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Morocco Will Be The First Arab Nation to Play In a World Cup Semi-Final: But Who Are The Faces Behind Their Success?

By: Arab America Contributing Writer / Drew Jackson Morocco’s men’s team is making an historic run towards what could possibly be the Arab world’s first World Cup champion.   As the first Arab/African team to advance to the World Cup semi-finals, this giant-slaying team has taken down Belgium, Spain, and most recently Portugal on their run … Continued

Contemporary Art and Culture Meet Traditional Paper-Cutting

By: Jenny Lyu / Arab America Contributing Writer This traditional art experience is a journey of the creator’s self-discovery and expression with a contemporary interpretation. Paper-cutting is a complex and precise production, an art that gives the pattern a modern meaning. Papercut artists from all walks of life, such as geometry and engineering, traverse analog … Continued

Dalida: The International Diva Who Became an Egyptian Icon

By: Norah Soufraji/ Arab America Contributing Writer An Egyptian Icon Music is at the very heart and soul of Egyptian national pride. For decades, the likes of Um Kalthoum, Abdel Halim Hafez, and Mohammad Abdel Wahab, transfixed the Arab world with their melodies. Along with these icons of Arab music, we can also find Dalida, … Continued

Netflix ‘Farha’, One View of Zionist Militia Attack on Palestinians during 1948 Nakba, Angers Israelis, Bemuses Palestinians

Farha is a Palestinian film about the Nakba, the catastrophic moment in 1948 when Zionist militias drove out the Palestinians. The heroine, Farha, sees the ensuing atrocities through a peephole in a pantry where her father hides her away. This film is especially relevant today, given the recent election of the most far right and extremist politicians in Israel’s history. John Mason, contributing writer, writes that as their payoff for supporting Benjamin Netanyahu, Jewish supremacists of the Religious Zionism party will soon be in charge of Palestinian affairs

A Brief Overview of Arab-American Activism in the 1960s and 70s

By: Jordan AbuAljazer / Arab America Contributing Writer The first documented Arab immigrants of the United States largely came from the Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine areas in the 1890s. This led to the founding of a Christian-majority neighborhood known as “Little Syria.” Arab immigration then continued in a series of three more waves. The second … Continued

The Story of Alaa Abd el-Fattah

By: Carrie Stewart/ Arab America Contributing Writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah is a British-Egyptian activist, blogger, and software developer who started a hunger strike more than 7 months ago. According to freealaa.net, he is “a fiercely independent thinker who fuses politics and technology in powerful prose, an activist whose ideas represent a global generation which has only … Continued

Israeli Professor Fears Israel-Palestine Conflict has Morphed into a ‘One-State, Three-tiered Classes’ Solution

CNN’s Christian Amanpour recently interviewed Israeli popularist Yuval Noah Harari. He purported that the Israeli public no longer believes in the two-state solution. Rather, they now believe in one state with three classes. Palestinians would be at the bottom with few or no rights. Contributing writer, John Mason, contrasts Hariri’s ideas with a newly published article by Columbia University’s Joseph Massad. In that article, the author avers that Zionist ideologues have all along believed in their own supremacy, which would ultimately lead to delegitimizing Palestinians’ rights to their own land.

Swimming for Freedom-The True Story of Yusra and Sara Mardini from Netflix’s ‘The Swimmers’

By: Norah Soufraji/ Arab America Contributing Writer A Remarkable True Story The newly released Netflix film The Swimmers tells the remarkable true story of two heroic Syrian sisters named Yusra and Sara Mardini. Directed by Sally El-Hosaini, The Swimmers is a striking and heartfelt depiction of the Syrian refugee experience framed within the central relationship … Continued

Abu Dhabi, Gulf Nations, Tout 2022 GDP Growth Despite Global Challenges

By Arab America Contributing Writer Drew Jackson United Arab Emirate, Abu Dhabi, has recently announced their real GDP increased by 11.2% in the first half of 2022, compared to the same period in 2021.  Additionally, Abu Dhabi has confirmed they have hit a six-year-high quarterly growth rate, with GDP growth exceeding 11.7% compared to Q2 … Continued

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