By: Ivey Noojin/Arab America Contributing Writer After former President Trump declared Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, hatred toward the United States has grown to a tangible amount in the Middle East. There have been violent protests in response, and many people blame the U.S. for the deaths that have subsequently occurred. Official leaders in … Continued
By: MacKenzie DiLeo/Arab America Contributing Writer The YouTube trend has spread throughout allowing social media influencers to make a living off of their posted content. YouTubers post vlogs to share their lives with interested subscribers. These vlogs include subjects that are important to the YouTuber themselves, whether that’s their upbringing, their hobbies, or their culture. … Continued
SOURCE: LOS ANGELES TIMES BY: NABIH BULOS, TRACY WILKINSON BEIRUT — As the Biden administration takes steps toward a renewed detente with Tehran, some of Washington’s Arab allies in the Middle East — who opposed the landmark multinational 2015 nuclear deal with Iran — look with mounting unease at the U.S. return to Obama-era policies following … Continued
By: Sophia Segal/Arab America Contributing Writer The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been an issue for many decades. Israel is the world’s only Jewish state. Palestinians are the Arabs that hail from the land that Israel now controls, although some refer to the land as Palestine. The Palestinians want to establish the state of Palestine on the … Continued
By: Amana Tashfeen/Arab America Contributing Writer The events following the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police and the murder of Breonna Taylor by Louisville police have shined a growing light on the injustices of racism. This in turn sparked significant action amongst the Arab community and the rest of the world in the fight … Continued
By: Holly Johnson/Arab America Contributing Writer Perched atop a gregarious hill on Atlanta’s beltline, overlooking the magnolia tree-lined streets of Ponce De Leon Avenue, lives a woman who, as she wistfully recalls with an air of both pride and regret, “lived nine lives.” A dog lover, hater of The Food Network, and lover of DIY … Continued
By: Noah Chani/Arab America Contributing Writer Since 2010, there have been 61 mass shootings in the United States. Twenty-eight years prior, in 1982, there was a total of 51 mass shootings. Given this spike, a trend within the news and media world has appeared in the discourse of how we label and talk about the … Continued
By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer “Nashara al-Islam bi-khawafiq al-aclam (Islam spread under waving banners).” I could not believe my eyes as I read these words etched in Arabic on a church bell preserved in the Palacio de la Inquisición in Cartagena – Colombia’s foremost resort. It was dated 1317 A.D. and presumably brought to … Continued
By: Ala Abed-Rabbo/Arab America Contributing Writer Millions of Syrian refugees have fled their home country to seek a better life due to the war conflict that started in 2011. However, the conflict and despair did not stop them, and many took this opportunity to fight for their success. Each refugee in … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: KALEEM AFTAB The legendary Syrian director changed Abu Dhabi-based Nezar Andary’s outlook on identity Muhammad Malas was the director of the first Syrian movie to be screened at the New York Film Festival. Nezar Andary It was in October 1993 that academic and filmmaker Nezar Andary first saw a movie by esteemed Syrian director Muhammad … Continued
Arabs speak Arabic, right? Or is it Arabic speaks Arab? Or maybe Arabians speak Arabia? SOURCE: STEP FEED BY: REEM ALMOWAFAK Imagine this: You’ve finally saved up the right sum of money to travel abroad in an attempt to escape the florescent light illuminating your office cubicle. Then, it hits you. A different form of … Continued
By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer In Spain’s spectacular city Seville, it seemed that every person we talked to was proud of Christopher Columbus who five centuries ago changed the history of the world forever. This Genoese sailor was the subject of almost every conversation I had with some of the people that I met … Continued
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