By Contributing Author/ Christian Jimenez The times of the caliphates were considered one of the best times in the history of Islam as their civilization reached its territorial height under the Umayyad Caliphate, as the Islamic World was united and strechted from Iberia to Central Asia. However, the famous Islamic Golden Age would only begin … Continued
By: Christian Jimenez/Arab America Contributing Writer Today Egypt is the largest country in the Arab World, and besides some minority religions such as the Copts, most of the country follows the Sunni branch of the Islamic faith. However, this fact was not always the case as Egypt was once controlled for centuries by the Romans … Continued
By Evan Ploeckelman / Arab America Contributing Writer Located in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt, about 200 kilometers away from Sharm El Sheikh, lies St. Catherine’s Monastery. Built by the Byzantines in the 500s, the site is significant to Christians, Muslims, and Jews as the supposed location of Moses’ encounter with the burning bush, as … Continued
By Lyric Ludwig / Arab America Contributing Writer Protecting one’s self from harm in the midst of war is nothing new in world history. For thousands of years, various cultures have come up with forms of body armor, to protect against the damage one may encounter in battle. This is particularly true of cultures in … 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
By Contributing Arab America author / Christian Jimenez When people think of Islamic powers in Europe, most think of the empires of Al-Andalus in Iberia and the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans and Hungry, but did you know that there was an Islamic and Arabic influence on the Italian island of Sicily? The Aghlabids and … 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
By: Qaïs S. Ahmadī / Arab America Contributing Writer White or Wrong? There was an alleged mass shooting at a Boulder, Colorado grocery store on March 22, 2021. This followed the Atlanta, Georgia spa shooting by a white man who had a “really bad day.” In the same token, social media quickly ruled that the Boulder suspect … Continued
By: Waverly Nohr/ Arab America Contributing Writer Identity is made up of so many factors. According to Psychology Today, “Identity encompasses the memories, experiences, relationships, and values that create one’s sense of self.” Keeping that in mind, religion is a huge determinant of one’s experiences and, therefore, their identity. While we observe the religious holiday of Eid Al Adha, … Continued
By: Christian Jimenez/Arab America Contributing Writer Today not that many people know much about the history of Sudan, but this Arab country has had a long and interesting history full of empires and kingdoms including great states such as Nubia and Makuria. However, a place in timeless known is 19th-century Sudanese history when many Sudanese … Continued
By Lyric Ludwig / Arab America Contributing Writer In the Arab world, the imagery, reverence, and domestication of cats is a tradition that predates Islam by many thousands of years. Imagery of cats can be found all over the extant art of the ancient Near East, from Assyrian kings hunting and subduing wild lions, to … Continued
By: Qaïs S. Ahmadī/ Arab America Contributing Writer Before the silver screen, the television, and social media, stories were told by storytellers in spoken word. In ancient cultures, orators speak of religion, history, wars, and epics, etc. In the Arab and Muslim world, stories are still performed. However, these stories are muted by Western orientalist … Continued
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