BLOG Archives - Arab America

Sharab Rumman (Pomegranate Drink)

Jul 13, 2025

Photo Credit: Pexels By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer Pomegranates originated in Persia and are among the oldest fruits in the world. Some scholars even suggest that Adam and Eve were tempted by a pomegranate, not an apple, in the(...)

The Prospect of UN Multinational Troop Deployment in Gaza

Jul 9, 2025

The Allee des Nations with the Flags of Member Countries at UN Office, Geneva, Switzerland. Photo Credit: Pexels By Jake Harris / Arab America Contributing Writer Dire Humanitarian Situation The humanitarian situation in Gaza is desperate. The United Nations estimates(...)

Palestinian Film Release - To a Land Unknown

Jul 9, 2025

By Rena Elhessen / Arab America Contributing Writer A new film from Watermelon Pictures will soon be available in theatres nationwide. A year after its premiere, To A Land Unknown will arrive in theatres on July 11th. From Palestinian filmmaker(...)

Pathbreakers of Arab America—Mikhail Naimy

Jul 9, 2025

Photo: Mikhail Naimy, Wikimedia By: John Mason / Arab America Contributing Writer This is the eighty-ninth in Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series features personalities from various fields, including entertainment, business, sports, science, the arts,(...)

A New Round of Negotiations in the Middle East

Jul 9, 2025

Photo: Wikimedia Commons By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer Following the devastating 12-day Israel-Iran conflict, the Middle East faces an extraordinary moment. Multiple peace processes are unfolding simultaneously, each holding the potential to impact the geopolitical landscape significantly.(...)

BRICS Summit Takeaways: Iran, Gaza, and More

Jul 9, 2025

Photo Credit: Wikimedia - Public Domain By: Ramsey Zeidan / Arab America Contributing Writer In the modern age, the Global South and the Middle East are rising to the top of the global stage. Aiming to challenge Western hegemony, the(...)

How Long will Trump’s ‘Carte Blanche’ for Netanyahu Last?

Jul 9, 2025

Pexels: Photo By Kaboompics.com By: Laila Mamdouh / Arab America Contributing Writer On Monday evening, the White House hosted a highly anticipated meeting between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This encounter, set against the backdrop of(...)

Swingin’ Through the Cedars: When Louis Armstrong Visited Beirut

Jul 9, 2025

Louis Armstrong playing Trumpet in 1947. Photo in the public domain By: Ralph I. Hage / Arab America Contributing Writer In April of 1959, the Lebanese capital of Beirut welcomed a musical legend whose visit would resonate for decades. Louis(...)

Palestine Speaks, Palestine Writes

Jul 9, 2025

By: B. Nimri Aziz / Arab America Contributing Writer What further avenues help us reach Palestine? We witness repeated attacks and compounded injustices against unarmed Palestinians, day after day. The baffled world is stunned into silence. Helpless, we merely fill(...)

The Arab League Dream: Why It Never Became the EU

Jul 9, 2025

Photo Credit: MhmdAli1900 via Wikimedia Commons – CC BY 1.0 By: Fayzeh Abou Ardat / Arab America Contributing Writer Attempts to replicate the EU and Eurozone integration model in the Middle East face persistent structural, political, and historical obstacles. Fayzeh(...)

Lemon and Walnut Salad

Jul 8, 2025

Photo Credit: Pexels By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer Walnuts, regarded as the oldest tree-food, appear to have originated in Persia from where they spread eastward and westward. In Mesopotamia, inscriptions from 2,000 B.C. have been found on clay tablets(...)

Arab America Foundation Announces 40 Under 40 Awardees--Class of 2025

Jul 2, 2025

For Immediate Release Washington, DC (July 2, 2025): The Arab America Foundation announced today the awardees of their 40 Under 40 initiative--Class of 2025. Forty Arab Americans from various fields and disciplines were announced. The awardees are: Hia Abdelqader, Salma(...)