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Pathbreakers of Arab America—Huwaida Arraf

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Our forty-fourth pathbreaker, Huwaida Arraf, an activist and attorney who, as a Palestinian American and a Palestinian Arab citizen of Israel, endeavored to moderate her dual loyalties. Contributing writer, John Mason, writes that Huwaida was born in Detroit, that her mother was a West Bank Palestinian, and her father a Palestinian from northern Israel and thus an Israeli citizen. One motive for their move to the U.S. was to remove Arraf from the violence in the West Bank.

Gems from the Arab Medieval Kitchen: al-Summaqiya

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By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer From the 7th to the 13th centuries, the Islamic world stretched from China to the middle of France.  The throbbing heart of this vast area was the Arab world. From it emerged a Golden Age of the culinary arts and this inspired a gourmet cuisine accompanied by a widespread … Continued

5 Tips to Perfecting Middle Eastern Restaurant Style Chicken

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By: Blanche Shaheen/Arab America Contributing Writer Introduction: If there is one protein Middle Eastern restaurants know how to prepare is chicken, and there are several techniques you can incorporate to get the same tender and juicy results. From using an easy makeshift spit roaster, to adding the right marinade, the cooking tips below will help … Continued

Stepping into Yemen: The Met Museum Celebrating the Rich Cultural Heritage of Yemen and the Repatriation of their Art

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On Sunday April 21st, the MET museum event “A Celebration of the Arts and Culture of Yemen” featured traditional Yemeni dance, music, Yemeni coffee, as well as hands on activities that celebrated Yemen’s cultural heritage from way of dress to their architectural uniqueness. New Yorkers got an inside look on the rich and vibrant culture of this country while also meeting members of the Yemeni diaspora. The event not only celebrated Yemen’s cultural heritage but it also commemorated the recent “repatriation of artifacts now on temporary loan to the Met from the Republic of Yemen.” The event highlighted the uniqueness of Yemeni culture such as the qamariya, which is a historical and archaic window, the Jambiya, which is a traditional sword, as well as the traditional silver jewelry of tribal and Bedouin women in Yemen.

What Can Gaza Student Protests Teach Us?

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By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer Editors Note: After the writing of the article below, last night, police clad in riot gear commenced the arrest of numerous pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Columbia University. The escalation occurred as protesters occupied a campus building, encouraging and inspiring continued activism across the US. As the student protests … Continued

Capernaum review: Living a Zero-Sum End Game 

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By: María Teresa Fidalgo-Azize| Arab America Contributing Writer  Sara Aridi: Some critics may see the film as “poverty porn”  Nadine Labaki: All I can tell them is: “Get real. Get out of your cage where you’re writing your critique and go out into the world and see what’s happening around you.” What you see in … Continued

Pathbreakers of Arab America—Shereen Abu Akleh

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We continue to honor Shereen Abu Akleh as an Arab American pathbreaker. Shereen was originally our twentieth pathbreaker. Now we reprieve the earlier article, adding to it, because this coming May 11 is the second anniversary of Shereen’s murder. Abu-Akleh, a Palestinian American, our contributing writer, John Mason writes, was born in East Jerusalem on the occupied West Bank on April 3, 1971. She was an outstanding journalist, reporting all over the Arab World but focused on Palestine for Al-Jazeera. Abu Akleh was killed on May 11, 2022, in Jenin on the West Bank at age 51 from a bullet wound fired by an Israeli Defense Force soldier while she was reporting.

Re-Cap April 2024: Recognition of National Arab American Heritage Month Reaches New Heights Every Year

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By: Claire Boyle / Arab America Contributing Writer In 2017, the Arab America Foundation created the grassroots initiative to commemorate the month of April as National Arab American Heritage Month, abbreviated as NAAHM, with only a few states recognizing the initiative with proclamations. Seven years later, full of dedicated activism with a network of over … Continued

From Palestine’s Kitchen – Musakhkhan 

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By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer The first time that I tasted musakhkhan, the epitome of Palestinian cuisine, was in the early 1960s in the Palestinian town of Qalquila. We had travelled there to visit the Shanti family whose son Ahmad was a family friend in Canada. That evening, as we sat around a low table, … Continued

Four Daughters Review: Revolt Against a Broken Home

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By: María Teresa Fidalgo-Azize| Arab America Contributing Writer  Olfa: It’s a tragedy. I hate girls. I didn’t want to have daughters.  Hend Sabry: What I understand, is that for you, their bodies are dangerous.  Olfa: There’s no doubt about it. The body, it’s really where the line is drawn. It is the   private property of one … Continued

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