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Go topPhoto Credits: Britannica By: Joanna Sawtari / Arab America Contributing Writer Upbringing and Education Moungi G. Bawendi is a French-born American/Tunisian chemist who was awarded with the 2023 Nobel Prize. His father, renowned mathematician Saleh Baouendi was part of the mathematics faculty at Purdue and USC, instilling a deep-rooted interest in STEM in Bawendi from … Continued
MENA Climate Week 2022. Photo: Youtube By: Joud Sleilaty / Arab America Contributing Writer In a world dealing with the consequences of climate change, the second-ever Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Climate Week opened on the 8th of October, 2023, with a resolute mission – to address the unique challenges and explore innovative solutions … Continued
By: Maryem Bouatlaoui / Arab America Contributing Writer Origins of Aramaic Aramaic originates from the Arameans, an ethnic group native to Syria and southern Turkey. People spoke Aramaic all throughout the Mesopotamia and Levant region including Assyrians, Babylonians, and Phonecians. Aramaic also served as the official language of the region’s administration for centuries. Old Aramaic … Continued
This is the sixteenth in Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series includes personalities from entertainment, business, sports, science, academia, journalism, and politics, among other areas. Arab America contributing writer, John Mason, highlights our sixteenth pathbreaker, Lorraine Ali, born in Los Angeles, California. Her father was a Muslim immigrant from Baghdad, Iraq and her mother, a native Californian of French-Canadian ancestry. She is a celebrated journalist and music critic who has written for the most prestigious publications. Ali is presently TV critic for the Los Angeles Times. She has written proudly in defense of her Arab roots and Muslim religion.
Kummahs are traditional caps worn by Muslim and Arab men in the Middle East. Each one is ornately designed, ranging from florals to mosaics, from intricate and complex to more subtle and simple patterns. Learn more about the tradition of women weaving kummahs in the Middle East with Arab America contributing writer, Menal Elmaliki.
Photo Credits: AAA By: Joanna Sawtari / Arab America Contributing Writer Background Genealogy is the history of your family. It’s how the lines of your ancestors and their descendants are traced. Genealogists essentially extract the DNA from a tube and measure specific positions within the whole set of genetic instructions, often referred to as the … Continued
Arab Wedding Entry. Photo: Iconic Films By: Joud Sleilaty / Arab America Contributing Writer In a world characterized by globalization and the increasing movement of people across borders, the fusion of cultures has become a more recurring phenomenon. This has led to the rise of multicultural weddings, where individuals from diverse national backgrounds come together … Continued
Photo: FreePik By: Eman El-Ajlouni / Arab America Contributing Writer With its unique history and culture, the Arab world is home to a variety of landmarks that are witness to centuries of civilization. The magnificent pyramids of Egypt and the ancient cities of Petra and Palmyra are just two examples of the structures that serve … Continued
By: Maryem Bouatlaoui / Arab America Contributing Writer Tamazight Language Tamazight derives from the Afroasiatic language family, indigenous to the North African region. Over 14 million people in Morocco and nearly 7 million people in Algeria natively speak Tamazight, as do minor populations in Libya, Tunisia, northern Mali, western and northern Niger, northern Burkina Faso … Continued
By Salma Heram / Arab America Contributing Writer On September 21, 2023, the U.S. Census Bureau released the Detailed Demographic and Housing Characteristics File A (Detailed DHC-A), which revealed that 3.5 million Americans reported being Middle Eastern and North African in the 2020 Census. While this number is an underrepresentation of the true number of … Continued
This is the fifteenth in Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series includes personalities from entertainment, business, sports, science, academia, and politics, among other areas. Arab America contributing writer, John Mason, highlights our fifteenth pathbreaker, Ayman Mohyeldin, born in Egypt of an Egyptian father and Palestinian mother, who moved to the States when Ayman was five years old. He has made a truly remarkable impact on broadcast journalism in reporting on the 2011 ‘Arab Spring’ events in Cairo and across the Arab World and presently he continues his broadcast career with his own show on cable MSNBC TV. Ayman has prominently made clear his support of the Palestinian people.
Photo Credits: Walled Off 2023 – Vin Arfuso By: Joanna Sawtari / Arab America Contributing Writer The Incentive Taking its name after Bansky’s hotel in Bethlehem, the documentary “Walled Off” tells the candid story of what it’s like to live under Israeli occupation. Film director and producer Vin Arfuso collaborated with Anwar Hadid, Pink Floyd’s … Continued
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