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Watermelon+ Launches May 8: A New Global Streaming Platform Elevating Palestinian and World Cinema
May 5, 2025
In a significant step for global independent cinema, Watermelon Pictures has announced the launch of Watermelon+, a groundbreaking new streaming platform that will go live worldwide on May 8, 2025. The platform is set to feature one of the most(...)
NYC Department of Small Business Services to Consider MENA Minority Business Status
May 4, 2025
Help Shape Policy for MENA Business Owners Doing Business in NYC Are you a business owner from the Middle East or North Africa (MENA) living or operating in New York City? Your voice matters now more than ever. The New(...)
Lentil and Olive Oil Dip - ‘Adas bi Zayt Zaytoon
May 2, 2025
By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer Olive oil is often called the healthy and tasty universal solvent of Middle Eastern cuisine. It is also the healthiest fat known to humankind. This combined with the highly nutrient lentil makes for a(...)
The Teacher: An Exploration of Palestinian Survival
Apr 30, 2025
By Rena Elhessen/Arab America Contributing Writer Palestinian representation has arrived on the big screen, thanks to Watermelon Pictures. Palestinian-British filmmaker Farah Nabulsi’s debut film, The Teacher, is out in theaters, and to say it is a must-watch is an understatement.(...)
Pathbreakers of Arab America—Philip Hitti
Apr 30, 2025
Photo Wikipedia By: John Mason / Arab America Contributing Writer This is the eighty-first 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,(...)
An Ill-Timed Trump Visit to the Arab states
Apr 30, 2025
Photo: Wiki Commons By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing WriterIn mid-May, President Trump will be making his first visit abroad, aside from his appearance at the Pope's funeral in the Vatican. Of all places, he is choosing to visit Saudi(...)
Beware of Cultural Dilution: An Anonymous Letter from an Arab American
Apr 30, 2025
Syrian children (possibly in Little Syria, Manhattan). Photo credit: Bain collection at the Library of Congress - Wikimedia - public domain. By: Anonymous / Arab America Contributing Writer To My Fellow Arab Americans, I write to you not as an(...)
National Arab American Heritage Month Gains Momentum Across America in 2025
Apr 30, 2025
Photo credit: Arab America Foundation By: Claire Boyle / Arab America Contributing Writer The month of April is a significant time for cultural celebrations, recognition of diversity initiatives, and education within the Arab American community, as it has been officially(...)
"Tuning into My Heritage": 40 Minutes with Zekkereya El-magharbel
Apr 30, 2025
By: Layan Srour / Arab America Contributing Writer Photo by Ibrahim El-magharbel Zekkereya El-magharbel is a musician, designer, theorist, composer, and educator, originally from Los Angeles, California, and now based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Raised in an Egyptian household, Zekkereya's(...)
Walking, Waiting, Wondering, Walking Again – On Orders
Apr 30, 2025
Forced Displacement of Gaza Strip Residents During the 2023–2025 Gaza-Israel War. Photo credit: Jaber Jehad Badwan - Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 4.0 - unaltered image. By: B Nimri Aziz / Arab America Contributing Writer “Put Your Soul on Your(...)
Fresh Green Chickpea and Yogurt Soup
Apr 29, 2025
By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer Photo Credit: Wiki Commons I always wondered through the years why green chickpeas have not, like peas, become a popular food in North America. For me when eaten green they are the most succulent(...)
Arab Americans: A Story of Strength and Survival
Apr 25, 2025
Photo from the 2025 Arab American Heritage Month celebration, taken for Arab America. By: Lina AbiRafeh / Arab America Contributing Writer Did you know that April is National Arab American Heritage Month? No!? Yalla, let’s do this. It took only(...)4,668 Results (Page 11 of 389)