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Arab America Foundation Announces 20 Under 20 Awardees--Class of 2024

Jul 24, 2024

For Immediate Release Washington DC (July 24, 2024): The Arab America Foundation announced today the awardees of their 20 Under 20 initiative. Twenty Arab Americans from throughout the U.S. were announced. Judges from different states reviewed the applications anonymously (without(...)

Dajaj Murraq - Chicken Stew

Jul 24, 2024

Photo Credit: Wiki Commons By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer Murraq is a very popular aromatic chicken stew in the United Arab Emirates. During Ramadan, it is one of the most popular dishes served because of the variety of nutrients(...)

Netanyahu’s Washington Visit, Arab Americans and US Elections

Jul 24, 2024

By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer When Congress invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the end of May, it was a surprise to most Americans. To Arab and Muslim Americans, it was a kick in the teeth.(...)

Marwan Barghouti---The Palestinian Mandela

Jul 24, 2024

Mural of Marwan Barghouti, Source: Wikimedia Commons By Luke McMahan/ Arab America Contributing Writer In a December poll of Palestinians, Marwan Barghouti (مروان البرغوثي), a prominent member of the liberation organization Fatah imprisoned for the last 22 years, was chosen(...)

Saudi Coffee: A New Chapter in the History of Arab Coffee

Jul 24, 2024

A traditional Arabic coffee pot with cups and coffee beans. Photo: Wikimedia Commons By: Raisa Sami / Arab America Contributing Writer Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Commerce has announced that Arabic coffee will be officially rebranded as Saudi coffee in restaurants,(...)

Dystinct: The Rising Star Fusing Moroccan Roots with Worldy Beats:

Jul 24, 2024

Dystinct performing at Carabana Festival in Switzerland. Photo Source: Wikimedia Commons By: Arab America Contributing Writer / Mehdi El Merini Born Iliass Mansouri on September 20, 1998, in Antwerp, Belgium, Dystinct is a name that has become synonymous with a(...)

A Brief History of Pan-Arabism

Jul 24, 2024

Picture: Wikipedia Commons By Liam Nagle / Arab America Contributing Writer Pan-Arabism as an ideology appeared at a similar time to various European nationalist movements, and for similar reasons, too. Much like the nationalist movements that swept through Europe in(...)

Pathbreakers of Arab America—John Zogby

Jul 24, 2024

Photo -- Zogby Strategies By: John Mason / Arab America Contributing Writer This is the fifty-fifth of Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series includes personalities from entertainment, business, sports, science, academia, journalism, and politics, among(...)

Portrait of 19th-Century Villages in Greater Syria in Rihbany’s Autobiography

Jul 24, 2024

Photo: A Far Journey by Mitrie Rihbany By: Arwa Almasaari / Arab America Contributing Writer In a world where visual records of daily life in the 1800s Greater Syria are scarce, autobiographical accounts become indispensable for understanding the period. Abraham(...)

Palaestinum Species: The Role of Taxonomy in Geographic Identity

Jul 24, 2024

Source: Wikimedia Commons, This image shows Colchicum Palaestinum. Author: Yara Marei / Arab America Contributing Writer In a regular class of the phytotherapy course for medical students, the topic of organism classifications was explored, rekindling interest first sparked in their(...)

Almond Candy -Turrón A Sweet Remnant of the Arabs in Spain

Jul 23, 2024

Photo Source: Wiki Commons By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer Turrón, a long-standing traditional sweet found in all parts of Spain (and Sicily), is a candy of Arab origin. It has been suggested that turrón’s origin began when the Arabs(...)

The Epistle of Forgiveness: The Arab Divine Comedy

Jul 17, 2024

Poet and scholar Al-Ma'ari, Source: Wikimedia Commons By Luke McMahan/ Arab America Contributing Writer In the eleventh century, controversial Syrian thinker and poet Al-Ma’ari responded to a rival’s intellectual challenge with an expansive epic text, The Epistle of Forgiveness (رسالة(...)