By: Anthony Bayyouk / Arab America Contributing Writer Ghassan Kanafani was the spokesperson for the Popular Front For The Liberation of Palestine. Kanafani was born in April 1936 in Acre, which is located in northern Palestine. In 1948 his family was displaced by Zionist forces and fled to Damascus, Syria. Kanafani was only twelve when … Continued
By: Qaïs S. Ahmadī / Arab America Contributing Writer “Nearly every Arab American who fights against racial stereotyping, the ideological racism suffered by Palestinians, and the perennial antagonism to Islam, owes Ibrahim a tremendous debt. “ Dr. Edward Said Dr. Edward Said’s Guru There would be no Edward Said in America if Dr. Ibrahim Abu-Lughod did … Continued
By: Qaïs S. Ahmadī / Arab America Contributing Writer “Edward Said is one of America’s most distinguished literary scholars and critics. He is an exile in the very particular sense that the country in which he was born, spent his childhood, no longer exists.” Exiles (1986 BBC Documentary) Exiled This quote is from the 1986 … Continued
By: Waverly Nohr/ Arab America Contributing Writer Household names of fashion, Gigi and Bella Hadid, have been facing criticism for their stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Their father, Mohammed Hadid, fled Palestine as a child, and the models’ relation to him has inexorably resulted in their staunch support for his home country. As public figures, … Continued
The author analyzes the timing of the offensive on Gaza. There are still places in the world in which Muslims have been constant victims of ongoing war. They spend the holy month of Ramadan in conditions that the conservative media censors. Furthermore, the Eid festivals are celebrations that are observed in conflict. Humanity can longer neglect the Palestinian genocide and America has been an accomplice to Israel’s brutality for over half of a century.
By Emiliya Strahilova/Arab America Contributing Writer For 70 years Palestinians around the world have been horrified by the events of the Nakba (Catastrophe) that took place in 1948 and still happening as of today. In December 2017, The Trump administration officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, as well as cutting UNRWA funding which … Continued
BY: MEGAN IHNEN SOURCE: IF YOU CARE TO LISTEN Donia Jarrar is an award-winning Palestinian-American composer, pianist, and multimedia artist whose work spans the genres of classical, electronic, experimental, and pop music. Born to a Palestinian father and an Egyptian-Greek mother, she grew up between Kuwait, Egypt, the West Bank, and the United States. Jarrar’s latest … Continued
By: Ashlie Stevens Source: 89.3 WFPL Mike Elsherif is a filmmaker living in Louisville who’s best known for his 2013 film “City Strays.” Recently, he was awarded the the 2018 Al Smith Individual Artist Fellowship in film by the Kentucky Arts Council. Elsherif will be using the funds from the fellowship to produce his next … Continued
The $3 falafel sandwich at Falafel Inc. (Becky Krystal/The Washington Post) By: Becky Krystal Source: The Washington Post How did you most recently spend $3? Your morning cup of coffee? A single macaron at Ladurée? A totally unsatisfying vending machine purchase? Here’s something better to consider for next time: the falafel sandwich at the recently … Continued
By: Meghan Davy Source: SW NEWS Media The earliest memories of many people include birthday parties, opening Christmas presents, a summer’s afternoon playing in the back yard. Dr. Souheil Ailabouni’s first recollections include running from home, in terror, toward a cave. Ailabouni is Palestinian American. He has made his home in Minnesota for over 30 … Continued
BY: LULWA SHALHOUB & MOHAMMED RASOOLDEEN SOURCE: ARAB NEWS Two teachers were killed in a shooting at Kingdom Schools in north Riyadh Wednesday morning, in an act that the school’s chairman described as “a case of a disgruntled employee.” The shooter, an Iraqi former Islamic studies teacher, was dismissed from the school four years ago … Continued
photo: Susan Abulhawa By: Miriam Abdollahi Source: Qantara.de With ″Mornings in Jenin″ and ″The Blue Between Sky and Water″, Palestinian American writer Susan Abulhawa has had two bestsellers in Germany. She writes about misery and trauma, love and the Palestinians′ joie de vivre. In interview with Miriam Abdollahi, she talks about the way literature is … Continued
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