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

May 1, 2024

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(...)

Pathbreakers of Arab America—Shereen Abu Akleh

May 1, 2024

Photo Al-Jazeera By: John Mason / Arab America Contributing Writer Here, we diverge from our regular pathbreaker series. That is because we honor Shereen Abu Akleh as an Arab American pathbreaker for a second time. Shereen was originally our twentieth(...)

A Day to Remember at MLK Library for Heritage Month!

May 1, 2024

By: Malak Hassouna / Arab America Contributing Writer On Saturday, April 27, 2024, we welcomed over 300 people to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library to celebrate National Arab American Heritage Month with a vibrant afternoon of cultural exploration!(...)

From Palestine’s Kitchen - Musakhkhan

Apr 28, 2024

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(...)

David Hamod, NUSAAC President and CEO Delivers Keynote Speech, "Arab Heritage in the USA"

Apr 26, 2024

NUSAAC President and CEO David Hamod with Dr. Amal and Warren David, Co-Founders of the Arab America Foundation and National Arab American Heritage Month On the occasion of National Arab American Heritage Month, the National U.S. Arab Chamber of Commerce(...)

White House Spins its Indefensible Veto to Palestinian Full UN Membership

Apr 24, 2024

By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer The world expresses a sigh of relief that Iran and Israel did not go all the way to start a regional war. Iranian American analyst, Trita Parsi, has captured the scene: Israel and(...)

Four Daughters Review: Revolt Against a Broken Home

Apr 24, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36th41-rdb8 Four Daughters' Trailer 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(...)

Pathbreakers of Arab America—Tony Shalhoub

Apr 24, 2024

Tony Shalhoub -- Wikiphoto By: John Mason / Arab America Contributing Writer This is the forty-third of Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series includes personalities from entertainment, business, sports, science, academia, journalism, and politics, among(...)

Arab American Heritage Month Celebrated with Landmark Event at NYC Board of Education

Apr 24, 2024

On April 11, 2024, the City of New York witnessed a historic moment as the NYC Board of Education hosted a vibrant celebration in honor of National Arab American Heritage Month (NAAHM). The event took place at the iconic Tweed(...)

Rethinking Arab American Heritage Month

Apr 24, 2024

By: Stephanie Abraham / Arab America Contributing Writer Like most cultural months, Arab American Heritage Month is intended to celebrate and recognize Arab Americans, a diverse group that comes from the 22 Arabic-speaking countries of the Middle East and North(...)

The “Gaza” Factor in this Year’s Presidential Election

Apr 24, 2024

By: Bishara A Bahbah / Arab America Featured Columnist This year’s presidential election is taking place amid a genocidal war in Gaza heavily supported by President Joe Biden. The latter declared when he first assumed office that he was a(...)

Do It, Mr. President

Apr 24, 2024

By: Dr. John Duke Anthony TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. Do it, Mr. President. Recognize a State of Palestine. Note that, of necessity, it would be co-equal to and exist alongside Israel. Reverse your United Nations Security Council veto, Mr.(...)