you thought about learning Arabic as your 2017 New Year’s resolution? Here are 10 reasons why … Continued
By Hasheemah Afaneh The Huffington Post “Don’t speak Arabic here.” That was one of the first pieces of advice I received when I moved back to the United States after spending years in the Middle East, and it’s a sentence that tends to ring in my ear very often. I did not hear it from an … Continued
By Sarah Harvard Mic.com Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has an Emmy nomination for his work on Al Jazeera English’s The Stream, but that didn’t help him with his Uber driver on Sunday night. At around 10 p.m., Eldin, a correspondent for AJPlus, requested an Uber ride after arriving at Union Station in Washington, D.C., where he had … Continued
By Judith B. Herman Mental_Floss A surprising number of common English food and beverage words have Arabic backgrounds. Spanish absorbed many Arabic words during the centuries that the Moors occupied the Iberian Peninsula, 711 to 1492 AD. Some of these words spread to other European languages, including French. Following the Norman Conquest, some of them … Continued
By Leen Abu Said, from We Are Not Numbers Salam is a noun in Arabic that mainly means “peace,” and it can be used in many different contexts. When roaming the streets of Gaza, it is not weird to hear this word, salam, often—and possibly more than any other word. For example, when I used to … Continued
BY: Nadine Ismail/Ambassador Blogger Winter break is around the corner and you are probably thinking about ways to keep the kids busy indoors. You might also be thinking about gifts for the holiday season. Chances are that you are feeling a bit guilty about not including anything in the Arabic language in your plan. Fear … Continued
BY: Nadine Ismail/Ambassador Blogger Joudie Kalla of Palestine on a Plate shares her new book and sources of inspiration with Nadine Ismail of Reinventing Nadine in a special interview for Arab America. Joudie Kalla is the author of the new cookbook “Palestine on a Plate”, which has just been released for sale on her website. … Continued
BY: Nadine Ismail/Ambassador Blogger You are in the car listening to the radio while driving to work or dropping the kids off at school. Suddenly, they play a song that you have not heard in 15 years, but you can sing along and easily remember the words. Or perhaps you find yourself singing a silly … Continued
BY: Nadine Ismail/Ambassador Blogger The back-to-school season is here, which brings its own challenges and a new routine. As a parent, I want to establish a routine that is reliable and easy to follow for my Arab American child. It is very important to include Arabic-language school supplies in this routine, as it emphasizes the … Continued
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