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Family Gathers on Zoom to Celebrate 100th Anniversary of Gido's Arrival to America

Oct 14, 2020

By: Liz Chidiac/Arab America Contributing Writer I never met my Gido and only knew my Sito during the last few years of her life, well after she had exhausted her legendary activities. Lucky for me and my younger cousins, though,(...)

Arab America Ranks in the Top 100,000 of 200 Million Active Websites Worldwide

Oct 14, 2020

For Immediate Release WASHINGTON DC (October 14, 2020)--According to Alexa Internet, an Amazon company, and leading website ranker, the Arab America digital website, www.arabamerica.com ranks as one of the top 100,000 websites in the world. There are an estimated 1.7(...)

Foods of the Arabian Gulf Countries

Oct 14, 2020

By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributor For untold centuries, the Bedouins of the Arabian Peninsula have served in their desert tents, mansaf (roasted lamb with rice) to honored guests. Along the eastern coast of that ancient land, the inhabitants have, through(...)

Arabic Coffee "Qahwa Arabiyeh"

Oct 14, 2020

By: Blanche Shaheen/Arab America Contributing Writer The Arabica coffee bean is likely the very first coffee that was ever consumed on this planet. The first written record of coffee made from roasted coffee beans comes from Arab scholars, who wrote(...)

Greater Syrian Diaspora at 78RPM: Albert Rashid

Oct 14, 2020

By: Richard Breaux/Arab America Contributing Writer What do you do when you find several dozen 78 rpm records all in Arabic and you can neither read, nor speak the language? You research the musicians and record labels and write about(...)

American Evangelical Christians—Cheerleaders for Zionist Israel and Mr. Trump 

Oct 14, 2020

Trump gave away Holy Jerusalem to Israel for its capital--in fact, it belongs to all three Abrahamic faiths Photo credit WordPress.com By: John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer Christian Zionism is a movement that is much more powerful and harmful than it(...)

Arab America Announces Spring 2021 Internship/Externship Opportunities

Oct 13, 2020

Arab America, the leading provider of digital media regarding the Arab and Arab American identity, announces its Spring 2021 internship/externship opportunities. Application Deadline: Open until all positions are filled. Term: January-May 2021 (4 Months) Due to the Coronavirus crisis, we(...)

Just How Similar is Arabic to Urdu?

Oct 13, 2020

By: Safa M. Qureshi/Arab America Contributing Writer Arabic is one of the most used languages in the world. It has influenced many languages such as Persian, Turkish, Malay, Hindi, Urdu, Indonesian, Tagalog, Somali, Swahili, and even Spanish. Arabic can be(...)
The Benefits of Learning Arabic as a Third Language

The Benefits of Learning Arabic as a Third Language

Oct 13, 2020

By: Emily Tain/Arab America Contributing Writer                      As someone who enjoys learning languages, it has become increasingly apparent that the process gets easier as time goes on. Even if the languages(...)
From Jerusalem to DC, Mason alumna dedicates her life to solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Fakhira Halloun Dedicates Her Life to Solving the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Oct 12, 2020

By: Mariam Aburdeineh / Arab America Contributing Writer Fakhira Halloun holds two contradictory identities: She is Palestinian and an Israeli citizen.   It wasn’t until she began facilitating peace dialogues between Israelis and Palestinians in Jerusalem in 2000, that she(...)

Al-Khawarizmi : The Father of all Algebraic Mathematics

Oct 9, 2020

By: Ahmed Abu Sultan/ Arab America Contributing Writer One of the few polymaths known to history, Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, immortalized himself as the structure for many sciences and algebra. The man was solely responsible for the numerals that we(...)

Is France Being Arabized?

Oct 9, 2020

French students learning Arabic By: Yasmina Hage/ Arab America Contributing Writer In recent years, many Arab countries in the process of development have seen their citizens move to destinations with more resources, such as France. This immigration is strongly linked(...)

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