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Haughtily from Atop a Mountain Plain Ronda Guards Its Moorish Remains
Jun 24, 2020
By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer In the late 1990s, we left Algeciras, on the southern coast of Spain, in the early morning hours and were soon driving on a highway twisting through fantastic mountain scenery, until we reached a(...)
Fattoush: There's no Better way to Celebrate the Summer!
Jun 24, 2020
By: Blanche Shaheen/Arab America Contributing Writer There is no better way to celebrate the summer harvest than with fattoush, a crisp salad of vegetables and herbs accented with tangy lemon and sumac. Fattoush actually might be one of the very(...)
Season Two of the Hit Series Ramy, Finally Out!
Jun 24, 2020
By: Yasmina Hage/Arab America Contributing Writer Ramy Youssef's series, "Ramy," was a big hit! Based in a New Jersey town, the comedian plays a young Egyptian man looking for a place in this world while struggling with his devotion to(...)
Muslim Heroines Find their Way into New American Literature
Jun 24, 2020
By: Barbara Nimri Aziz/Arab America Contributing Writer Years ago, in John Killins' writers’ workshop of largely African-Americans, one member woefully explains the thwarted plot of her novel in progress—how, despite her effort to feature a Black hero: “By the second(...)
The Division among Arab Americans in the 2020 Election
Jun 24, 2020
By MacKenzie DiLeo/Arab America Contributing Writer It has proven difficult to find a poll that accurately reflects the political beliefs of Arab Americans. Specifically when it comes to their party affiliation and who they voted for in recent elections. The(...)
How the Coronavirus Has Impacted Arab American Restaurants
Jun 23, 2020
By: Noah Robertson/Arab America Contributing Writer As the world has dealt with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), one business especially affected by lockdowns and social distancing has been restaurants. Even in the U.S., with less complete shutdowns, restaurants could only offer(...)
The Relationship Between Arab Women and the Engineering World
Jun 23, 2020
By: Raneem Ghunaim/Arab America Contributing Writer Statistically speaking, in the Arab World, more women are pursuing a STEM major rather than other countries. In the past decade, the US number of students pursuing an engineering degree has been the same,(...)
Interested in Assyria or Ancient Egypt? See these 8 University Programs
Jun 23, 2020
By Emily Tain/Arab America Contributing Writer Most high school and university students can recognize the Classics as the study of ancient and classical Rome and Greece. Few, however, know much about the rest of the Mediterranean during the ancient and(...)
The Middle East? What Even Is the Middle East?
Jun 17, 2020
By: Noah Robertson/Arab America Contributing Author The region of the world, referred to by most as the Middle East (ME), is culturally a diverse and rich area with a complex history and an even more complex problem with how to(...)
Three Easy, Delicious Desserts that are Popular in Jordan
Jun 17, 2020
By: Holly Johnson/Arab America Contributing Writer As we enter what feels like day 672 of quarantine, if you’re anything like me, you’re desperate for new recipes to try. While I’d be the first to admit that my pre-COVID life didn’t(...)
Baba’s Time is Here— عيد الأَبِ — What Father’s Day Means to Young Arab Americans
Jun 17, 2020
By: John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer Father’s Day was originally a Western celebration more so than Middle Eastern. Al-Jazeera, in looking into the Arab celebration of Fathers, found that its Western origin dates to at least 1508, where its first(...)
Revisiting "Arab American Stories"--Unexpected Paths
Jun 17, 2020
Arab America is proud to highlight episodes of Arab American Stories, the Emmy Award-winning 13-part series presented by Detroit Public Television that explored the diversity of the Arab-American experience. The Series Arab American Stories highlights the diversity within the Arab(...)4,040 Results (Page 173 of 337)