By: Udochi Esomonu/Arab America Contributing Writer On Tuesday, May 8, 2018, New Jersey’s third largest city, Paterson, elected its first Arab mayor ever named, Andre Sayegh. Sayegh is a child of immigrants from Lebanon and Syria, thus making him a man of Lebanese and Syrian descent. He was born, raised, and currently resides in the city … Continued
In his work with the White House, is Mohammed bin Salman driving out extremism, or merely seizing power for himself? SOURCE: THE NEW YORKER BY: DEXTER FILKINS A few days after Donald Trump was inaugurated, Jared Kushner sat down to decide how to reshape the Middle East. During the campaign, Trump had promised a sweeping … Continued
SOURCE: THE HUFF POST BY: LAKSHMI SRIDARAN Adam Purinton, the white man who yelled, “Get out of my country” before shooting to death Indian-American Srinivas Kuchibhotla at a bar in Kansas, pleaded guilty last week to first-degree murder charges. Kuchibhotla’s killing, a hate crime by all accounts, cannot be seen as an anomaly. It speaks … Continued
By: Udochi Esomonu/Arab America Contributing Writer Donna Shalala has announced her run for Congress. Donna Shalala is of Lebanese-American descent and stands, at the age of 77, ready to assume a Democratic seat in the United States Congress. Her run for Congress–for Florida’s 27th District–is motivated by her great dissatisfaction with President Trump and his … Continued
SOURCE: ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE BY: DR. JAMES J. ZOGBY You need to prepare yourself for language shock before listening to speeches at the annual convention of AIPAC, the Israel lobby. Speaker after speaker will use words that you think you understand, but they will use them in ways that so distort their meaning that the … Continued
SOURCE: ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE BY: DR. JAMES J. ZOGBY I have been involved in politics my entire adult life. There were two main sources of inspiration from my childhood that have molded my thinking and my actions. I inherited my mother’s belief in the positive role that government could play in providing for the … Continued
Last week two officials from Qatar and Kuwait visited the mosque SOURCE: HAARETZ Oman’s foreign minister visited Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque. Visits by Arab officials to the mosque, which is in East Jerusalem, are rare because they must be coordinated with Israel, which some Arab countries boycott. Yusuf bin Alawi, who also toured the West Bank, visited Al-Aqsa on … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATION BY: JAMES CARDEN In mid January, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson unveiled the administration’s new policy with concern to Syria. In a widely covered speech at Stanford, Tillerson declared an open-ended commitment of US forces in that country. “Let us be clear,” said Tillerson, “the United States will maintain a military presence in Syria, … Continued
SOURCE: DEFENSE ONE BY: TRITA PARSI Iran’s various rivals and opponents are seeking a UN resolution that would return Tehran to pariah status and undermine its regional gains. In today’s Middle East, when parties look for a greater power to pressure regional actors not to escalate, they don’t turn to Washington. They turn to Moscow. … Continued
SOURCE: ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE BY: JAMES J.ZOGBY Domestic American politics have become so cripplingly partisan that Congress can’t pass a long-term spending bill or deal the critical issues like immigration reform, comprehensive health care reform, or provide the massive funding needed to repair our crumbling infrastructure. Due to this deep and bitter divide—fueled, in part, … Continued
SOURCE: NEW YORK BY: JONAH SHEPP President Donald Trump on Thursday issued an ultimatum to the Palestinian Authority: Return to the negotiating table with Israel, or say good-bye to tens of millions of dollars in American aid to Palestinian refugees. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, following a meeting with Israeli prime minister Benjamin … Continued
Interior minister said law enforcement had arrested 49 ‘terrorist agents’ and foiled attacks across the country SOURCE: ARABIAN BUSINESS Bahraini police said Sunday they had arrested 47 people on charges linked to terrorism, including plots to assassinate “public figures”, as well as filing charges against another 290. Authorities have cracked down hard on dissent since … Continued
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