By: Mariam Alyakoob / Arab America Contributing Writer Between the 1880s and 1950s, a neighborhood of immigrants thrived in Boston. This neighborhood was known as Boston’s Little Syria or Syria Town. It was where many people from Greater Syria, which would now be Lebanon and Syria, lived and built a community. Boston’s Little Syria Project … Continued
By: Adam Abdel-Qader / Arab America Contributing Writer Since October 31st, 2022, Lebanon’s presidential role has been vacant. This occurrence will count as Lebanon’s 4th presidential vacancy crisis. As the two Members of Parliament, Dr. Najat Aoun Saliba and Attorney Melham Khalaf, recount in the recent zoom discussion on February 9th, 2023, “The View From … Continued
By: Souria Dabbousi / Arab America Contributing Writer The Forbes Middle East 100 Most Powerful Business Women, features women from 27 different countries working within 27 different industries. These women have been making their mark and leading some of the largest companies. The list is dominated by the banking and financial services industry with 23 … Continued
By: Arab America Contributing Writer/ Alana Rehman On July 5, 1994, Jeff Bezos established Amazon from his garage in Bellevue, Washington. Amazon.com is an American multinational technology company concentrating on digital streaming, cloud computing, online advertising, e-commerce, and artificial intelligence. It is one of the most valuable brands in the world and has been called … Continued
By: Souria Dabbousi / Arab America Contributing Writer Bringing awareness to the world about Arab culture is one of the missions of all Arab businesses. These brands are in part created to explore, celebrate, and share the Arab culture in a modern and symbolic way. By crafting products inspired by its people and identity ranging … Continued
By: Souria Dabbousi / Arab America Contributing Writer In the early hours of Monday, February 6, terror struck in Turkey near the city of Gaziantep. The magnitude 7.8 quake killed and injured thousands. It was Turkey’s most powerful earthquake since 1939. The neighboring countries of Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, and Iraq also felt aftershocks of this … Continued
By: Souria Dabbousi / Arab America Contributing Writer Lebanon is facing one of the world’s worst economic and financial crises in the last 150 years. This is due to a lack of foreign currency reserves, which led to the devaluation of the Lebanese pound and a sharp increase in inflation over the past few years. … Continued
By: Salma Heram / Arab America Contributing Writer Meet Ben Hamd, the Lebanese American businessman who started and owns the Wichita Sky Kings professional basketball team. Based in Wichita, Kansas, the team is set to play its first season in The Basketball League (TBL) in March of this year. Born and raised in Lebanon to … Continued
By: Souria Dabbousi / Arab America Contributing Writer UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List is a program by UNESCO that started in 2001 to recognize and protect various cultures and practices that cannot be touched. On that list, Italy is known for its pizza, France is known for their baguettes, Jordan is known for their Mansaf, … Continued
By: Mariam Alyakoob / Arab America Contributing Writer The Oscars, or more formally known as the Academy Awards, is one of the most prestigious award ceremonies ever, celebrating phenomenal actors, films, designers, scripts, and more. You may also remember this year’s Oscars by the well known infamous slap from Will Smith to Chris Rock. For the Arab … Continued
By: Arab America contributing writer / Carrie Stewart We all have our favorite movies, but do you know who directed them? Better yet, do you know of any movie producers and directors in the U.S that have an Arab Heritage? There are actually some big ones you may not know of! This article will dive … Continued
By: Arab America Contributing Writer / Drew Jackson QatarEnergy CEO Saad al-Kaabi confirmed in a recent statement that the state-owned energy company is seeking a 30% stake in the offshore Lebanese oil field of Qana in the Mediterranean. As reported by Reuters, the deal will have QatarEnergy join the three-party consortium alongside French oil producer … Continued
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