By Ruqyah Sweidan/Arab America Contributing Writer Palestinians living outside of Palestine feel an everlasting connection to their homeland. Yet, there are not many ways to express it proactively. This article features an interview from the perspective of Marwan Abdelhamid when he spoke with me in January 2021. We talked about the value of entrepreneurship as … Continued
By: Noah Robertson/Arab American Contributing Writer Up until 1918, present-day Palestine existed under the Ottoman Empire. As with any other empire or country, Ottomans left the empire in search of a new life with new opportunities. After 1908, Young Turk Revolution led to forced conscriptions and with World War I on the horizon. Many Palestinian … Continued
By: Raneem Ghunaim/Arab America Contributing Writer The Palestinian thobes stand out for their vibrant red colors. Each thobe from every city or village is unique in its own ways. It tells a story and it stands out on its own. Thobes have their own history; they have been around for over 5,000 years, rich with … Continued
By Blanche Shaheen/Arab America Contributing Writer My favorite indoor respite from the iced-over lawns, crisp air, and dark leafless trees of winter, is a warm bowl of chicken soup. I love closing my kitchen doors to sequester the spicy aroma and comforting simmer of a particularly hearty soup called Maftoul. Maftoul is the Middle Eastern … Continued
Mohammed Alhammami, seeing snow-covered mountains for the first time. By: Mohammed Al-Hammami/Arab America Contributing Writer A chain of mountains covered in pure white, trees extending beyond the reach of the eye, blue bodies of water mixed in with the white, brown, and green. This was the scene I drank in as I stood atop “Mary … Continued
SOURCE: THE TIMES OF ISRAEL Yousef al-Bahtini, 12, aiming to do ‘The Roll’ in record time, become 2nd Gazan to enter Guinness book this year for contortion Bahtini lives in Gaza, the Palestinian enclave of two million people under blockade by Israel and Egypt. But using YouTube videos and with his family’s help, he has … Continued
A grassroots movement sympathetic to Palestinian plight must deftly navigate Washington to advance its cause. SOURCE: HUFFPOST BY JAMES ZOGBY Three decades ago, I was invited to address a Palestinian American audience on the work that was needed to change American policy toward Palestinian rights. Also speaking at that event was a PLO representative who … Continued
SOURCE: PRESS & GUIDE Sam Bazzi, a long-time Henry Ford College mathematics instructor, has been named the college’s first Arab American community liaison as of the fall semester. The purpose of the newly-created position is to promote the mission of HFC within the Arab American community, continue to build and nurture personal relationships, and facilitate … Continued
BY: NASOUH NAZZAL, GULF NEWS The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East is believed to be gradually shutting down Qalqilia Hospital, regarded locally as the only symbol of the Palestinian right of return. Pressure from Israel is suspected behind the move. Palestinians from Qalqilia and the refugee … Continued
By: Ma’an News Agency Staff Source: Ma’an News Agency The Netherlands has reacted with outrage after Israeli authorities seized dozens of solar panels in a remote occupied West Bank village that were donated by the Dutch government. Israeli forces confiscated the solar panels in the isolated village of Jubbet al-Dhib east of Bethlehem on Wednesday that were … Continued
Compiled by Arab America Two prominent Christian leaders, Gregory Lahham III, former Melkite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and Alexandria and Jerusalem, and Archbishop Theodosios of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, more commonly known as Archbishop Atallah Hanna, began hunger strikes this week in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners striking in Israeli … Continued
BY: Leila Diab/Contributing Writer To stand in solidarity with over 1,700 Palestinian prisoners, living under an illegal Israeli military occupation of their homeland, and the unjustifiable and inhumane imprisonment of Palestinians, a Saltwater Campaign Challenge strategy reaches out to supporters to participate in solidarity with Palestinian hunger strikers. Palestinian detainees, are prisoners without a trail … Continued
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