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Whale Sharks: The World's Largest Fish in the Persian Gulf

Feb 8, 2022

By: Leyelle Mosallam / Arab America Contributing Writer The Middle East is often overwhelmingly stereotyped as just deserts. One would be surprised by how diverse the Middle East environment and ecosystem actually are. While the desert offers great tourist attractions(...)

Why KFC is a Luxury in Gaza

Feb 8, 2022

By: Menal Maliki / Arab America Contributing Writer Whenever someone thinks of prison, they imagine a person in an orange jumpsuit locked away in a tiny cell, with nothing but empty walls, an impending prospect of freedom, and a distilled(...)

Arab Influences in the Culinary Art of Mexico

Feb 8, 2022

By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer During this century, the Arab emigrants from the Middle East to Mexico were surprised to find a number of foods which were not strange to their culinary taste. These dishes, with the exception of(...)

Amnesty International: Israel is an Apartheid State

Feb 2, 2022

Amnesty International “Israel is not a state of all its citizens... [but rather] the nation-state of the Jewish people and only them”Message posted online in March 2019 by Israel’s then prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu By: Omar Mansour / Arab America(...)

A lesser-known Israeli population—the Palestinian Bedouin of Al-Naqab (Negev)—Dispossessed Citizens of Israel

Feb 2, 2022

Palestinian Bedouin citizens of Israel in Al-Naqab (Negev) have practiced nomadism and agriculture there over centuries Photo Research Gate By John Mason / Arab America Contributing Writer The Arab Center-Washington D.C. held a webinar last week about how Israel continues(...)

Ford Motor Company and its Impact on the Early Arab Americans of Michigan

Feb 2, 2022

Photo: Hemmings/Ford Motor Company By: Claire Boyle / Arab America Contributing Writer Introduction: The Ford Motor Company has been powering Americans to get where they need to go for over a century. But were you aware that Arab Americans in(...)

Who is Al Farabi ? Why is he so Important?

Feb 2, 2022

Abu Nasr Al Farabi / The Astana Times By: Noura Abu Hamze / Arab America Contributing Writer Biography of Al Farabi Abu Nasr Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Tarkhan ibn Awzalagh Al-Farabi was born in approximately AH 257/ CE 870. He was born in(...)

Ancient Arab Beauty Secrets You Can Find In Your Kitchen

Feb 2, 2022

By: Blanche Shaheen / Arab America Contributing Writer When people think of Arab beauty, they might think of kohl lined almond eyes, thick lush hair, high cheekbones, full lips, and flawless glowing skin. Arab women have had many years to(...)

A Trip to Taroudant – Morocco’s Medieval City

Feb 1, 2022

By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer “Where is the cleanliness of Agadir?”, I remarked to my daughter as we made our way through garbage-littered lush green countryside on our way to Taroudant, Morocco’s medieval city. Like most Third World countries(...)

Souks of Morocco

Jan 26, 2022

Photo: Get lost in Morocco's most famous market ©Lottie Davies/Lonely PlanetBy: Nouha Elyazidi / Arab American Contributing WriterImagine this: you can feel the warmth of the bright North African sun on your face, an ever so slight refreshing breeze brushes(...)

Visiting Algarve's Moorish Capitals – The Old and the New

Jan 26, 2022

By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer For a week, Albufeira’s gleaming Moorish-style white houses with their minaret-like chimneys set in the hillside cascading down to the clear waters of the Atlantic had us captivated. Like the thousands of tourists who(...)

12 Fun Facts About Algeria You Probably Didn't Know

Jan 26, 2022

By: Lindsey Penn/Arab America Contributing Writer Although they may share a common language and religion, each country in the Arab world is unique. Between different histories, heritage, and even things that we think of as small, like weather, the Arab(...)