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RECAP: CONNECT Arab America Empowerment Summit 2025 Welcomes Over 428 Guests from 21 States on October 24-25, Building Arab American Unity and Strength

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The 2025 Arab America Empowerment Summit, held this past weekend at the Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe in New Jersey, brought together hundreds of Arab Americans from across the country and abroad for a powerful weekend of dialogue, culture, and community. The two-day event, organized by the Arab America Foundation, reflected the organization’s mission to unite … Continued

Palestine’s Rich Coffee Culture

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By: Robert Jackson / Arab America Contributing Writer Palestine has an intense coffee culture. It is a ceremony, a community bonding experience, and a statement of identity. It has brought families and friends together for generations. From the snacks, traditions, methods of brewing, and more, Palestinian coffee culture is a truly distinct part of Arab … Continued

Pathbreakers of Arab America—Omar Mwannes Yaghi

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This is the ninety-seventh 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, academia, journalism, and politics. Our ninety-seventh pathbreaker is Omar Yaghi, winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry and the first Palestinian scientist to win a Nobel Prize. John Mason, contributing writer, highlights that Yaghi was born in Amman Jordan to a Palestinian refugee family that had fled from Gaza during the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight.

The Hidden Pioneers of the Medieval Arab World

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By: Fayzeh Abou Ardat / Arab America Contributing Writer The Middle Ages have frequently been depicted throughout history as a period when women were restricted to household duties. However, women actively participated in intellectual, cultural, and political life in the medieval Arab world between the eighth and fifteenth centuries. Many women overcame social barriers to … Continued

The Great Controversy of Being Arab: Unity in Diversity

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By: Laila Mamdouh / Arab America Contributing Writer Arab nationalism began as a dream of belonging after years of colonial division. In the early twentieth century, Arab intellectuals and revolutionaries worked to reclaim self-determination. The Nahḍa (Arab renaissance) inspired an ideology that viewed the Arab world as a single cultural and political community. This movement … Continued

Saudi Arabia’s Comedy Festival Sparks Cheers and Criticism

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By: Emma Campbell / Arab America Contributing Writer The Riyadh Comedy Festival spanned from September 26 to October 9, 2025. It brought major names, like Dave Chappelle, Bill Burr, Pete Davidson, Aziz Ansari, and others, to perform in Saudi Arabia. The event was organized under Vision 2030. The plan was created by Crown Prince Muhammad … Continued

Is the Trump Administration’s Rift with Netanyahu Real?

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By Jake Harris / Arab America Contributing Writer The Gaza Ceasefire is quite evidently hanging on by a thread. Accusations of breaches have been rampant. The Israeli government accused Hamas of breaching the ceasefire in Rafah. Hamas have responded reiterating that Israel controls Rafah and that they are unaware of any clashes. Israel has carried … Continued

When Japan Visited Fairuz

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By Ralph Hage/Arab America Contributing Writer صباح ومسا شي ما بْيِنْتَسَى ‎ترَكْت الحبّ وأخدْتْ الأسى ‎شو بَدّي دُور؟ لَشو عم دُور؟ ‎على غيرو ‎في ناس كتيرْ لكن بيصيرْ ‎ما في غيرو ‎حبيبي كان هَنِي وسِهْيانْ ‎ما في غيرو ‎حِمِلني سنين مانُن هَيْنِين ‎كًتِّر خَيْرو ‎حبيبي منيحْ لَشو التجريحْ؟ ‎تِعِب منّي ‎أنا اللي كِنتْ ما بفهم … Continued

Save the Ceasefire. Free Marwan Barghouti

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By Ghassan Rubeiz/Arab America Contributing Writer The ceasefire in Gaza is as fragile as ever. Hamas, despite being in tatters, still considers itself the leading Palestinian resistance movement. It takes credit for the diplomatic isolation of Israel; it has not lost its popularity in the Arab and Muslim world; it is aware of the absence … Continued

The Ottoman Empire’s Legacy in Today’s Middle East

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By: Amir Kobeissi / Arab America Contributing Writer The Ottoman Empire, which was once one of the strongest forces this world has ever seen, continues to play a key role in the Middle East we see today. Even though the empire itself collapsed centuries ago, the empire’s influence and teachings can still be seen in … Continued

Beans and Bread

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By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer Broad beans are a favoured food in both Egypt and the Sudan.  From the days of the Pharaohs until our times broad beans have been the food of the masses in these countries. Serves 4 to 6 1 cup dried broad beans, soaked overnight in water in which 1/2 … Continued

Defunct Arab National Flags and Their Meaning

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By Jake Harris/Arab America Contributing Writer Since the creation of the modern nation-state, there have been symbols, motifs, and banners that have given empires, kingdoms, and republics a visual identity. Since the days of Muhammad and the foundation of the Rashidun Caliphate, the Arab world has had significant turnover when it comes to political boundaries. … Continued

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